Twatty who clobbered my Beemer on the M25: Part The Third

On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:26:53 +0100, Joseph Alois Ratzinger escribió:
‘should/should not’ or ‘do/do not’."

What, are we in China now?

 

TOG@Toil wrote:

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Where's part two?

 

Plod won't. But I reckon it would be enough for my insco. And it would
certainly be enough for my nasty bastard lawyer.

 

I don't think an accident that happens to someone else, a quarter of a
mile away, and a short wait for Plod to move the vehicles to the hard
shoulder, counts as an emergency sufficient to justiyf going
walkabout. YMMV etc.

 

Not you, the phantom door opener, speeding being the only thing plod
seem capable of actually investigating these days, unless you're a
raghead and thereby a terrorist.

 

Personally I wouldn't. Every time I've ever been able to see, the bill
have been telling people to get back in their cars under these
circumstances.

Also: The motorway hadn't been completely stopped. Bike traffic was
mostly un-affected


ISTBC though.

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ITYF that does not count as an emergency.

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I don't either. My point was that the claim would introduce enough doubt for
plod to walk away from it (they need little enough excuse at the best of
times).

 

Pah. A quick stroll along the M25 that day would have been the least of
my concerns.

 

The law isn't quite as daft as one might think

 

Didn't it count as an emergency for the Man U manager bloke whatever his
name is? (Can you tell I'm not a footy fan)

 

That was for driving along the hard shoulder, IIRC.

 

That 'must' has weight.

 

Opening the door whilst a driver in charge is still an act of driving,
so, what used to be simple 'due care, etc' would cover it, imo. Dunno if
it's been fucked with.

 

I've sent him a nice polite letter pointing out the road traffic
legislation referred to in this thread (thank you, all), requesting
his real address and reminding him of the law regarding to registering
and insuring vehicles at defunct addresses, and recommending that he
see sense, cough privately for the damage, and ignore his father's so-
called 'advice'.

Strongly tempted to post it here, actually.

 

I wouldn't hold your breath.

Do you have any legal protection on your insurance policy? Did you check
his number on askmid?

I would just try to find out his insco details and just go direct to
them. Failing that insist plod do something about it - or initiate a
small claim against him.

 

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IIRC, when exiting a car it is the exitees responsability to check traffic
is clear before opening door.

If entering car, there is an element of responsabilty on motorist
approaching the vehicle to have noticed someone was standing next to the
car.

FWIW, I was once dropping someone off, when they got out without looking and
twatted a car, as driver I was held responsible.
e.

 

And he claimed the shits

 

BTW, I take it you did 1471 when the father called you, so you now have a
valid phone number?

 

He hadn't blocked his number, and he called my mobile, so I have it
stored, yes.