Taxi crash as a passenger - Advice?

[Calza]

Asking on behalf of my flatmate, since I'm not sure the best angle of attack for this?

Yesterday the cab she was in ran into the back of someone else at about 10mph, the cabbie was on the phone texting at the time. My flatmate neglected to get any details at all as she didn't think it was serious, and the receipt she's got contains nothing to identify the company - just a three digit receipt number.

Today she's started getting a lot of pain in her neck / back, in line with whiplash I guess. It also puts her in a crappy position as she's in her probationary period at work but with the tube strikes a 5 bus journey across London doesn't look appealing either. She says there's normally 2 companies that are working outside the station (as she has receipts from both), and she rang them both just asking innocently if it was them for expense reasons - no luck.

The only facts we seem to know are:

-Taxi was white
-It was a 'proper' taxi and not a normal car
-It wasn't pre-booked (hackney carriage then I guess)
-The driver was Asian
-Time and date she was picked up outside bus station
-Location of accident
-Details were swapped between two drivers promptly and they departed

Now I've found a section on the local licencing authorities website to reported a taxi accident, could this be worth calling? Or should she go to the police directly because the guy was texting?

I'm not a big one for the claim culture, but this is 100% his fault and I'm really suspicious about the receipt being misdirection, so I think it is only right he gets claimed against.

Also I'm guessing it's a straight to GP /Urgent Care job tomorrow to make sure everything's "okay" and it is just whiplash?

Any advice on where to point her would be appreciated.

[hunton69]

It amazes me that passengers in Taxis and PH cars allow the driver to use there phone while driving.

If he is Asian they tend to work a lot so I would be inclined to go back to the station and wait I'm sure he will be working there again

[ging84]

Calza said:

Asking on behalf of my flatmate, since I'm not sure the best angle of attack for this?

Yesterday the cab she was in ran into the back of someone else at about 10mph, the cabbie was on the phone texting at the time. My flatmate neglected to get any details at all as she didn't think it was serious, and the receipt she's got contains nothing to identify the company - just a three digit receipt number.

Today she's started getting a lot of pain in her neck / back, in line with whiplash I guess. It also puts her in a crappy position as she's in her probationary period at work but with the tube strikes a 5 bus journey across London doesn't look appealing either. She says there's normally 2 companies that are working outside the station (as she has receipts from both), and she rang them both just asking innocently if it was them for expense reasons - no luck.

The only facts we seem to know are:

-Taxi was white
-It was a 'proper' taxi and not a normal car
-It wasn't pre-booked (hackney carriage then I guess)
-The driver was Asian
-Time and date she was picked up outside bus station
-Location of accident
-Details were swapped between two drivers promptly and they departed

Now I've found a section on the local licencing authorities website to reported a taxi accident, could this be worth calling? Or should she go to the police directly because the guy was texting?

I'm not a big one for the claim culture, but this is 100% his fault and I'm really suspicious about the receipt being misdirection, so I think it is only right he gets claimed against.

Also I'm guessing it's a straight to GP /Urgent Care job tomorrow to make sure everything's "okay" and it is just whiplash?

Any advice on where to point her would be appreciated.

This thread is going to be all about 1 completely irrelevant thing

[anonymous-user]

Yah they're all at it, especially bus drivers
https://youtu.be/zkkwFGahS_k
https://youtu.be/dCHdZxO4_tQ

[anonymous-user]

ging84 said:

Calza said:

Asking on behalf of my flatmate, since I'm not sure the best angle of attack for this?

Yesterday the cab she was in ran into the back of someone else at about 10mph, the cabbie was on the phone texting at the time. My flatmate neglected to get any details at all as she didn't think it was serious, and the receipt she's got contains nothing to identify the company - just a three digit receipt number.

Today she's started getting a lot of pain in her neck / back, in line with whiplash I guess. It also puts her in a crappy position as she's in her probationary period at work but with the tube strikes a 5 bus journey across London doesn't look appealing either. She says there's normally 2 companies that are working outside the station (as she has receipts from both), and she rang them both just asking innocently if it was them for expense reasons - no luck.

The only facts we seem to know are:

-Taxi was white
-It was a 'proper' taxi and not a normal car
-It wasn't pre-booked (hackney carriage then I guess)
-The driver was Asian
-Time and date she was picked up outside bus station
-Location of accident
-Details were swapped between two drivers promptly and they departed

Now I've found a section on the local licencing authorities website to reported a taxi accident, could this be worth calling? Or should she go to the police directly because the guy was texting?

I'm not a big one for the claim culture, but this is 100% his fault and I'm really suspicious about the receipt being misdirection, so I think it is only right he gets claimed against.

Also I'm guessing it's a straight to GP /Urgent Care job tomorrow to make sure everything's "okay" and it is just whiplash?

Any advice on where to point her would be appreciated.

This thread is going to be all about 1 completely irrelevant thing

That was my first thought, except the thing was 'whiplash'........

[Calza]

ging84 said:

This thread is going to be all about 1 completely irrelevant thing

I hope not, I'm listing the facts that are present - you'd have to be trying to think I was inciting something from it. It's as relevant as the taxi being white - it helps narrow down the criteria.

hunton69 said:

It amazes me that passengers in Taxis and PH cars allow the driver to use there phone while driving.

I completely agree, it also amazes me someone would be in a crash and not get details - but it wasn't me.

REALIST123 said:

That was my first thought, except the thing was 'whiplash'........

Again I hope not, if someone is in pain it's up to a doctor to decide what the cause of it is - but if she has to take time off work why shouldn't she be compensated?

[btcc123]

You will have to wait your turn behind the other 50 people who clim to be in that taxi and reporting severe whiplash from a 5-10 mph accident.

[Davie_GLA]

Whiplash at 10mph!? Give me a fking break. Everything that's wrong with this country right there.

She might have a wee bit of a stiff neck or some ery minor shock at the ordeal but whiplash??? Unable to turn her head? Sleepless nights? Sore and sleepless nights? Time off work? Eve worse when she's on her probationary period. Must be in for a billion quid.

fking ridiculous. But then i'm biased.

I went into the back of a taxi at 5mph (recorded with dashcam and GPS) and he had a passenger. BOTH of them are claiming serious whiplash and are claiming to be driving / travelling differently as a result of the bump where they are anxious yada yada yada.

Oh, and his driver side window stopped working dontcha know.

Leeches.......

[Calza]

Never mind, a lot of words being put into my mouth here that weren't said.

[wack]

Davie_GLA said:

Whiplash at 10mph!? Give me a fking break. Everything that's wrong with this country right there.

She might have a wee bit of a stiff neck or some ery minor shock at the ordeal but whiplash??? Unable to turn her head? Sleepless nights? Sore and sleepless nights? Time off work? Eve worse when she's on her probationary period. Must be in for a billion quid.

fking ridiculous. But then i'm biased.

I went into the back of a taxi at 5mph (recorded with dashcam and GPS) and he had a passenger. BOTH of them are claiming serious whiplash and are claiming to be driving / travelling differently as a result of the bump where they are anxious yada yada yada.

Oh, and his driver side window stopped working dontcha know.

Leeches.......

There should be a standard letter available to print off along the lines of

After careful consideration of the circumstances leading up to the accident the speeds involved have been noted and you can fk right off

I've been run into the back of twice , both faster than 10mph and I'm fine , but some people just see £££

[wack]

Davie_GLA said:

Whiplash at 10mph!? Give me a fking break. Everything that's wrong with this country right there.

She might have a wee bit of a stiff neck or some ery minor shock at the ordeal but whiplash??? Unable to turn her head? Sleepless nights? Sore and sleepless nights? Time off work? Eve worse when she's on her probationary period. Must be in for a billion quid.

fking ridiculous. But then i'm biased.

I went into the back of a taxi at 5mph (recorded with dashcam and GPS) and he had a passenger. BOTH of them are claiming serious whiplash and are claiming to be driving / travelling differently as a result of the bump where they are anxious yada yada yada.

Oh, and his driver side window stopped working dontcha know.

Leeches.......

There should be a standard letter available to print off along the lines of

After careful consideration of the circumstances leading up to the accident the speeds involved have been noted and you can fk right off

Case closed

I've been run into the back of twice , both faster than 10mph and I'm fine , but some people just see £££

If you could get life changing injuries at low speeds everybody getting off a roller coaster would be crippled

[anonymous-user]

anonymous said:

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I read it as if the OP was just trying to present all the facts and was insinuating anything about the driver or the incident.

[12lee]

anonymous said:

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@hora - do you have something against Asians?

[Calza]

anonymous said:

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For the same reason you need to know the colour of the vehicle. There's not many facts to identify the driver / car, and that is one of them. It may be no aid at all in finding the driver, or maybe it it will help. What exactly would I be eluding to, that Asians are involved in car crashes or something?

Don't be absurd, is the air a bit thin up on your high horse or something?

[gazza285]

wack said:

I've been run into the back of twice , both faster than 10mph and I'm fine , but some people just see £££

So have I. There was no damage visible to either vehicle, so we both just drove off. I was still seeing a physio/chiropractor six months later and still have some pain now, several years later.

[LoonR1]

wack said:

There should be a standard letter available to print off along the lines of

After careful consideration of the circumstances leading up to the accident the speeds involved have been noted and you can fk right off

I've been run into the back of twice , both faster than 10mph and I'm fine , but some people just see £££

There is. The claimant then sends in their standard forms to the court and ip then it all gets very expensive, but the claimant still gets paid.

[s3fella]

Ffs, how do these humans survive to adolescence if they are so weak a dan feeble to suffer 'whiplash' from a 10mph traffic tap.

Tell her to by a body brace, neck brace and leg calipers with the combo in order to see her through to her 30s.

[Tebbers]

Asians are dreadful drivers, by and large. And I say that as an Asian. Last night I was watching a clip of one who opened his door (parked up) into the path of a cyclist, who was knocked off into the path of a taxi - somewhere in East London.

OP - hope you find the tt and he loses his licence.

[Blaster72]

10 mph impact is fast enough to cause whiplash in some people but its normally the car thats hit up the bum that has the injuries not the one running into it.

Most bumpers are designed to absorb impact up to around 5mph without damage, I'd suspect at 10mph there would be damaged paint and even possibly damage to the crash bar underneath the plastic bumper.

As to the OP, it shouldn't be hard to find the cab again if she just loiters around the pick up point. They tend to have favorite hunting grounds for customers.

[V8LM]

Blaster72 said:

10 mph impact is fast enough to cause whiplash in some people but its normally the car thats hit up the bum that has the injuries not the one running into it.

This. Good luck in reporting the firm/driver, but I think it'll be very difficult to make a claim for whiplash.