Car accident

tbourner

doctofor wrote: »

No. I didn't.

doctofor wrote: »

I used her car last weekend and had the same problem. Once when driving I had literally missed BOTH brakes and acceleration pedals on a couple of seconds.

Yes. You did.

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tbourner wrote: »

Yes. You did.

Beat me to it...;)

This guy cannot be serious.

Gordon_Hose

Maybe a troll?

harveybobbles

doctofor wrote: »

The question is what can be better way to sort it out.

This situation can happen again.

Go drive it fast towards a brick wall and see if the brakes work...?

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Gordon_Hose wrote: »

Maybe a troll?

I thought that, but I am far too polite to mention it.:D

tbourner

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

Maybe a troll?

Definitely a slow typist!

doctofor

Hintza wrote: »

What car was your wife driving?

What does this mean:- The car is To..ta regno.59?

It stands for Toyota Aygo, red number 59. Meaning that we've got it recently, in the end of 2009.

sarah_elton

You have fully comp insurance. All you're going to lose is your excess and NCB. Be thankful the crash wasn't more serious and your wife or the other party wasn't injured. You said you felt a problem with the brakes at the weekend. Any suspected problem with brakes should be checked out ASAP. Give up, move on, and get the brakes thoroughly checked before you take the car out again. If the car is within warranty the dealer should do this for free.

Since it's such a new car and only suffered scratches, it must have been a tiny accident. Cars built in the last 15 years crumple like paper bags at the slightest impact.

doctofor

tbourner wrote: »

Do you mean she (and you) physically missed the pedal with your foot? Like your foot went past the pedal and onto the carpet?

Or do you mean you pressed on the pedal but got a spongy feeling like the brakes weren't doing anything no matter how hard you pressed?


I'm guessing this is a lost in translation thing, with the word 'missed' being misunderstood.

That was she pressed pedal and it simply wasn't spongy to touch. And because it didn't act as a break it sent mind in a rather deep cofusion where you stop understanding where your pedals are, as to hit gas in the situation you need break is even more dangerous than not to hit anything!

doctofor

sarah_elton wrote: »

You have fully comp insurance. All you're going to lose is your excess and NCB. Be thankful the crash wasn't more serious and your wife or the other party wasn't injured. You said you felt a problem with the brakes at the weekend. Any suspected problem with brakes should be checked out ASAP. Give up, move on, and get the brakes thoroughly checked before you take the car out again. If the car is within warranty the dealer should do this for free.

Since it's such a new car and only suffered scratches, it must have been a tiny accident. Cars built in the last 15 years crumple like paper bags at the slightest impact.

What happens in such cases is that you rather refuse believing as it's simply very confussing to accept and then you simply go with thinking 'this was the game of you mind'. Only later when she was laying the whole story that the penny dropped.