Failure to stop
Discussion
This morning Mrs had a bus hit her and fail to stop.
She was driving to work on the A56 into Manchester, the accident happened on Chester road just before Sir Matt Busby way. The road is a four lane and my wife was passing a bus in the outside lane when the bus moved out, she could see the side indicator on the bus but it wasn't lit, despite braking and sounding her horn the bus still got her, damaging the wing mirror, front wing and front wheel. She continued sounding her horn and flashed her lights repeatedly but the bus continued down the road.
She got the number of the bus and phoned the police to report it , she has been asked to take her driving licence down to the station, is this normal procedure ?
I assume the bus driver didn’t see her , what action (if any) is likely to be taken by the police ?
Thanks
She was driving to work on the A56 into Manchester, the accident happened on Chester road just before Sir Matt Busby way. The road is a four lane and my wife was passing a bus in the outside lane when the bus moved out, she could see the side indicator on the bus but it wasn't lit, despite braking and sounding her horn the bus still got her, damaging the wing mirror, front wing and front wheel. She continued sounding her horn and flashed her lights repeatedly but the bus continued down the road.
She got the number of the bus and phoned the police to report it , she has been asked to take her driving licence down to the station, is this normal procedure ?
I assume the bus driver didn’t see her , what action (if any) is likely to be taken by the police ?
Thanks
Streetcop said:
I am no legal expert, but failing to stop after an accident is an offence.
and if the accident results in 'injury' to a person...then failure to stop becomes an arrestable offence.
If the bus driver was not aware that a collision had taken place, No offence re fail to stop/report. only Due Care!
Thanks for the replies.
No injury so the bus driver should be ok, just needs to check his mirrors a bit more often.
A problem did come up with NU insurance, they put us to a repairer not approved for the make of car.
A chap phoned from Gateway Autos to book us in, I questioned him if he was Mercedes approved, he told me that their repairs comply with Mercedes manufacturers warranty but he then said when pushed that they guarantee for 3 years or manufacturers warranty whichever is longer, which is not the same, then I queried about the 30 years corrosion warranty and he said that no one would cover a repair for that.
I then phoned MB, they confirmed that a non approved repairer would invalidate the warranty, but of course an approved one wouldn't. They gave me a list of approved ones, happily the first one I phoned was also NU approved, they knew about Gateway and told me they don’t even use MB paint , anyway I ‘ve gotten NU to phone them and sort it out.
It's pretty bad that NU authorised the wrong repairer and I wonder how many people have had various warranties invalidated by this type of thing.
No injury so the bus driver should be ok, just needs to check his mirrors a bit more often.
A problem did come up with NU insurance, they put us to a repairer not approved for the make of car.
A chap phoned from Gateway Autos to book us in, I questioned him if he was Mercedes approved, he told me that their repairs comply with Mercedes manufacturers warranty but he then said when pushed that they guarantee for 3 years or manufacturers warranty whichever is longer, which is not the same, then I queried about the 30 years corrosion warranty and he said that no one would cover a repair for that.
I then phoned MB, they confirmed that a non approved repairer would invalidate the warranty, but of course an approved one wouldn't. They gave me a list of approved ones, happily the first one I phoned was also NU approved, they knew about Gateway and told me they don’t even use MB paint , anyway I ‘ve gotten NU to phone them and sort it out.
It's pretty bad that NU authorised the wrong repairer and I wonder how many people have had various warranties invalidated by this type of thing.
It's pretty bad that NU authorised the wrong repairer and I wonder how many people have had various warranties invalidated by this type of thing.
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You realy realy don't want to know the answer to that question. You wouldn't want to ask how many are repaired every day with non OEM patern parts by approved repairers either
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You realy realy don't want to know the answer to that question. You wouldn't want to ask how many are repaired every day with non OEM patern parts by approved repairers either
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