Hit by car, plod don't care, what can I do?

[C70R]

Jasandjules said:

a photo of the bruise

There is only one rule.

[Some Gump]

Sod all of this police malarky.

OP, do you have a good "sad face"? If so, give the Mail a call and see if they'll take on your case for you. One or 2 pictures of you (looking sad), the bairn and dogs all on the sofa and she'll be convicted by public opinion before you can say "Tea, 3 sugars please darling" in an Essex accent.


Only kidding. Piss boiling, isn't it? 2 years ago, complete of a human deliberately swerved into a large puddle, drenching my 1 week old son in his pram. I ran after them to discuss it and cought them at the lights. They sped off through the red.

Were the plod bothered? Not at all. Hell, I'd have not been quite so angry if it was just me. But what sort of utter targets a pram?

[Four Litre]

Tell them it was racially motivated and she called you names.

She will feel the full force of the law within minutes!

[Lady_Beefmaster]

OP, I sympathise with you re lack of police action.

I was run over in Oct 2014. It was around 4pm in the afternoon and I was crossing a quiet cul-de-sac which has an extremely wide entrance. I was 3/4 across when a car turning into the cul-de-sac massively cut the corner of the turning so was on the wrong side of the road - he was nearer to the side of the road I was trying to reach than I was! Resulting in him knocking me over

Police didn't attend even though I required hospital treatment - although I vaguely remember seeing a police car driving slowly past the crowd that had gathered around me in the road, but they didn't bother to stop. The ambulance crew even waited another few minutes at the scene in the hope of the police showing up before taking me to hospital (this was around 40 mins after the accident had occurred)

Quite a lot of witnesses - including one who got everyone's details (including the muppet who hit me) and was making sure I was ok.

Managed to get discharged from hospital that night, again was repeatedly told whilst I was in hospital that an officer would be along to see me. One of the paramedics went to look for an officer to find out why no one attended the scene and when they would come and see me, my mom even collared one she spotted, but they just repeated the phrase "an officer will be along to see you soon", needless to say one didn't come to see me. I then had to call the police when I got back to my mom's (head injury meaning I had to be babysat for 48 hours and Mr Beefmaster was out of the country). Was told they'd come and see me, then promptly called back 20 mins later to say it would be a few days before they would visit at my mothers (I live over 30 miles away from her in a different police force area), or I could go and book an appointment at a local station. Ended up having to drag my sorry self to the local plod at 8.30am the next morning.

I was hit in October, but the Police didn't bother to start investigating until the following Feb. They didn't bother to attempt to prosecute the guy for running me over, think they just tried to go for driving with no insurance. It has taken until last month (21 months since the incident) for the police to disclose the name of the vehicles insurer as they confirmed the car was insured, but the drive wasn't.

Trying to contact the police after the accident was pointless. The phone line would ring out for hours on end without getting picked up, if there was a voice mail inbox on the line it was full. In the end had to resort to sending an email and then waiting five or so days fro a response etc. Best bit was them telling me the CPS victim support etc would be in touch re court dates etc - why would they when he's being done for no insurance ?!?! Needless to say they never did get in touch, but I did manage to speak to them and they confirmed he wasn't being charged for hitting me.

Really made me wonder why I even bothered reporting it to the police.

[Hackney]

Jasandjules said:

Mk3Spitfire said:

Agreed. Also try being more accurate about what's happened! There is a big difference between the "plod done nuffin" line, and police attended, took a statement, interviewed (?) driver, and decision taken to NFA due to lack of evidence!

Yes, more happened. The next week, she drove past slowly and her husband got out of a vehicle following her and threatened me....... Then he said he had a dashcam of me hitting their car - I said great, the cops will want that then.

I think a dashcam would be great evidence. I also think if they have destroyed it because it shows her hitting me plod should be interested in that too. I also don't believe that a person should get away with such conduct because there is no independent witness. If she'd run me down and I'd been crippled and left in a wheelchair for life, can she just say the same thing? No witness, no problem?

ETA - and I noted the attendance at my house in my post at 20.10 or so....

And Red, I am not sure what she is claiming. I was initially told she was claiming I was walking towards her when I lashed out and scratched her car as she went past. The phone message now just says I "hit" her vehicle.

I also note that I called the police within 1 minute of being hit by the car. She called them to report my "criminal damage" after her Husband had threatened me and after her insurer had contacted her. I am sure that is perfectly normal conduct though and not in any way suspicious.

Edited by Jasandjules on Friday 19th August 07:58

This should be interesting. She has the incident on dashcam but won't be able to produce it, or she produces it and police see her lies.
Unbelievable that people lie about this stuff.

I have dashcam footage of a Discovery which drove at me when I was part way through a road narrowed by parked cars. They stopped inches from my bumper and a few feet past a place they could have pulled in. Then, when we'd finally maneuvered past each other driver and passenger hurled abuse at me.
No offence committed but I'd almost wished they'd hit me just so they could see what idiots they'd been.

[Sheepshanks]

Lady_Beefmaster said:

Really made me wonder why I even bothered reporting it to the police.

Police attendance is supposed to be automatic when an ambulance is called.

If you're going to get run over again, move to Cheshire first.

[mybrainhurts]

markymarkthree said:

Jasandjules said:

I was not crossing the road. It is a single lane road and I was walking dogs and a baby down it. The car in question came roaring up behind us, and whilst we are trying to get off the road with the dogs/pram, she tooted twice then drove at us, hitting me whilst going past.

That is what I am most upset about, she is a f***ng lunatic who needs stopping, another couple of inches and I (or my baby or dog or all of us) would have been flying over the bonnet of her car.

Its generally best to walk on the right side of a road so you can face oncoming traffic.
It amazes me how many walkers and joggers don't do this.

I'd suggest it would be better to avoid roads like this altogether with a child in a push chair.

I wouldn't even consider it.

[Sheepshanks]

mybrainhurts said:

I'd suggest it would be better to avoid roads like this altogether with a child in a push chair.

May not be avoidable depending on where they live. Often see people on Cheshire lanes with push chairs, sometimes in the dark in winter.

[Lady_Beefmaster]

Sheepshanks said:

Police attendance is supposed to be automatic when an ambulance is called.

If you're going to get run over again, move to Cheshire first.

I should also probably try to avoid stopping on oncoming car with my arm

[mybrainhurts]

Sheepshanks said:

mybrainhurts said:

I'd suggest it would be better to avoid roads like this altogether with a child in a push chair.

May not be avoidable depending on where they live. Often see people on Cheshire lanes with push chairs, sometimes in the dark in winter.

Then go somewhere safe before cracking out the pushchair. Or carry the nipper.

[herewego]

mybrainhurts said:

Sheepshanks said:

mybrainhurts said:

I'd suggest it would be better to avoid roads like this altogether with a child in a push chair.

May not be avoidable depending on where they live. Often see people on Cheshire lanes with push chairs, sometimes in the dark in winter.

Then go somewhere safe before cracking out the pushchair. Or carry the nipper.

I'd prefer it if the people who can't drive with consideration for other road users avoided using the roads.

[Issi]

I swear to God that you could park in the Left hand side of an empty car park and be hit by a meteorite, and some 'perfect' individual would come on here and type 'Well, it's probably your fault for not parking on the Right'.

[Hackney]

herewego said:

mybrainhurts said:

Sheepshanks said:

mybrainhurts said:

I'd suggest it would be better to avoid roads like this altogether with a child in a push chair.

May not be avoidable depending on where they live. Often see people on Cheshire lanes with push chairs, sometimes in the dark in winter.

Then go somewhere safe before cracking out the pushchair. Or carry the nipper.

I'd prefer it if the people who can't drive with consideration for other road users avoided using the roads.

This.

@mybrainhurts - how would you go about going "somewhere safe" with a baby a dog and a pushchair? Particularly when one of those items is made specifically for the transportation of one of the others.

[DottyMR2]

That's shocking. So just because there is counter allegation they just drop it like that? Sure it's going to be hard to prove but maybe the police spending a bit of time on that road at the times she is known to drive down it (seems she is down there regularly passing you?) so they can see for themselves the manner of her driving and take things further. They're happy enough to hide in bushes to catch people doing 56 in a 50, yet won't go and investigate dangerous driving?

There's a list of offences there, failure to stop, driving with due care and attention or even dangerous driving (she did hit a pedestrian after all) then add the threats on top, yet they do nothing.

If the attitude is no witness no foul, can you turn up at her house in the dead of night and burn her car out? I mean, no one saw you do it...

[creampuff]

OP, forget about the criminal side. You can punish her for the next 5 years by claiming off her insurance. There is sufficient documentation now that you could successfully claim.


Sorry if that's already been said, I haven't read the entire thread.

[Mk3Spitfire]

DottyMR2 said:

That's shocking. So just because there is counter allegation they just drop it like that? Sure it's going to be hard to prove but maybe the police spending a bit of time on that road at the times she is known to drive down it (seems she is down there regularly passing you?) so they can see for themselves the manner of her driving and take things further. They're happy enough to hide in bushes to catch people doing 56 in a 50, yet won't go and investigate dangerous driving?

There's a list of offences there, failure to stop, driving with due care and attention or even dangerous driving (she did hit a pedestrian after all) then add the threats on top, yet they do nothing.

If the attitude is no witness no foul, can you turn up at her house in the dead of night and burn her car out? I mean, no one saw you do it...

Oh dear...

[mybrainhurts]

Hackney said:

herewego said:

mybrainhurts said:

Sheepshanks said:

mybrainhurts said:

I'd suggest it would be better to avoid roads like this altogether with a child in a push chair.

May not be avoidable depending on where they live. Often see people on Cheshire lanes with push chairs, sometimes in the dark in winter.

Then go somewhere safe before cracking out the pushchair. Or carry the nipper.

I'd prefer it if the people who can't drive with consideration for other road users avoided using the roads.

This.

@mybrainhurts - how would you go about going "somewhere safe" with a baby a dog and a pushchair? Particularly when one of those items is made specifically for the transportation of one of the others.

The times when I pushed pushchairs is long gone, but I would never have even considered using a lane with no footpath.

Given the number of people who don't have a whiff of a clue how wide their cars are, it's a risk that must not be taken.

How would I find somewhere safe? If there's nowhere within walking distance, I'd drive the tribe to somewhere safe nearby, park up and get walking. What's so difficult about that? If you choose to live in such places, you should be prepared to make a bit of effort to keep your young 'uns safe.

[Jasandjules]

mybrainhurts said:

If you choose to live in such places, you should be prepared to make a bit of effort to keep your young 'uns safe.

I've managed to walk this road for about 10 years now. What happens is people slow down and you get out of the way and they say thanks. This is what I consider a reasonable standard of driving.

The halfwit who hit me however does not fall into that category. She needs removing from the roads or given such a scare by plod and the courts that she doesn't continue to drive like a moron. That is what I mean to achieve, because next time she might do some real damage to me or someone else.

And there are loads of people who walk up and down this road daily......

[The Flying Ox]

I wouldn't bother replying. The username is clearly not just an attempt at something witty.

[mybrainhurts]

The Flying Ox said:

I wouldn't bother replying. The username is clearly not just an attempt at something witty.

Award yourself a sanctimonious carrot. This subject is not something to be witty about.