Saph Cossie T boned last night!!
04-01-2013, 10:48 AM
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Saph Cossie T boned last night!!
Last night was meeting a mate in Thurrock services (Lakeside), and as i pulled out of a space got hit from the side by a taxi driver. He wont admit liabilty said i was driving recklessly, yet I was pulling out of a space doing no more than 10mph in a 10mph limit and get hit too the rear of my car(the whole front end passing him) at 30+mph and he didnt brake. I called police then he calls taxi collegues who turn up and start pretending they saw it! What a joke even police was on there side! Ill have last laugh there was 2 witness's plus my passenger and what they dont realise is I went and aquired the car park CCTV! PRICKS why cant they just accept he was in wrong.
DAMAGE TO MY CAR- Require new driver side rear door and rear arch and have whole rear quarter sprayed!
too make things worse insurance say it could take months and I'm not going through my insurance to fix so my cousin is doing it all next week for me for cheap (as its family) out of my own pocket, then when it all gets sorted i can claim back also i have bad neck ache(could be whiplash could not)from accident but I AM NOT claiming on this as I do not need MINE and EVERYONE elses insurance going up!
Wes
DAMAGE TO MY CAR- Require new driver side rear door and rear arch and have whole rear quarter sprayed!
too make things worse insurance say it could take months and I'm not going through my insurance to fix so my cousin is doing it all next week for me for cheap (as its family) out of my own pocket, then when it all gets sorted i can claim back also i have bad neck ache(could be whiplash could not)from accident but I AM NOT claiming on this as I do not need MINE and EVERYONE elses insurance going up!
Wes
04-01-2013, 10:56 AM
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04-01-2013, 11:04 AM
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I looked to my right nothing was there pulled out was completly out then bang he hits rear of my car even police said for damage he was doing over 20 in a 10 but because its a private car par they cannot do anything and as they didnt see it they cannot get involved
04-01-2013, 11:05 AM
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You pulled out,your fault simple as.
If he'd been doing 30 and hit that it would be bent beyond recognition fella as they really don't stand up well to a crash.
Also carpark being private land I'm amazed the filth bothered to come out plus getting CCTV won't be easy.
Sorry to sound doom and gloom but I've worked in the accident trade and have some experience in this field.
Fix out of your own pocket and expect to get a claim from his insurers.
Also filth cannot apportion any sort of blame from a crash and are only there to take details.
If he'd been doing 30 and hit that it would be bent beyond recognition fella as they really don't stand up well to a crash.
Also carpark being private land I'm amazed the filth bothered to come out plus getting CCTV won't be easy.
Sorry to sound doom and gloom but I've worked in the accident trade and have some experience in this field.
Fix out of your own pocket and expect to get a claim from his insurers.
Also filth cannot apportion any sort of blame from a crash and are only there to take details.
04-01-2013, 11:07 AM
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expplain this then, he didnt even brake to avoid me plus also the whole front of my car passed him he hit rear(plenty of time to stop) he said i was speeding yet no skid marks and my car stopped dead where he hit me (because i was doin no more than 10) then he calls work collegues to come be fake witness's
04-01-2013, 11:10 AM
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You pulled out,your fault simple as.
If he'd been doing 30 and hit that it would be bent beyond recognition fella as they really don't stand up well to a crash.
Also carpark being private land I'm amazed the filth bothered to come out plus getting CCTV won't be easy.
Sorry to sound doom and gloom but I've worked in the accident trade and have some experience in this field.
Fix out of your own pocket and expect to get a claim from his insurers.
Also filth cannot apportion any sort of blame from a crash and are only there to take details.
If he'd been doing 30 and hit that it would be bent beyond recognition fella as they really don't stand up well to a crash.
Also carpark being private land I'm amazed the filth bothered to come out plus getting CCTV won't be easy.
Sorry to sound doom and gloom but I've worked in the accident trade and have some experience in this field.
Fix out of your own pocket and expect to get a claim from his insurers.
Also filth cannot apportion any sort of blame from a crash and are only there to take details.
04-01-2013, 11:11 AM
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expplain this then, he didnt even brake to avoid me plus also the whole front of my car passed him he hit rear(plenty of time to stop) he said i was speeding yet no skid marks and my car stopped dead where he hit me (because i was doin no more than 10) then he calls work collegues to come be fake witness's
04-01-2013, 11:21 AM
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Aye sorry fella I could see you'd replied as I typed it!!!
Looks like your on the case so hopefully a compromise can be achieved.
You do have a point actually regarding him seeing you pulling out,we did a Clio for a girl who got hit by a van as she pulled out but it was argued that although she was wrong as pulling into a main road it was obvious that the driver could have stopped,beeped his horn etc and avoided the crash hence it went 50/50 in the end.
The guy was in a big Renault master and her in a Clio and he jumped out grabbing his neck etc,was just before Xmas so clearly trying the old sick for Xmas routine.
Keep us posted how it goes.
04-01-2013, 11:24 AM
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But I didnt pull out on him, there was 3/4 side on car spaces from me to the turning he turned in to. he turned the corner as i was almost out of the space so he deliberatly sped up and drove into me! Even the coppers said sounded like he was trying it cos he was like i'm gonna lose over a week of work and other stuff the copper basically told him to stop talking shit his car only had marks on his bumper and a smached number plate (his car skoda octavia)
04-01-2013, 11:26 AM
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Aye sorry fella I could see you'd replied as I typed it!!!
Looks like your on the case so hopefully a compromise can be achieved.
You do have a point actually regarding him seeing you pulling out,we did a Clio for a girl who got hit by a van as she pulled out but it was argued that although she was wrong as pulling into a main road it was obvious that the driver could have stopped,beeped his horn etc and avoided the crash hence it went 50/50 in the end.
The guy was in a big Renault master and her in a Clio and he jumped out grabbing his neck etc,was just before Xmas so clearly trying the old sick for Xmas routine.
Keep us posted how it goes.
Looks like your on the case so hopefully a compromise can be achieved.
You do have a point actually regarding him seeing you pulling out,we did a Clio for a girl who got hit by a van as she pulled out but it was argued that although she was wrong as pulling into a main road it was obvious that the driver could have stopped,beeped his horn etc and avoided the crash hence it went 50/50 in the end.
The guy was in a big Renault master and her in a Clio and he jumped out grabbing his neck etc,was just before Xmas so clearly trying the old sick for Xmas routine.
Keep us posted how it goes.
04-01-2013, 11:28 AM
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We need to hear to both sides of the story..because pulling out and getting hit isn't a clear winner to start with .. More than likely you be to blame or with a stroke of luck 50/50... Insurance companies are cunts so be ready to have ya pants pulled down mate .
04-01-2013, 11:44 AM
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I always thought on a car park insurance went knock for knock. Happened to the Ex wife a few years ago.Pulled out a parking spot and bloke ran in her,clearly her fault and it went knock for knock. Pity it was only a car that hit her and not a wagon
04-01-2013, 11:53 AM
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04-01-2013, 11:56 AM
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I dont get it, you pulled out in front of him
YOU were in a parking space, HE was driving along the road. It doesn't matter that its in a car park.
If you moved at 20mph from the hard shoulder of a motorway back on to the carrigeway and someone hit you up the arse doing 70mph its your fault in just the same way.
YOU were in a parking space, HE was driving along the road. It doesn't matter that its in a car park.
If you moved at 20mph from the hard shoulder of a motorway back on to the carrigeway and someone hit you up the arse doing 70mph its your fault in just the same way.
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04-01-2013, 01:00 PM
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If the cctv has it captured surely they will be seeing a taxi hit you from behind meaning its their fault. Youd already pulled out surely then he is behind you like any other scenairio on the highway. Sounds like he wasnt concentrating what was ahead . Or he deliberately rammed you . 2p.
04-01-2013, 01:22 PM
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If the cctv has it captured surely they will be seeing a taxi hit you from behind meaning its their fault. Youd already pulled out surely then he is behind you like any other scenairio on the highway. Sounds like he wasnt concentrating what was ahead . Or he deliberately rammed you . 2p.
He's hit him in the side door and rear quarter from what I gather ... So to me that means he was already pulling out into the line of the collision... Otherwise it would have been a arse ender.... Anyone else getting the same impression from above ?
04-01-2013, 01:29 PM
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But even the police said seems funny how i just pulled out on him yet the whole front end of my car cleared past the front of his till he hit rear side of mine he was clearly doing 20 or more and the turning was about 10m away max!
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You've pulled out and he was speeding...still you've pulled out mate nothing more nothing less from the information I'm getting from reading this.. Get the video banged up lets look at it mate.
04-01-2013, 02:27 PM
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Taxi drivers are total tossers. Friend of mine was hit by a taxi and the same thing happened there with the driver calling another taxi who then turned up and claimed to have seen the accident. Fortunately the taxis passengers backed my friend up and the police were pretty good about it.
Unfortunately from your description it does sound like you would be technically at fault. Speed is not a factor in collision blame. Would love you to go ahead and win but I fear you're off to start a losing battle.
Unfortunately from your description it does sound like you would be technically at fault. Speed is not a factor in collision blame. Would love you to go ahead and win but I fear you're off to start a losing battle.
04-01-2013, 02:51 PM
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What know bodys getting i never pulled out on him he turned into the lane when i was half way out of space so he wasnt driving down the isle and i pulled out. I havent got the cctv my insurance solicitor has it im not allowed it for legal reasons apparently
04-01-2013, 02:59 PM
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Basically you need to meet this taxi driver dowen a dark alleyway with a baseball bat.
04-01-2013, 04:52 PM
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04-01-2013, 05:32 PM
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DECODING JIBBA JABBA!!
You pulled out from parked ( from a space ) there fore you are to blame I'm afraid to say. Regardless of the 3rd parties speed etc he had right of way I'm afraid to say.
04-01-2013, 06:15 PM
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http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2cfa8c05.jpg
Right a better account of what happened. I was in the yellow box and was moving across into the top yellow box red arrow was direction of taxi as i pulled out of box he WAS NOT even in the lane i was crossing he was about to turn in as i was already half way out of box(so basically across/blocking the lane)
Right a better account of what happened. I was in the yellow box and was moving across into the top yellow box red arrow was direction of taxi as i pulled out of box he WAS NOT even in the lane i was crossing he was about to turn in as i was already half way out of box(so basically across/blocking the lane)
Fully understand where your coming from but the insurance won't care. For example my mate pulled off a yellow line and a car smashed into him, it was a 30mph zone and the bloke left 150ft skid marks and wrote both cars off... The insurances response?? "Doesn't matter how fast mr ***** was traveling, you still pulled out in front of him so your to blame"
