Angry tesco man.

londonTiger

Strider590 wrote: »

Something of a myth, trolleys are not the worst offenders when it comes to dents and scrapes along your car......

It's actually those giant sized fashionable handbags with the MASSIVE metal buckles, handbag charms and studs and sh*t.

I think abandoned carts ARE one of the worst offenders, they get discarded, pushed around and then they follow the camber to the nearest car.

So if you have a nice car it pays to go to a supermarket where they pay workers good to collect carts. Some supermarkets just leave the carts out there for ages.

Ratboy

It's pretty clear who was to blame, and any motorist in that situation usually flares up, due to adrenalin, an unexpected event, which I would find humorous, to see someone going off on one, due to no real reason. Just sit back, and let them vent their anger, at them being so stupid, then swap details.

The problem is; is that you were on PRIVATE land, not public, as it was a Supermarket carpark, and as such, subject to the conditions of the managing company of that carpark, which isn't covered under the highways agency..ie the Queens Highway, hence insurance is invalid in this case.

Hope the insurance pays out, but don't hold out for any.

Lum

Road traffic act applies to "roads to which the public has access" which includes supermarket car parks.

Chopper_Read

Lum wrote: »

Road traffic act applies to "roads to which the public has access" which includes supermarket car parks.

It's actually a public place not a road, but you are correct certain parts of the rta apply and insurance is one of those offences. I don't know what ratboys been on.

Chopper_Read

Ratboy wrote: »

It's pretty clear who was to blame, and any motorist in that situation usually flares up, due to adrenalin, an unexpected event, which I would find humorous, to see someone going off on one, due to no real reason. Just sit back, and let them vent their anger, at them being so stupid, then swap details.

The problem is; is that you were on PRIVATE land, not public, as it was a Supermarket carpark, and as such, subject to the conditions of the managing company of that carpark, which isn't covered under the highways agency..ie the Queens Highway, hence insurance is invalid in this case.

Hope the insurance pays out, but don't hold out for any.

Care to explain your reasoning behind this?

pelirocco

Happened to me some one reversed out of parking space into the side of my car, they and passengers got out and blamed me !

pelirocco

Ratboy wrote: »

It's pretty clear who was to blame, and any motorist in that situation usually flares up, due to adrenalin, an unexpected event, which I would find humorous, to see someone going off on one, due to no real reason. Just sit back, and let them vent their anger, at them being so stupid, then swap details.

The problem is; is that you were on PRIVATE land, not public, as it was a Supermarket carpark, and as such, subject to the conditions of the managing company of that carpark, which isn't covered under the highways agency..ie the Queens Highway, hence insurance is invalid in this case.

Hope the insurance pays out, but don't hold out for any.

Rubbish !!!!!!!

SingleSue

I drive in as it is pretty difficult to get a wheelchair in or out of the boot when you reverse in, same with prams....both of which I have had in my time (unfortunately, the wheelchair is now the resident wheeled item in the boot)**

Even if the wheelchair is not coming out of the boot, as the rear seat is taken up with people most of the time, the shopping still has to go in the back, unless it has only been a very small shop, then it goes in the front foot well!

That is not to say I can't reverse into a space, that was a skill I had to learn blooming quickly after passing my test as the easiest way to get out of the works car park was to reverse into the space, if you drove in, it was a blooming nightmare to get out again....mind you, back then I didn't have to contend with either a pram or a wheelchair.

** I reverse into a space in the school car park, trying to back out with hundreds of children not being aware of what is going on, is a tad dangerous.

Lum

I guess I'm lucky in that regard. When I go out with my partner the wheelchair goes on the rear passenger seat. I actually find this a lot easier as I just have to remove one wheel and fold down the seat back and then the chair fits nicely on the seat with the remaining wheel where a person's feet would normally be.

As an aside, I hate (in principle) so-called accessible spaces where once you've got a Mondeo completely in the space, not sticking out into the road, you can't actually open your boot if you reversed in because there's a bollard in the way!

It's a lot easier to reverse out of a half-decent accessible space anyway as there is more room for the front end of the car to swing around This is probably why half of them contain Range Rovers driven by seemingly able bodied people without a blue badge! (Yes I'm aware of invisible disabilities and that the BB scheme does not apply in private car parks, however I refuse to believe that every one of those Range Rovers is driven by someone with Fibro or Lupus etc.)

SingleSue

Having the wheelchair on the back seat is not really possible either due to having children most of the time in the car, so we really need the space at the rear of the car to get the chair out.

I don't use accessible spaces because I don't have a blue badge, I have thought about having one and although I know in my hearts of hearts it would be the sensible move, I still live in hope of a miracle cure and that one morning I will wake up and everything will work like it used to