Question re: failing to stop after an accident
Discussion
Ok this morning I had a little knock caused by a third party who made off at speed.
Basically he was driving dangerously close to me so I eased off the gass to suggest to him that he was too close. This had no effect so a short while later I tapped my brakes so as to flash my brake lights, well this didn't go down well with the guy behind who then proeeded to overtake me followed by a nice cutting up manouver forcing me to brake.
Not happy by this display of driving I flashed him. Well red rag to a bull, this was as he then stood on his brakes forcing me to do an emergency stop.
Unfortunately the driver now behind me wasn't totally awake and ran into me.
On seeing this the driver who caused it sped off.
The question is, I only managed to get the first letter of his registration but the car has been modified and as such is easy to identify, is it worth me reporting the incident to the police or will it go uninvestigated?
I'm thinking of waiting close to the scene at a similar time next week so I may see the car again an get the rest of his registration - assuming it's the route he takes to work...
Neil
Basically he was driving dangerously close to me so I eased off the gass to suggest to him that he was too close. This had no effect so a short while later I tapped my brakes so as to flash my brake lights, well this didn't go down well with the guy behind who then proeeded to overtake me followed by a nice cutting up manouver forcing me to brake.
Not happy by this display of driving I flashed him. Well red rag to a bull, this was as he then stood on his brakes forcing me to do an emergency stop.
Unfortunately the driver now behind me wasn't totally awake and ran into me.
On seeing this the driver who caused it sped off.
The question is, I only managed to get the first letter of his registration but the car has been modified and as such is easy to identify, is it worth me reporting the incident to the police or will it go uninvestigated?
I'm thinking of waiting close to the scene at a similar time next week so I may see the car again an get the rest of his registration - assuming it's the route he takes to work...
Neil
I wouldn't bother trying to involve the police, they will not be interested.
If there is need to make an insurance claim, then it would surely be from the person who rear-ended you because they are supposed to ensure there is enough stopping distance . . . just in case the driver in front decides/needs to slam on.
If you are asked why you slammed on, it is quite plausible that you slammed on to avoid the driver in front (which you did) and you obviously left enough space because you didn't hit him.
The moral is CALM DOWN, LIVE LONGER!
If there is need to make an insurance claim, then it would surely be from the person who rear-ended you because they are supposed to ensure there is enough stopping distance . . . just in case the driver in front decides/needs to slam on.
If you are asked why you slammed on, it is quite plausible that you slammed on to avoid the driver in front (which you did) and you obviously left enough space because you didn't hit him.
The moral is CALM DOWN, LIVE LONGER!
arghh! never ever do the brake light thing. That would make me lose it as well. If you don't like being tailgated, your best option is to let them get past & out of your life as soon as possible. That way you only "lose" one car space, and don't get involved in daft antics like you did today. Bad luck, but he "got away", you didn't. It is harsh out there - no point in aggravating the situation by braking though.
C
PS, and he may not even have seen all this, so why should he stop?
C
PS, and he may not even have seen all this, so why should he stop?
Repies along the same lines as I was thinking...
Thing is was a 40mph limit just after a roundabout there I joined and I was accellerating fairly briskly.
The guy who caused it joined behind me there and was tailgating me within a very short distance and so close that I couldn't even see the front of his car.
Totally out of order in my book.
I know I shouldn't have flashed but his sort of driving was completely unnecessary and extremely dangerous as he proved. Considering this was at 7:30 in the morning he must have got out of the wrong side of the bed several times just to make sure!
What's more, I can assure you he did see what he'd done. He had already come to a complete stop and only sped off once I'd stoppped and been rear ended.
Thing is was a 40mph limit just after a roundabout there I joined and I was accellerating fairly briskly.
The guy who caused it joined behind me there and was tailgating me within a very short distance and so close that I couldn't even see the front of his car.
Totally out of order in my book.
I know I shouldn't have flashed but his sort of driving was completely unnecessary and extremely dangerous as he proved. Considering this was at 7:30 in the morning he must have got out of the wrong side of the bed several times just to make sure!
What's more, I can assure you he did see what he'd done. He had already come to a complete stop and only sped off once I'd stoppped and been rear ended.
Yeah but aggravating people like that though - he thought you were going to slam on to 'teach him a lesson' as it were I'll bet, therefore he did the same to you - you came off worst this time so chalk it to experience.
If someone tailgates you, simply indicate and slow down - let them past you, if they want to kill themselves then let them. Why bother working them up more leading to a possible road rage incident (that is a very common cause of it by the way, the other party trying to teach the tailgating party or whatever a lesson)
If someone tailgates you, simply indicate and slow down - let them past you, if they want to kill themselves then let them. Why bother working them up more leading to a possible road rage incident (that is a very common cause of it by the way, the other party trying to teach the tailgating party or whatever a lesson)
Well you could tell the police but it's unlikely they would bother with it. Especially as you "agravated" him. As has already been said it is the guy behind you who gets shafted by this BUT he shouldn't have been so close/asleep. Also, if this idiot had just overtaken you, how come he was so close he couldn't stop in a 40 limit?
At the end of the day the best policy with tailgaters is to stick rigidly to the speed limit and allow them to overtake if they can. That way if you need to brake and they hit you it's their fault.
I get similar incidents regularly on my way home after work. They usually back off after 1/4 of a mile of me sticking to the speed limit. Sometimes if they don't I point at the speed limit repeaters to remind them of the limit. That normally gets them to back off. If that all fails I just mainly ignore them from that point onwards, keep to the speed limit, and wait until our paths part. They normally don't have the guts to overtake even if the roads clear so I just sit there and smile smuggly to myself that they are the ones getting aggrieved by their own bad driving.
I think that if I am in the Skoda they just assume I'm a lentilist or something and if I'm in the TVR that I must be on 9 points
. Neither of which is true
At the end of the day the best policy with tailgaters is to stick rigidly to the speed limit and allow them to overtake if they can. That way if you need to brake and they hit you it's their fault.
I get similar incidents regularly on my way home after work. They usually back off after 1/4 of a mile of me sticking to the speed limit. Sometimes if they don't I point at the speed limit repeaters to remind them of the limit. That normally gets them to back off. If that all fails I just mainly ignore them from that point onwards, keep to the speed limit, and wait until our paths part. They normally don't have the guts to overtake even if the roads clear so I just sit there and smile smuggly to myself that they are the ones getting aggrieved by their own bad driving.
I think that if I am in the Skoda they just assume I'm a lentilist or something and if I'm in the TVR that I must be on 9 points
. Neither of which is true
icamm said: I get similar incidents regularly on my way home after work. They usually back off after 1/4 of a mile of me sticking to the speed limit. Sometimes if they don't I point at the speed limit repeaters to remind them of the limit...
.... I just mainly ignore them from that point onwards, keep to the speed limit, and wait until our paths part. They normally don't have the guts to overtake even if the roads clear so I just sit there and smile smuggly to myself that they are the ones getting aggrieved by their own bad driving.
I never thought I would see anyone on this site so vehemently proffessing the speed limit should be stuck to
:betitmakesyoufeellikeatrafficcopreally:
Erm MadCop please look in the other direction for a second 
Just go and slash his tyres when you find out where he lives and rip his cheap and nasty max power spoiler off and insert it up his arse.
That will remind him next time to drive more considerately
>> Edited by SpudGunner on Sunday 23 February 15:28
Just go and slash his tyres when you find out where he lives and rip his cheap and nasty max power spoiler off and insert it up his arse.
That will remind him next time to drive more considerately
>> Edited by SpudGunner on Sunday 23 February 15:28
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