Drunk driver hit my car
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I have the worst luck sometimes!
Me, my girlfriend and some friends were out in Kettering last night getting a pizza at the local dominos.
As it was about 11:30, I parked the Astra outside the place in the parking area and ordered the food. Once we'd done that we went back out on to the street and started chatting.
A big old Rover thing comes along the road with 2 people in it, and older bloke driving and (I assume) his missus.
He pulls into the parking bay behind me, and seems to be going a bit quicker than he should. "Watch your car" one of my mates said, and BANG he drove into the back of the car
They were about to drive off aswell until I ran up to their car and we blocked them. After I'd told them it was my car the woman said "his foot slipped" and they just sat there. No apology, no check of their car or mine, no nothing.
Luckily they'd hit the towbar on my car and thus no damage, managed to snap his numberplate and did the bumper though, Good!
After that they just got out of their car, swapped places and drove off. The guy was blatently off his tits, could barely see straight by the looks of it, and had no car control whatsoever.
I got the reg plate of the car, but that was about it. Not really any chance of getting them done now. We do have about 5 witnesses though.
Why is it people like this get cheap insurance when younger drivers like myself have to pay well above the odds?!
Me, my girlfriend and some friends were out in Kettering last night getting a pizza at the local dominos.
As it was about 11:30, I parked the Astra outside the place in the parking area and ordered the food. Once we'd done that we went back out on to the street and started chatting.
A big old Rover thing comes along the road with 2 people in it, and older bloke driving and (I assume) his missus.
He pulls into the parking bay behind me, and seems to be going a bit quicker than he should. "Watch your car" one of my mates said, and BANG he drove into the back of the car
They were about to drive off aswell until I ran up to their car and we blocked them. After I'd told them it was my car the woman said "his foot slipped" and they just sat there. No apology, no check of their car or mine, no nothing.
Luckily they'd hit the towbar on my car and thus no damage, managed to snap his numberplate and did the bumper though, Good!
After that they just got out of their car, swapped places and drove off. The guy was blatently off his tits, could barely see straight by the looks of it, and had no car control whatsoever.
I got the reg plate of the car, but that was about it. Not really any chance of getting them done now. We do have about 5 witnesses though.
Why is it people like this get cheap insurance when younger drivers like myself have to pay well above the odds?!
Ben Allen said:
They were about to drive off aswell until I ran up to their car and we blocked them.
Just f
king typical of todays society. I bet you would have got a claim through for whiplash from him if you hadnt of confronted him knowing the warped way that the UK works in these matters..... 
Mrs Fish said:
i agree, report him anyway, give them the reg number, at least then it will be on file and if anything else happens regarding him, they will have more evidence against him.
although I would agree the police need to know about him, previous incidents wouldn't cut much ice at court.. Street
mcflurry said:
"get down the cop shop and report it within 1440 minutes of the incident"
Didn't think this was strictly correct. The obligation is to report as soon as practicable and no later than 24hrs.
As it was late, if you decided not to stop at the cop shop you pass on the way home and do it in the morning would be a failing.
personally i'd have been on the phone to the bib straight away,drunk drivers are a menace (far,far,FAR worse than someone who's had a couple of spliffs afaik) and they need removing from the roads.
with the decrease of trafpol,drinkers are taking the risk of driving from the pub to their homes as they know there is a very small chance of being caught.in essex it seems that the chance of being caught is non-existant if you live anywhere except on the seafront at southend!
again,this points out the 'we dont need trafpol' flaw in the govt's thinking.....polititians should stay out of police matters as they dont have a danny about any of it and leave it to people who actually patrol the roads......if they did,scamera pratnerships would never have come to be and our road system wouldnt have so many ruddy illegal/drunk/drugged up/dangerous/miopic and frankly bloody stupid drivers who seem to have got their licences from a christmas cracker.
>> Edited by cortinaman on Saturday 7th August 06:22
with the decrease of trafpol,drinkers are taking the risk of driving from the pub to their homes as they know there is a very small chance of being caught.in essex it seems that the chance of being caught is non-existant if you live anywhere except on the seafront at southend!
again,this points out the 'we dont need trafpol' flaw in the govt's thinking.....polititians should stay out of police matters as they dont have a danny about any of it and leave it to people who actually patrol the roads......if they did,scamera pratnerships would never have come to be and our road system wouldnt have so many ruddy illegal/drunk/drugged up/dangerous/miopic and frankly bloody stupid drivers who seem to have got their licences from a christmas cracker.
>> Edited by cortinaman on Saturday 7th August 06:22
bluepolarbear said:
"get down the cop shop and report it within 1440 minutes of the incident"
Didn't think this was strictly correct. The obligation is to report as soon as practicable and no later than 24hrs.
As it was late, if you decided not to stop at the cop shop you pass on the way home and do it in the morning would be a failing.
Been on the pop? 60mins x 24hours=1440mins
BliarOut said:
mcflurry said:
"get down the cop shop and report it within 1440 minutes of the incident"
Didn't think this was strictly correct. The obligation is to report as soon as practicable and no later than 24hrs.
As it was late, if you decided not to stop at the cop shop you pass on the way home and do it in the morning would be a failing.
Been on the pop? 60mins x 24hours=1440mins
Not at all, you have missed the subtle difference in the two statements - and it isn't the 24hrs.
The obligation is not to report it within 24hrs but to report "as soon as is reasonably practicable" but no later than 24hrs. So by way of an example - if you lived next to a police station and decided to pop in after 23hrs as you had spent the day the day in the back garden sunbathing you would have committed an offence as you have not done so "as soon as is reasonably practicable" even thou you had reported it within 24hrs.
Goodness gracious Gentlemen I feared an onslaught because:
Ben states that there was no damage to his vehicle but that there was to the other than ran into him.
So, in relation to the driver causing the accident, then there is no obligation, if details were not given, to report the accident.
But because of the damage to the one causing the accident, the innocent person, Ben, is required at law to report the accident if details not exchanged and as stated by BPB as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case within 1440 minutes (24 hrs).
Weird isn't it.
DVD
Ben states that there was no damage to his vehicle but that there was to the other than ran into him.
So, in relation to the driver causing the accident, then there is no obligation, if details were not given, to report the accident.
But because of the damage to the one causing the accident, the innocent person, Ben, is required at law to report the accident if details not exchanged and as stated by BPB as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case within 1440 minutes (24 hrs).
Weird isn't it.
DVD
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