Daughter's 1st Car/ Elderly Driver Shunt
Discussion
Krikkit said:
Commiserations, might be worth asking any local places for CCTV? Dashcam would be a great idea in future I suppose.
My daughters mate managed to get a picture of his wife, suppose that would be a last resort with the police if all else fails!Thank you for the response though, the youngest daughter gets her first car delivered this week and a dashcam is top of the list before she starts to drive it.
Pedro25 said:
My daughters mate managed to get a picture of his wife, suppose that would be a last resort with the police if all else fails!
I'd be sticking that on the local Facebook page. More likely that someone knows her than knowledge of the incident. As long as you're not accusing her of anything and just asking if anyone recognises her, I can't see how there could be any objections.Thank you all for the responses, I will take a drive around the local area, I've a few mates who run independent garages and they have all been made aware. My big issue is how they think it was ok to just drive away without any thought on how my daughter would be feeling. Accidents happen but putting a car into reverse and then accelerating clearly shows to me that the driver wasn't fully concentrating.
Canon_Fodder said:
OP even if you do find him, he sounds like the type that will claim your daughter rammed him from behind.... 
I had thought that, the fact that his wife got out of his car and told him to stop reversing into my daughters car after the first shunt may negate that argument if I ever find him, plus with the amount of damage to my daughters car the airbags would have gone off in a forward speed shunt would be my guess. Giving a non existent home number also a sign that he's in the wrong.Nothing but contempt for these type......................
Unfortunately, this will be a fruitless exercise...
Even if you do find him, her or the Mercedes, the 3rd party will still claim that your daughter drove into the back of them. Without any 3rd party independent witnesses, it will be a young, inexperienced drivers word against theirs.
I'm not saying your daughter is lying, far from it, but that is the reality.
If you find them and they say that, then want to claim for the damage to their car, plus injuries, plus hire car, the claim will end up being much more costly than just getting her car repaired and moving on.
As above... get a dash cam.
Even if you do find him, her or the Mercedes, the 3rd party will still claim that your daughter drove into the back of them. Without any 3rd party independent witnesses, it will be a young, inexperienced drivers word against theirs.
I'm not saying your daughter is lying, far from it, but that is the reality.
If you find them and they say that, then want to claim for the damage to their car, plus injuries, plus hire car, the claim will end up being much more costly than just getting her car repaired and moving on.
As above... get a dash cam.
My sympathies OP.
Goes without saying that a dashcam is a must for learners or newly qualified drivers.
I've recently had a smash too where the little scrote was in the wrong but will likely go 50/50. Infuriating.
Hope you get a result but in the meantime a few hundred quid on a dashcam is money well spent.
Goes without saying that a dashcam is a must for learners or newly qualified drivers.
I've recently had a smash too where the little scrote was in the wrong but will likely go 50/50. Infuriating.
Hope you get a result but in the meantime a few hundred quid on a dashcam is money well spent.
Pedro25 said:
Canon_Fodder said:
OP even if you do find him, he sounds like the type that will claim your daughter rammed him from behind....
I had thought that, the fact that his wife got out of his car and told him to stop reversing into my daughters car after the first shunt may negate that argument if I ever find him, plus with the amount of damage to my daughters car the airbags would have gone off in a forward speed shunt would be my guess. Giving a non existent home number also a sign that he's in the wrong.Nothing but contempt for these type......................
My little one had similar last year. The c**t (youngish bloke) swung out from a side road she was looking to turn into and onto her side of the road, then proceeded to reverse, claiming she had cut the corner and hit him.
He then phoned a mate to try and get him to corroborate as a witness.
Thankfully the car behind her witnessed it all, so all was settled in her favour.
She now has F&R dashcams.
He then phoned a mate to try and get him to corroborate as a witness.
Thankfully the car behind her witnessed it all, so all was settled in her favour.
She now has F&R dashcams.
Durzel said:
Pedro25 said:
Canon_Fodder said:
OP even if you do find him, he sounds like the type that will claim your daughter rammed him from behind....
I had thought that, the fact that his wife got out of his car and told him to stop reversing into my daughters car after the first shunt may negate that argument if I ever find him, plus with the amount of damage to my daughters car the airbags would have gone off in a forward speed shunt would be my guess. Giving a non existent home number also a sign that he's in the wrong.Nothing but contempt for these type......................
Dr Interceptor said:
Unfortunately, this will be a fruitless exercise...
Even if you do find him, her or the Mercedes, the 3rd party will still claim that your daughter drove into the back of them. Without any 3rd party independent witnesses, it will be a young, inexperienced drivers word against theirs.
I'm not saying your daughter is lying, far from it, but that is the reality.
If you find them and they say that, then want to claim for the damage to their car, plus injuries, plus hire car, the claim will end up being much more costly than just getting her car repaired and moving on.
As above... get a dash cam.
Plus they will claim that they felt intimidated by your daughter and her mate and drove off for their own safety...Even if you do find him, her or the Mercedes, the 3rd party will still claim that your daughter drove into the back of them. Without any 3rd party independent witnesses, it will be a young, inexperienced drivers word against theirs.
I'm not saying your daughter is lying, far from it, but that is the reality.
If you find them and they say that, then want to claim for the damage to their car, plus injuries, plus hire car, the claim will end up being much more costly than just getting her car repaired and moving on.
As above... get a dash cam.
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