Hit by an uninsured driver from behind, my car write off

rev_henry

Lum wrote: »

Bradford was the pilot for the whole ANPR thing, most of the city is covered in it and has been for ages.

Doesn't seem to be working so well. I guess because it can only trace the uninsured driver if the car is correctly registered to the owner and thus it will only catch out people who forgot to renew, rather than those doing it intentionally.

Interesting.
We need to see more operations with static ANPR cameras or camera vans and intercept teams a mile up the road or so, to seize uninsured cars there and then. That's the only way to interrupt these people.

Crabman

rev_henry wrote: »

Interesting.
We need to see more operations with static ANPR cameras or camera vans and intercept teams a mile up the road or so, to seize uninsured cars there and then. That's the only way to interrupt these people.

Unless a cloned number plate is used. In which case the ANPR becomes completely ineffective unless the cloned plate has been noticed & reported by the real owner due to receipt of postal congestion/parking fines.

Hopefully we'll see electronically chipped number plates being used on all vehicles in the not too distant future.

Lum

RFID tags can be easily disabled, just put the plates in the microwave for 30 seconds.

The electronic readers wont even know a car passed, and given that the tags can "just fail" with no way for a normal human to check.. plausible deniability.

Nixer

I was hit and injured (permanently) by an uninsured driver about 7 years back. The MIB did cough eventually but it took about 2.5 years. It's not usually as long as that, but the law firm that was handling my case disbanded and I got assigned to another one, which then disbanded, plus they have to wait a period of time for the injury to settle down before they assess it. I think 18 months - 2 years is the average, that's what I was told when it all started. I don't recall them refunding my excess but they might have, it was a long time ago.

The police took a while as well, in my experience they aren't very good at keeping you informed and in my case the driver was pretty uncooperative (failed to produce, failed to turn up in court first time). But they did get her convicted in the end. If this man gave correct details they will pursue, but if he didn't I doubt they would try to trace him. I'd either keep chasing them until they tell you whether the address is genuine or get the solicitor to do it. It is frustrating but it just takes time. I was very angry at the other driver initially but it wasn't doing me any good and I had to learn to let it go.

Hope you get a result. If you ever have an RTA in which you (or anyone else) is injured ever again, for Gawd's sake call the police.