HELP - Neighbour just bumped into our car, bumper broken

darich

Ok
Despite me proving that private driveways are classed as roads in the RTA 1988 (and therefore subject to its contents ie insurance) it's quite obvious that I'm wrong.

You win.

PsiDOC

Thank you.... And goodnight.

Gene_Hunt_2

darich wrote: »

Do you expect your postman to be insured when he drives up your 300ft drive a few inches past your SORNed cars?
He must have 3rd party liability on private land to cover damage to other people's property. Same applies to those who own the vehicles on the land in case one rolls down and smacks his parked mail van.

No more posts from me here.....Check post 64....I don't make the rules.

But he keeps coming back with a further 7 posts.:D

dizzybuff

cutandshut wrote: »

I have a 300ft drive to my property which has no gates. I have 6 vehicles which are all on SORN. Are you seriously telling me that this is against the law as the public has access. Sorned vehicles must not be parked on public roads. I think I'm with PsiDOC on this one.

In order for the road to be public , the public need to have access to it. This can be to access a public function for example a fair, a place of interest ie a old house etc . The public would not normally have interest in your property , or scrapyard lol . So you are right on this one , but the other poster is also right . If for example you held an autunm fair on your property and the public used your road to access the feild it was in , then under RTA it becomes a public road .

Does that make sense.

cutandshut

dizzybuff wrote: »

In order for the road to be public , the public need to have access to it. This can be to access a public function for example a fair, a place of interest ie a old house etc . The public would not normally have interest in your property , or scrapyard lol . So you are right on this one , but the other poster is also right . If for example you held an autunm fair on your property and the public used your road to access the feild it was in , then under RTA it becomes a public road .

Does that make sense.

Yes it does make sense. I think that was what I was trying to say.

Also interesting to note, given the example above, that Royal Mail vehicles are not insured - they are big enough to handle it themselves.

Lirin

I have a SORN'd car at the moment parked at my parents. Up a 1/4 mile drive, no gates. Insurance told me I didn't need coverage anymore as it was on private land, but if I had wanted insurance to cover any risk posed by someone driving onto the private ground and hitting my car, I could buy laid-up insurance. I can move it about the property while it's still driveable.
Since I'm breaking the car anyway, I had no interest in that.
This is a bumper prang, for crying out loud. From confusedmummy's previous posts, she's probably bored by now and created another thread.
It's quite simple. Buy a bumper down at the scrappys, reattach it yourself as they're easy, give the other party the bill, and move on.

Quinny_2

darich wrote: »

Sainsbury's car park is private property and not subject to council maintenance, but try driving around in one with no insurance and see how long it is before the cops charge you.

Funny you should mention that......

I was talking to my brother-in-law about this very subject, and he said that any land that has white lines on it, is part of the highway, and therefore insurance is needed.

Oh by the way.....

He's a traffic cop in South Shields.

Gene_Hunt_2

Quinny wrote: »

Funny you should mention that......

I was talking to my brother-in-law about this very subject, and he said that any land that has white lines on it, is part of the highway, and therefore insurance is needed.

Oh by the way.....

He's a traffic cop in South Shields.

Wembley Stadium has white lines on the pitch so can we drive on that?

Inactive

Gene_Hunt wrote: »

Wembley Stadium has white lines on the pitch so can we drive on that?

That was a foul comment.

adouglasmhor

Gene_Hunt wrote: »

Wembley Stadium has white lines on the pitch so can we drive on that?

As soon as you give me a hand getting my car off Kate Moss's coffee table.