Parking claim
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Walford

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2,259 posts

196 months

Sunday 6th September 2015
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My father park with his bumper touching another car, the person ask him to pull forward, he did this

Later the police arrived and said he had refused to give his insurance details, he replied he had not been asked

The police told him he must give them to the owner of the other parker car
Booth cars are unmarked

PurpleMoonlight

22,362 posts

187 months

Sunday 6th September 2015
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For some reason I am reading this with a Mexican accent.

Can't think why.

wobble

Funkycoldribena

7,379 posts

184 months

Sunday 6th September 2015
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Countdown

49,519 posts

226 months

Sunday 6th September 2015
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Walford said:
My father park with his bumper touching another car, the person ask him to pull forward, he did this

Later the police arrived and said he had refused to give his insurance details, he replied he had not been asked

The police told him he must give them to the owner of the other parker car
Booth cars are unmarked
Surely "Give him your insurance details" = problem resolved?



Red Devil

13,527 posts

238 months

Sunday 6th September 2015
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Walford said:
My father park with his bumper touching another car, the person ask him to pull forward, he did this

Later the police arrived and said he had refused to give his insurance details, he replied he had not been asked

The police told him he must give them to the owner of the other parker car
Booth cars are unmarked
On what grounds are the police saying this?
RTA 1988 Section 170(1)(b) - damage is caused...
If there was none there is no requirement.

Otoh, if there was damage, why did the the third party not ask per Section 170(2)
You state that both cars were unmarked. Is the third party now alleging otherwise?
If there is some it begs some questions.

How come neither of you noticed it at the time?
Did it occur subsequently and the TP is trying to scam you for it?

I have had the latter happen to me - an alleged supermarket car park scrape.
Unfortunately in my case the TP made a fatal error.
There were minute traces of blue paint on his car and mine was red.

It turned out that his o/h was driving and had misjudged a gap on the way to the store.
She hadn't wanted to 'fess up and only picked on me because my daily hack was parked next to her!

The paint discrepancy did for her. Her story was a complete fabrication.




Walford

Original Poster:

2,259 posts

196 months

Sunday 6th September 2015
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thanks Red Devil