Damaged car by fachia board on the motorway

Imp

noodlespink2 wrote: »

What are our rights and what do i do now!

I don't think you have any rights, but I do think you have a responsibility to report the debris to the local police station as soon as possible so it can be removed from the road and others won't suffer the same misfortune.

Prothet_of_Doom

Iceweasel wrote: »

This is great news - I had a puncture last week - caused by a GKN nail.

I had to get a new tyre as it was unrepairable.

I'm going to sue Nigel Stein - the CEO of GKN - as it's obviously his fault.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Was it a BMW ? Sue the dealer for not fitting punxcture proof tyres. :T

InsideInsurance

Happychappy wrote: »

Unfortunately it isn't classed as an RTC, it doesn't fit the criteria as a reportable accident, just amazed that people believe the highways authority will sit and scan hours of video for an insecure load

Also the cameras unless monitored and operated manually, i.e zoom etc, will only show cars, lorries etc, they dont pick up reg No's this is done by the ANPR cameras on the motorways.

Why would they have to look at hours of footage?

Assume you've never worked in motor claims as often the highways agency tend to be fairly helpful in providing CCTV footage, though occasionally decide to charge a relatively small fee

No, CCTV records pictures and you then read the registration plate from the picture, or look for livery on the vehicle if the plate isn't clear enough.

At the end of the day its a long shot but wouldn't be the first time a successful recovery has been made from a third party via CCTV sourced from the owners of the cameras

Aretnap

alastairq wrote: »

I don't think anyone has suggested such action in the above circumstance?

Ratboy had suggested in post 11 that the OP was obliged to report this particular accident.

alastairq wrote: »

ie, where personal injury has occurred other than to the driver [who can, apparently, go fiddle?]

If the driver's the only person to have suffered injury or damage to his property then he doesn't have to exchange details with himself - he presumably already knows his own name and address. Unless he's has a nasty bang on the head I suppose... but in that case he wouldn't be able to provide them anyway.

Jack_Regan

Aretnap wrote: »

Ratboy had suggested in post 11 that the OP was obliged to report this particular accident.


If the driver's the only person to have suffered injury or damage to his property then he doesn't have to exchange details with himself - he presumably already knows his own name and address. Unless he's has a nasty bang on the head I suppose... but in that case he wouldn't be able to provide them anyway.

Ratboy claimed that you must report running over a dog.

mgdavid

Jack_Regan wrote: »

Ratboy claimed that you must report running over a dog.....

...and a person and a whatever; he was wrong in the case of the whatever.

'A dog (as well as a goat, horse, cattle, !!!, mule, sheep and pig) does come within the remit of the Road Traffic Act and is a reportable accident so you are required by law to report it to the police. '
https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q434.htm

Jack_Regan

mgdavid wrote: »

...and a person and a whatever; he was wrong in the case of the whatever.

'A dog (as well as a goat, horse, cattle, !!!, mule, sheep and pig) does come within the remit of the Road Traffic Act and is a reportable accident so you are required by law to report it to the police. '
https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q434.htm

But only if you don't exchange details with the owner.

owen_money

Whats all the talk about hitting a dog? They didn't hit a dog. It was a fachia board wasn't it?