Mum hit by car at petrol station

hubb

melbell wrote: »

You know what, This is a quick "Can I get compo............for my mum you see" thread Just admit it OP

Well if you (without knowing me) assume that how sad. How very sad. I came on here to get advice for a situation I have never come across before. To point your finger and acause me of gold digging Is quite frankly offensive. I don't use words like "compo" as you say. Please don't put me in that bracket of people.

I am sure most of you here will know where I am coming from. At least I hope they do.

hubb

Slowhand wrote: »

What are you wanting?

You to stop being facetious would be a good start.

hubb

ThumbRemote wrote: »

And now for the imbeciles, whose lives are so pathetic they can do nothing better than gang up together on the internet.

Still melbell, Slowhand and Idiophreak, if it gives you some sense of self-worth it's not all bad. Merry Christmas.

They will all be visited by 3 ghosts tonight.

Slowhand

hubb wrote: »

You to stop being facetious.

WHAT DO YOU WANT? Was your mum/the driver/the till attendant/ the guys around negligent...tell us what you think?

System

hubb wrote: »

They will all be visited by 3 ghosts tonight.

Technically it's four

moneybunny123

Slowhand wrote: »

WHAT DO YOU WANT? Was your mum/the driver/the till attendant/ the guys around negligent...tell us what you think?

It seems obvious, to me, what the OP wants. Some advice as to what to do and who to tell! If I was in that position, I would be wondering how best to deal with it. Me personally, wouldn't want the driver to get in to any trouble if nothing serious comes of this, but would surely want justice should my mother take a turn for the worse.

If I was you, OP, I think I would tell the police. State that you don't wish to press charges, but you want it on record.

Hindsight's a marvellous thing, but they should've been called immediately. The driver could've been drinking or anything! (Retrospective advice is never helpful, I know - but at least do the right thing now. Call the police).

ILW

moneybunny123 wrote: »

It seems obvious, to me, what the OP wants. Some advice as to what to do and who to tell! If I was in that position, I would be wondering how best to deal with it. Me personally, wouldn't want the driver to get in to any trouble if nothing serious comes of this, but would surely want justice should my mother take a turn for the worse.

If I was you, OP, I think I would tell the police. State that you don't wish to press charges, but you want it on record.

Hindsight's a marvellous thing, but they should've been called immediately. The driver could've been drinking or anything! (Retrospective advice is never helpful, I know - but at least do the right thing now. Call the police).

So the wishes of the "victim" should be totally ignored?
Does she have no say whatsoever in this matter?

mr_sharma

hubb wrote: »

They will all be visited by 3 ghosts tonight.

:rotfl:

That really made me laugh. Sadly you'll always get yakety-yaks/devil's advocates/facetious comments, that's the nature of anonymous internet postings.

Idiophreak

ThumbRemote wrote: »

And now for the imbeciles, whose lives are so pathetic they can do nothing better than gang up together on the internet.

Still melbell, Slowhand and Idiophreak, if it gives you some sense of self-worth it's not all bad. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to you too.

Oh sorry, I'll translate that for you.

Troll-de-lee-troll-de-lee-loll.

aileth

I know mum doesn't seem fussed, but how would she feel if she saw on the news the same fella/car had knocked a child down and killed them due to 'tiredness' as it wasn't nipped in the bud from the early warning sign of this incident. Maybe the Police etc would just give him a telling off, but it might be a spark of realisation for him.