Is he in trouble ?

[covboy]

Opinions ?

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/06/22/watc...

[HantsRat]

Is who in trouble and what for?

It was a female driver and it is believed she blacked out?

[Dick Turpin]

"believed to have passed out"

Hmm, convenient.

[TheEnd]

Well, the driver that wandered into another lane is going to be in trouble, unless it was some health thing.

[agtlaw]

TheEnd said:

Well, ... unless it was some health thing.

In which case they shouldn't be on the road?

[TheEnd]

agtlaw said:

TheEnd said:

Well, ... unless it was some health thing.

In which case they shouldn't be on the road?

...as in a heart attack, seizure etc, like the Bin lorry driver -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...

[Boydie88]

Hazards are on of the Seat that drives into the oncoming lane, odd.

[silentbrown]

Boydie88 said:

Hazards are on of the Seat that drives into the oncoming lane, odd.

They seem to come on precisely at impact, at the same video frame where the airbags deploy.

[blueg33]

agtlaw said:

TheEnd said:

Well, ... unless it was some health thing.

In which case they shouldn't be on the road?

Only if the risk was previously diagnosed.

My Dad had a black out when gardening a few years ago, he had just had a full health check, it never happened before and has never happened again, but he has lost that one day from his memory.

[Boydie88]

silentbrown said:

They seem to come on precisely at impact, at the same video frame where the airbags deploy.

Yep, may have been on before and that was them just blinking though.

I'm sure some modern cars have auto hazard lights when they detect a collision/heavy braking, but on an 11 year old Seat?

[silentbrown]

Boydie88 said:

I'm sure some modern cars have auto hazard lights when they detect a collision/heavy braking, but on an 11 year old Seat?

Apparently so. Skip towards the bottom of this. http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2...

[Devil2575]

blueg33 said:

agtlaw said:

TheEnd said:

Well, ... unless it was some health thing.

In which case they shouldn't be on the road?

Only if the risk was previously diagnosed.

My Dad had a black out when gardening a few years ago, he had just had a full health check, it never happened before and has never happened again, but he has lost that one day from his memory.

I knew a bloke who had something simlar. Had to stop driving for a year after it happened.

[ging84]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

silentbrown said:

I'm sure some modern cars have auto hazard lights when they detect a collision/heavy braking, but on an 11 year old Seat?

If you watch some of the Russian Crash videos on YT, quite a lot of complete Russian heaps from the early 90s have it too.

I can well believe an 11 yr old Seat will do it.

Pretty much standard on anything in the last 15 years

[Ubar]

blueg33 said:

My Dad went to the pub whilst gardening a few years ago, he had just had a full health check, it never happened before and has never happened again, but he has lost that one day from his memory.

EFA

[Boydie88]

silentbrown said:

Apparently so. Skip towards the bottom of this. http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2...

Everyday is a school day. Hopefully I never find out if a VX220 has it.

[Retroman]

Bad luck for everyone involved.

Especially the driver that had to be cut out the Seat in front. It's unlikely she'll be able to claim off the car of the driver that "blacked out" for her car or injuries.

[silentbrown]

Retroman said:

It's unlikely she'll be able to claim off the car of the driver that "blacked out" for her car or injuries.

How so?

[over_the_hill]

Retroman said:

Bad luck for everyone involved.

Especially the driver that had to be cut out the Seat in front. It's unlikely she'll be able to claim off the car of the driver that "blacked out" for her car or injuries.

Why - Do you think this is some sort of Act of God and all bets will be called off.

What's more with the DashCam footage the driver that veered across the road can not lie (or try to) their way out of this claiming that the other Driver in the Seat was the one that veered across

[ralphrj]

silentbrown said:

Retroman said:

It's unlikely she'll be able to claim off the car of the driver that "blacked out" for her car or injuries.

How so?

The Ibiza driver would have to show that the Cordoba driver knew that they were going to black out/at risk of blacking out. If the Cordoba driver suffered a completely unexpected loss of consciousness then they would not be considered to have acted negligently and therefore neither they nor their insurers would be liable for any damage.

[ryanthescot]

ralphrj said:

silentbrown said:

Retroman said:

It's unlikely she'll be able to claim off the car of the driver that "blacked out" for her car or injuries.

How so?

The Ibiza driver would have to show that the Cordoba driver knew that they were going to black out/at risk of blacking out. If the Cordoba driver suffered a completely unexpected loss of consciousness then they would not be considered to have acted negligently and therefore neither they nor their insurers would be liable for any damage.

is that fact or are you just guessing? where's that angry insurance expert at...