old lady driver

[kipper_]

Just had the side of my car scratched whilst parked in a pub carpark (I was actually sat in the car at the time). A little old lady and her husband tried to park in the space next to me which obviously wasnt big enough and despite my frantic waiving she didnt stop and scraped the side.

The problem is she refused to give her insurance details ( I do have the registration) saying the damage wasnt bad enough and I could touch it up with a red marker pen (the car is fireglow pearlescent!!).

Has this happened to anyone else and what did you do?

[delamars]

If I recall she has broken a law in failing to give you those details.

The BiB will happily go round and get her details as a result. They can find where she lives from the VIN, assuming it's registered in Swansea.

Then let the insurance companies fight about it.

[Nuggs]

Bad news - sorry to hear about that, kipper

I agree with delamars on this one. She has broken the law in failing to provide those details, so get along to the local cop shop and let them have her numberplate.

If it had been me, I'd have been right pd off that she failed to provide and then came up with the (frankly ridiculous) suggestion that you use a highlighter pen to sort it out


Good luck mate, I hope you get it sorted soon...

[chris watton]

All you need is the reg no., and the make and varient of the car, thats more than enough for the insurance company, same thing happened to me when an old git rammed me in his Daewoo, his insurance paid out in full.
One thing I did find disturbing, I tried to flag down the drivers that seen it, and no-one stopped, lovely country we live in!

[angusfaldo]

This very same thing happened to two of us in a pub car park. Two Griffs parked in the sunshine and an Irish tourise in a hirecar came out the pub and reversed into one of the Griffs. He said there was no damage and assured us he hAd not been drinking and wanted to leave without giving any details.

We called the police and let them handle it. His insurance company footed the bill for replacement armourfend.

[Plotloss]

Unfortunately its a Police thing.

Her naiivity shouldnt affect your pocket.

Failure to give details, leaving the scene...

[RUSSELLM]

You must notify the police immediately & try & get as many witnesses as poss.

The crime reference will come in handy if you need to claim off the "MIB" (uninsured losses & can't trace drivers)

Good luck

[oldred]

I'd have stood in front of her car whilst dialling the Bib.

[trinitycall]

oldred said:

I'd have stood in front of her car whilst dialling the Bib.

yup. me too

[Mrs_T]

I had to jump on the bonnet of a car to stop an old lady leaving the scene of a collision. She had smacked into a car in a multi-storey carpark and I was the only witness. I managed to get the police just luckily the owner of the vehicle returned. The police took the old dears keys and carted her off as they felt that she was unfitto be driving.
Karen

[kipper_]

Thanks for these advice. It turns out the reason she didnt want to give her details is because she wasnt insured (you dont reall expect it of a little old lady). With a £400 access and £450 quote for repairs looks like this is coming out of my own pocket

[pantani201]

I thought there was a fund for getting money if you were hit by an uninsured driver.

[parrot of doom]

Bollocks to paying for it yourself! Take out a private prosecution!

[groucho]

Well, I hope they take her license away for good. Not only is she uninsured but can't drive properly either, a lethal combination.

Some of these granny and grandad drivers really fk me off. IMO a lot of em shouldn't be on the road.

[kslett]

Don't pay this out of your own pocket! I think you should take this to the small claims court and demand that your car be put back in the condition that it was before the accident.

[tobeee]

How do you know she's uninsured? If you've tracked her down and she told you, then just get the £450 repair costs off her. She will have saved a lot more than that during however many years she's been uninsured. If that's no good, private prosecution! No-one should get away with causing damge, especially where they're driving illegally. Good luck.

[UncleDave]

kslett said:

Don't pay this out of your own pocket! I think you should take this to the small claims court and demand that your car be put back in the condition that it was before the accident.

Sometimes old drivers are worse than Chavs

Dave.

[groucho]

Yeah, the whole point of drinking & driving being illegal is diminished ability but as far as I can see it a lot of old people driving certainly have diminished abilities, and would even go as far to say even more than me if I'd had 8 pints.

Anyway that's enough granny bashing from me for a day.

[Imadreamer]

Unfortunately, the police probably won't be interested.

A driver hit my girlfriend's car in a car park and damaged it before driving off. She reported it but after scratching their chins for 4 months they decided that they wouldn't proceed against the other driver, even though my girlfriend had their registration.

[UncleDave]

It's a shame you can't trace their address yourself.. take the law into your own hands

Dave.