Drivers that don't park in car park bays and insurance

londonTiger

Let's so whose the worst driver here. The person whose in a rush who parks somewhere on the side of the lane on private land outside of designates bays. I'd the idiot who drives into a stationary car!!!!

rs65

Robisere wrote: »

A private car park (Supermarket/pub/hotel/whatever similar) is not the Highway. It is not on an adopted road, therefore not administered by the area County Council Highways department and not subject to normal Highway traffic law. If any collision occurs between two vehicles, "Fault" is irrelevant. The driver who would normally be judged to be at fault, could drive away scot-free, unless the owner of the car park took civil action on behalf of the other party or its own interests, or criminal damage could be proved. That is, intent could be proved.

If you are negligent and cause someone to suffer a loss then you are liable for their losses whether you are in a private or public park and whether you are in a car or not.

scheming_gypsy

fionajbanana wrote: »

But I think the car insurers should not pay out to drivers that get their cars damaged whilst they are not parking in bays. They caused the accident! Serves them bloody right! Car parks have bays marked for a reason. I think Aldi only fine drivers that overstay the time, not for lazy sodness of their parking. I always park in a bay.

The slip road is only wide enough for two cars. If an Aldi delivery truck turned up, whilst those three cars are parked there, it would be chaos.

the bays are provided by Aldi for their customers to park in and nothing else. at which point should Aldi / other private companies be able to dictate what insurance companies do?

Aretnap

Leaving aside the fact that the accident would be entirely the fault of the numptie who couldn't avoid hitting a stationary car, the whole point of car insurance (comprehensive insurance at least) if that it covers you for accidents which ARE your fault.

Aretnap

Robisere wrote: »

A private car park (Supermarket/pub/hotel/whatever similar) is not the Highway. It is not on an adopted road, therefore not administered by the area County Council Highways department and not subject to normal Highway traffic law. If any collision occurs between two vehicles, "Fault" is irrelevant. The driver who would normally be judged to be at fault, could drive away scot-free, unless the owner of the car park took civil action on behalf of the other party or its own interests, or criminal damage could be proved. That is, intent could be proved.

Careless driving (eg hitting a stationary car) is an offence in any public place (law). A public place is a place which is open to the public, regardless of who owns it. A supermarket car park is certainly a public place.

OddballJamie

Am I the only one thinking the OP has hit a parked car?

forgotmyname

Maybe it jumped out in front of them?

I had a wall do that to my 1st car. All its fault of course.
RWD in the snow.. Ford Escort = 1 x Wall = 1. Did as much damage to each other. Yet it still drove home despite 1/4 of it missing / hanging off. And sold for £50 less than i paid.

Ahh those were the days

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OddballJamie wrote: »

Am I the only one thinking the OP has hit a parked car?

Maybe it was one of the new self parking Fords ...

gardner1

fionajbanana wrote: »

I am getting annoyed with drivers that don't park in bays (not straddling over two or three bays) and park anywhere in the car park. 99.9% of the time its down to laziness, when the car park has over a quarter of spaces empty. Today, I saw three cars in an Aldi car park parking on the slip road to the store. Then there is another Aldi with a smaller car park and one car parks next to the trolley bay and gridlocks everyone coming in/out of car park

Does their insurance pay out if they got hit?

I sometimes park between 2 bays in local Tesco because they are too small...otherwise some fat ba5tard parks so close then dinks my door

bigjl

OddballJamie wrote: »

Am I the only one thinking the OP has hit a parked car?

My thoughts exactly