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my car was hit by a Tesco HGV
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Sgt_Pepper wrote: »So what's your point?
Neither of us has said it wasn't the.truck drivers fault.
Really?You fail to grasp the fact that on some islands the truck does not physically fit in one lane all the way round.
What possible relevance does that have at all then?What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?0 -
The first bit about the police is just repeating what another poster already said, so no need to have another go about that.
With only a few minutes between my post and the previous ones, did you ever consider I might have been typing the post whilst the others were posting?Think this is worth a quick highlight from the top of the forum rules as a number of posters seem to have forgotten it:
Yes, you can remind us to be nice...
How about taking that on board yourself... you were a bit sharp with a poster on another thread - I didn't mention it earlier - but now you are getting picky, I think I shall:Far from cutting the BS - most of what you've written is complete BS.What possible relevance does that have at all then?
Who elected you forum monitor by the way?:hello:0 -
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Following a brief google search:
[EMAIL="customer.services@tesco.co.uk"]customer.services@tesco.co.uk[/EMAIL]
send them your story and await your £30 of vouchers for good will.The point of my post wasn't to example the full details of the accident but to ask if anyone could help with email contact details.....why do people not read the question
I did read the question, and answered it as you required, but haven't had any recognition.
You only seem to be responding to people who didn't help you.:( 0 -
With respect,this is solely a matter for tesco insurers and your insurers.
There is no evidence that he was driving dangerously and none presumably that you were driving without due care and attention.
It is difficult for forum members to assess the situation other than to say, if the Police are taking no action then there is no action to be taken.
Its as simple as that and it is unfair at best to make unsubstantiated claims and allegations as to the drivers actions and motivations.
Corporate drivers are very often in vehicles which have on board tackers which monitor them. As you stated, many employees now drink and drug test their employees which IMHO is a flagrant abuse of their basic human rights but thats another story.
In fact there is possibly more evidence as to his actions than as to yours.
Next time ,keep well away from HGVs because often,they have poor rearward ,side and indeed forward visibility !
http://www.masternaut.co.uk/vehicle-tracking/vehicle-tracking.aspxFeudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0 -
Seriously, are you and TrickyWicky reading a different post from me?
The OP clearly says the lorry was trying to exit at an exit earlier than they were in a lane for.
I'm not saying anything different or that the op is at fault.
What I am saying is that you always need to keep your distance from a lorry on a roundabout. There is no point being in a different lane but next to the lorry as they have limited visibility and are known to be hazardous on a rounabout. Therefore you either get behind it or in front of it. Not next to it either on the inner or outer side of it as thats where they tend to crunch vehicles - as has happened here.
Again, I am not saying the lorry driver is not at fault. All I am saying is that you should always try to be as far away from them as possible on a roundabout. Is that ok?
fivetide you think this is a clear cut case but lorry drivers sit right up high and can't always see what is below them. He may well have thought he had a clear path to take a left and the op was unfortunately in the way. I am not saying its not the lorries fault as it clearly is but what I am saying is that to avoid future risks the op shouldn't be driving around a roundabout next to a lorry. The highway code even makes this quite clear so
If you look at this:
https://www.gov.uk/using-the-road-159-to-203/roundabouts-184-to-190
Scroll to 187 and read the last point:
So by being to the left of the lorry without giving enough room the op was kinda contravening the highway code.In all cases watch out for and give plenty of room to
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long vehicles (including those towing trailers). These might have to take a different course or straddle lanes either approaching or on the roundabout because of their length. Watch out for their signals.
If the lorry driver wanted to push this it could be a 50/50 settlement I reckon at worst case scenario. Of course the big lorries are always at fault (despite all the pro training) so it won't go that way but I'm just making a point - it could be seen another way despite apparently being a clear cut lorry at fault situation.
Just to add.. an old friend of mine was once a lorry driver and said that the number of car drivers who couldn't grasp the limitations of a lorry was shocking. He said he'd get people pull in front of him on motorways and slam on the brakes, people who would cut him up thinking he could stop like a car etc. People do take risks around lorries not realising that lorries braking and vision is severely limited. My neighbour is also a lorry driver and says he has near misses frequently due to other motorists stupidity on the roads - people on the phone, eating McDonalds while keeping their knees under the wheel for steering etc.
Lorries are not to be messed with!0 -
Tiddlywinks wrote: »With only a few minutes between my post and the previous ones, did you ever consider I might have been typing the post whilst the others were posting?
Let's check the time stamps... Good you thanked the other poster though....Yes, you can remind us to be nice...
How about taking that on board yourself... you were a bit sharp with a poster on another thread - I didn't mention it earlier - but now you are getting picky, I think I shall:
The response to Strider was in the same tone to which he posted.
What's you excuse for:
1. Abusing someone who simply asked advice
2. Not actually saying anything helpful at all?Who elected you forum monitor by the way?
No one but I'm capable of reading the rules and I think places like this should be self policing. The mods have enough to do without having to watch out for people like you who simply cannot be polite to someone who has clearly had a very scary time of it.
A bit of sympathy would not have gone a miss would it?What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?0 -
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TrickyWicky wrote: »I'm not saying anything different or that the op is at fault.
What I am saying is that you always need to keep your distance from a lorry on a roundabout. There is no point being in a different lane but next to the lorry as they have limited visibility and are known to be hazardous on a rounabout. Therefore you either get behind it or in front of it. Not next to it either on the inner or outer side of it as thats where they tend to crunch vehicles - as has happened here.
Again, I am not saying the lorry driver is not at fault. All I am saying is that you should always try to be as far away from them as possible on a roundabout. Is that ok?
fivetide you think this is a clear cut case but lorry drivers sit right up high and can't always see what is below them. He may well have thought he had a clear path to take a left and the op was unfortunately in the way. I am not saying its not the lorries fault as it clearly is but what I am saying is that to avoid future risks the op shouldn't be driving around a roundabout next to a lorry. The highway code even makes this quite clear so
If you look at this:
https://www.gov.uk/using-the-road-159-to-203/roundabouts-184-to-190
Scroll to 187 and read the last point:
So by being to the left of the lorry without giving enough room the op was kinda contravening the highway code.
If the lorry driver wanted to push this it could be a 50/50 settlement I reckon at worst case scenario. Of course the big lorries are always at fault (despite all the pro training) so it won't go that way but I'm just making a point - it could be seen another way despite apparently being a clear cut lorry at fault situation.
i was IN FRONT OF THE LORRY!!!!!!! not next to.....which makes me wonder what he was doing at the same time as driving
And it wasn't 50/50% liabilty as is the case with accidents on the roundabout, he accepted FULL liability....because , duh!!!! he was 100% in the wrong.0
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