son hit neighbours car

lostinrates

Gillyx wrote: »

In the one residential area I know of with loads of cars I would say 90% of the houses have done away with their front gardens completely, put tarmac down and are now parking their 2/3 cars where the garden used to be. Sensible I say.
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Really? This is cited as being one of the reasons we have more urban flooding now, as they have removed drainage through soil in so doing. I beleieve it is now or was goig to be restricted under planning because it had become such a huge issue!

Mids_Costcutter

elvis86 wrote: »

Yes, because there is an ample supply of garages and parking spaces for rent. Enough for every car in the country. Get real.

If you don't have somewhere to park your car off-road, it's not your local council's responsibility to provide one in the highway. It's up to the car owner to find a solution. I'm sorry if this sounds tough, but basically most of the problems described in this thread stem from too many cars. Or do you really want British towns to look like Los Angeles?

Mk14:37

elvis86 wrote: »

Perhaps a better example would be the 6 year old next door smashing your front window with a football. Would I expect the parents to pay for the damage? Absolutely. Would I offer to pay if the child was mine. Absolutely.

Not really, it would be the 6 year old smashing a pane of window glass that you'd left on the pavement, propped up against the garden wall.

OP, I think my reaction in this circumstance would be, when he comes to you with a quote for repair, to gently ask, "And what have your insurers said?"

shirlgirl2004

madjay wrote: »

I have just been wondering that all of you who said they would not pay, how many of you would demand money for repairs if a child had damage their car, just do the right thing and pay for the damage.

I'd not expect the parent to pay if I had parked on the pavement. If my car was on the road I'd expect to be paid and I would pay if it were around the other way.

tincat

Any update to this?

geoffky

Anyone who says do not pay is showing her son that there are no consequences for actions...morality really has dropped a lot in this country of course you should pay and anyone who says otherwise is morally deficient.

You do the right thing.

Jinx

geoffky wrote: »

Anyone who says do not pay is showing her son that there are no consequences for actions...morality really has dropped a lot in this country of course you should pay and anyone who says otherwise is morally deficient.

You do the right thing.

In your opinion.

I think the adult who owns the car should be considerate of his neighbours - ie not park on the pavement in a street where there are children. If he hadn't parked there the child wouldn't have damaged the car.

basscadette

I cannot be bothered to read through all of the self-righteous replies - one and a half pages was enough.

A child fell into a car with his scooter - IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. Nobody is liable here in law. Why should you cough up money. What is happening to this world when a six year old falling over results in a claim for damages. I never heard of such things when I was little and as moral as I feel about most things, I would tell the guy to go and swivel for 'his' money.

Unless of course your child has third party, fire and theft on his little plastic scooter.

geoffky

basscadette wrote: »

I cannot be bothered to read through all of the self-righteous replies - one and a half pages was enough.

A child fell into a car with his scooter - IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. Nobody is liable here in law. Why should you cough up money. What is happening to this world when a six year old falling over results in a claim for damages. I never heard of such things when I was little and as moral as I feel about most things, I would tell the guy to go and swivel for 'his' money.

Unless of course your child has third party, fire and theft on his little plastic scooter.

WRONG one of the oldest laws (not statue) is if you cause damage you have to pay..

olibrofiz

Read the first 2 pages, but it went a bit off really. I appreciate that people park partly on pavements to leave a wider space on the road for other cars to pass, however, I hate it when people park so far onto pavements that you have to contort yourself to get by.

As the OP's son is 6 I'm assuming it's a little push along scooter, not some high powered thing, personally in this situation, unless it's a massive head sized dent in the side of the car, I'd let it go.

I would wait and see what £££ the neighbour came back with, and go from there. If it was lots of £££ I would suggest we went through our insurances. Chances are that as he has a number of cars, he doesn't have insurance for all of them.