De frosting your windscreen

[Wacky Racer]

Take care:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-south-yor...

[markymarkthree]

Fack me, that must of hurt.

[Honourable Dead Snark]

Will hurt even more when presumably his insurance refuses to pay out…

[Zarco]

He's lucky that wall gave way.

[loskie]

ouch!!

[donkmeister]

Honourable Dead Snark said:

Will hurt even more when presumably his insurance refuses to pay out…

Isn't this a car jacking situation though? He can show that he was literally right there grappling with the scumbag.

I certainly don't condone this practice though; Mrs D has a habit of popping back in "just for a sec", which means I go out and guard the car. She thinks I'm just being anal.

[Riley Blue]

donkmeister said:

Honourable Dead Snark said:

Will hurt even more when presumably his insurance refuses to pay out…

Isn't this a car jacking situation though? He can show that he was literally right there grappling with the scumbag.

I certainly don't condone this practice though; Mrs D has a habit of popping back in "just for a sec", which means I go out and guard the car. She thinks I'm just being anal.

Wouldn't car jacking be when the driver is forced out of the car when threatened. Here the car was left unattended with the engine running.

[wiliferus]

I’d be surprised if the insurance company don’t argue some form of negligence on the part of the policy holder.

Bottom line is these are opportunist vermin, don’t leave your car running and not be in it or at the very least stood directly next to it.

[WPA]

Riley Blue said:

Wouldn't car jacking be when the driver is forced out of the car when threatened. Here the car was left unattended with the engine running.

Exactly, he will be lucky if they cover it

[donkmeister]

Riley Blue said:

donkmeister said:

Honourable Dead Snark said:

Will hurt even more when presumably his insurance refuses to pay out…

Isn't this a car jacking situation though? He can show that he was literally right there grappling with the scumbag.

I certainly don't condone this practice though; Mrs D has a habit of popping back in "just for a sec", which means I go out and guard the car. She thinks I'm just being anal.

Wouldn't car jacking be when the driver is forced out of the car when threatened. Here the car was left unattended with the engine running.

Shades of grey; the driving seat was unoccupied, but the car was not unattended seeing as the owner was squashed into his wall by it.

Obviously the insurance will see it as black and white and will have some wording that means he's screwed, but seeing as standard procedure to deice a car is to start the engine, set all the various demisters and deicers going, then to get back out and start scraping/sliding the ice, I think I would be pushing back if it were me (although I might have more luck seeing as I would be stood next to the car with scraper in hand when the thief jumps in rather than in the house thinking "hey, I better go and stop that person about to nick my car!")

Anyway, is this another reason to always reverse onto drives? Avoid getting squashed if you wrestle with the person stealing your car?

[Stanley Rous]

Ouch! The article does say “The black Vauxhall has since been recovered and police appealed for anyone with information to contact them.”

[anonymous-user]

He was fortunate there was a wall there and not a solid tree.

[Sebring440]

markymarkthree said:

Fack me, that must HAVE hurt.

Fixed that for you...

[Court_S]

Jesus, that’s going to tang.

My wife is a bugger for starting her car and popping back in to sort the child out before leaving.

[Smint]

Leaving your car running on the road is called 'quitting', and i believe its actually an offence you can be fined for.
If you're going to do it, at least either have a spare key and lock the doors, assuming your chosen car is compatible with doing this, and/or leave a steering lock on overnight and don't remove it till you're in the car ready to drive away.

[AndySheff]

Diesel heater with timer, or remote start via App - FTW.

[Milner993]

I wasn't expecting that, for reason I was expecting the cars windscreen to smash when pouring hot water on the screen. Poor chap!

[Whistle]

Open the app, set car temperature to 20 degrees with heated seat and steering wheel on.
Finish my coffee, get a notification that the car is at desired temperature.

Head off out.

[CoolHands]

On the plus side, he’ll be able to boast he’s the Incredible Hulk in future.

[Mr Tidy]

My current policy specifically excludes cover for Loss or Damage caused by theft or attempted theft if

"the vehicle is not fully locked and secured, or

the keys and/or any other device(s) that are unlock and/or start the vehicle are in, on or next to the vehicle while it is left unattended and/or unoccupied".

Which seems pretty standard these days.

Good luck to the owner!