Car and wife hit by another car!

Ivrytwr3

a chip and a couple of scratches to mine. i'd have t-cut them out.

Ivrytwr3

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

Im waiting for the "should of walked to school" post

We live 8 mile from the school, otherwise we'd love to walk them to school

LinasPilibaitisisbatman

The fact is if you wife had the door open onto a road at a bit were visibility was obscured then liability could be contested.

The witnesses opinions on speed etc might make them more likely to settle quicker but they were on foot and didnt have the same view.

aqueoushumour01

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

a chip and a couple of scratches to mine. i'd have t-cut them out.

I hope you're wife's ok OP.


my car was hit while i was at work and i came back to some nice scratches - has your car got metallic paint by any chance? after reading some horrible reviews i was put off using t cut but if you used the metallic version with success i would give it a go.

goldspanners

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

The other day OH was picking up kiddies from school. By the time she got back to the car school had been over approx 15 minutes. She told one child to get into the back (4 years) and the other she carried onto the road and started to strap into the back (3 years old).

It was raining heavily, to the front of our car was a parked car with a mum doing the same, strapping a child into the back seat on the road side. Across the road were another two mums walking home after picking up their children.

this is a pet hate of mine, a bit of forward thinking rather than assuming everyone else should accomodate your wifes lazyness. and when something happens like this its someone elses fault.

put the kids all in the car from the pavement side,keep the child seat at the nearside of the car,so it is easier to sort them out. why risk taking your most valuable possesion onto any kind of road then mess around with a door open. and similarly,dont put the seat on the nearside of the car and then park facing the wrong way on the road.doubly stupid.

Quentin

Although you are right, (this "accident" was waiting to happen, and could easily have been much worse), the OP (who in his heart knows his missus was wrong to do this) rightly came to this forum for moneysaving advice, not to be preached safety at!

Takoda

goldspanners wrote: »

this is a pet hate of mine, a bit of forward thinking rather than assuming everyone else should accomodate your wifes lazyness. and when something happens like this its someone elses fault.

put the kids all in the car from the pavement side,keep the child seat at the nearside of the car,so it is easier to sort them out. why risk taking your most valuable possesion onto any kind of road then mess around with a door open. and similarly,dont put the seat on the nearside of the car and then park facing the wrong way on the road.doubly stupid.

Yeah seconded - my Jimny's passenger side is deliberately made easier to get into by manufacturer to encouarge people to load their kids from the pavement.

Really annoys me when people have their doors wide open out into the road. Especially when they are fat and the door is as wide as it can go :rolleyes:

Ivrytwr3

2 kids, both in the back, rainy day. 1 don't climb over the passenger seat to get into the driver's seat.

Ideal world, yes she should have leaned over and strapped her in, but it was raining and meant 1 kid standing on the pavement waiting.

alwaysonthego_2

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

2 kids, both in the back, rainy day. 1 don't climb over the passenger seat to get into the driver's seat.

Ideal world, yes she should have leaned over and strapped her in, but it was raining and meant 1 kid standing on the pavement waiting.

Couldn't she have let both children climb into their seats and then fastened them. My children are the same ages as yours and this is what I do.

Money_maker

Hope your OH has no injuries. Good job insurance companies involved just in case she gets any back problems in the next few days. Sometimes injuries take a couple of days to become apparent.