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[BazaJT]

Son-in laws car was possibly written off on Saturday whilst it was parked at the roadside outside his house.It was hit in the rear by his neighbours car which had in turn been hit in the rear by another car driving along the road.According to what the car driver told police she'd come round a roundabout about half mile away at which point her mobile phone had fallen into the passenger footwell,so once on a straight bit of road[where the son-in-law lives]she'd unfastened her seatbelt and leant over to grope about the  footwell to pick it up again!!!!She was shaken up,battered and bruised with a few cuts but apparently otherwise fine when they put her in ambulance for a trip to local hospital to be examined.So 3 cars wrecked,police/ambulance/hospital time taken up for the sake of stopping to pick up a mobile phone or indeed leaving it be until she got to her intended destination!What if it'd been a child or anyone else that she'd hit instead of just another car?Doesn't bear thinking about!

[The Sheriff]

I have no words.......

[Crazycarzowner]

I have, easy cough for a 'Due Care' charge!!!!! 

[The Sheriff]

I have, easy cough for a 'Due Care' charge!!!!! 

Yeah, there's that. But no matter what happens to her, the amount of hassle that this kind of thing puts people through is devastating.
Let's say both parked cars were pristine omegas (I know...), both would be written off by ins companies. Both the injured parties would get a few hundred quid. Where's the justice in that?

[The Sheriff]

If something like this happened to me, I would be at my wits end. My car and, I would suggest, most other peoples cars, are the tools needed to get through the day. I spend about three hours a day driving and trying to arrange stuff without a car would be nigh on impossible.

[Crazycarzowner]

Tell me about it STMO, I've spent over 3 hrs today on the phone to insurers, courtesy car people & solicitors. In between speaking to trying to get through to the doc's. 

[The Sheriff]

Tell me about it STMO, I've spent over 3 hrs today on the phone to insurers, courtesy car people & solicitors. In between speaking to trying to get through to the doc's. 

You need to be taking it easy, lad. I know you're a big unit but both your body and mind need time to recover. Easier said than done, I know, but it has to be that way or you'll end up taking it out on someone.

[Crazycarzowner]

Got sent home from work today  wearing 5kg of body armour, cuffs, baton & other crap didn't do me any favours this morning.

[The Sheriff]

Got sent home from work today  wearing 5kg of body armour, cuffs, baton & other crap didn't do me any favours this morning.

I always find a few beers eases the pain considerably 
And, in my opinion only, you shouldn't be going to work for at least a few days.

[Crazycarzowner]

From what I can gather, the other party has admitted liability, so the claim 'should' be straight forward. Skoda being picked up tomoz and I think its the scrapyard in the sky for it  Upsetting really, was a lovely drive, all the toys, 45+mpg and only 52k on the clock.

[The Sheriff]

From what I can gather, the other party has admitted liability, so the claim 'should' be straight forward. Skoda being picked up tomoz and I think its the scrapyard in the sky for it  Upsetting really, was a lovely drive, all the toys, 45+mpg and only 52k on the clock.

Which kind of reinforces my earlier points. Hope you get a decent payout.

[Terbs]

I these cases like Baza relates....they cause all sorts of problems, the courts let them off with a smacked wrist, the insurance company writes off the car and offers a ridiculous price......is there no way these people can be 'sued' privately for losses incurred to get the proper value of a car, and inconvenience, etc.

[minifreek]

Stoopid bint....

[Diamond Black Geezer]

So saddened to hear this. Angry as hell that this has happened, all down to basic stupidity.

As I have mentioned elsewhere on the forum - I was done recently (still waiting on the 'appointment time' for my naughty naughty course) for speeding at 35mph a few yards before entering a 40 zone. Just want to make the point to the Police, and justice as a whole that immediately before the point of collision, she was most likely within the speed limit - and ergo driving perfectly 'safely'. Long have I been irritated at the level of 'education' that if you're within the speed limit you're automatically driving 'safe' and if you're over, you're automatically 'dangerous'.

This is not the case - as proven here - lack of attention at any speed is the cause of accidents. Ok, so I'm making assumptions here, but I'd wager that she's never had a speeding ticket, and consequently had a squeaky clean driving licence, because never have I ever seen a copper pull someone over because "Sir...
-you have your main beam on, and you're dazzling other road users"
-you were in the wrong lane when you exited that roundabout, and didn't indicate"
-nipping down the middle of the road on your moped/motorbike in slow-moving traffic is not safe - a car could be about to turn off at any moment, and sideswipe you"
-you were riding a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street, or [like I saw the other week] down a 40mph A-road."
-you have been swigging a Costa, to the point you would need a second pair of eyes inside your nostrils to still be able to see the road"
-It's been several weeks that you've been running on that space-saver tyre, round town, I've seen you on the motorway, way above the max speed that tyre is designed to cope with - you could kill someone when it blows out"
-you are parked on massive, obvious yellow zig-zag lines outside a school - giving small children no option but to cross the road from behind your parked vehicle - invisible to other road users."

But no. Sadly she was probably in her head thinking "I'm only here for a second, and - phew - I'm within the speed limit, so I'm safe" Because that's the mentality.


Hop it's resolved very soon, and it's soon a memory and a time you have mostly forgotten. All the best to all. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Sadly she was probably in her head thinking "I'm only here for a second, and - phew - I'm within the speed limit, so I'm safe" Because that's the mentality.

I very much doubt that there was anything that intelligent going on to be honest!