Rtc police report contains inaccuracies, help please

matttye

Bantex wrote: »

Cannot see how it would affect the amount of compo though.

You're right, you can't, because you don't have enough information to know anything. Which is what I've been saying all along.

AdrianC

matttye wrote: »

No, what they are due is a fair and proper investigation by the police.

And what will that investigation _do_? It'll - at best, for the OP - decide that the bus driver is to blame for the collision, right?

In addition to being held culpable - so the OP gets full payout from the bus company's insurance - he's been found guilty of careless driving. But, as far as the OP is directly concerned, that's beside the point. As is the outcome of that charge. That is SOLELY between the driver and his employer. Nobody else is affected by it.

Bantex_2

matttye wrote: »

You're right, you can't, because you don't have enough information to know anything. Which is what I've been saying all along.

Compo is based on the level of injury etc and beyond establishing liability the level of fault has no bearing. The police have no part in directing compensation levels.

AdrianC

matttye wrote: »

You're right, you can't, because you don't have enough information to know anything. Which is what I've been saying all along.

Any compensation is SOLELY based on the damage to the car and the injuries suffered. There is no more due. There can be no more due. No mental anguish, no PTSD, no fluffy-bunny-hug.

Johno100

Bantex wrote: »

Cannot see how it would affect the amount of compo though.

It won't, I know that, you know that, but does the OP?

AdrianC

Never mind the OP, does Mattye?

Johno100

Bantex wrote: »

Compo is based on the level of injury etc and beyond establishing liability the level of fault has no bearing. The police have no part in directing compensation levels.

But if they haven't handled the investigation properly, the OP might be sniffing a few quid from them as well.

matttye

AdrianC wrote: »

And what will that investigation _do_? It'll - at best, for the OP - decide that the bus driver is to blame for the collision, right?

In addition to being held culpable - so the OP gets full payout from the bus company's insurance - he's been found guilty of careless driving. But, as far as the OP is directly concerned, that's beside the point. As is the outcome of that charge. That is SOLELY between the driver and his employer. Nobody else is affected by it.

No, we already know the bus driver is to blame. It can help determine the level of blame though.

E.g. one of the factors indicating higher culpability in careless driving is if you are carrying passengers or a heavy load. If the police report says that the bus had no passengers on it then one of the factors indicating higher culpability has not been met.

>> Magistrates' Court sentencing guidelines.

As I said before, there are public interest considerations as well. Investigations need to be done properly so that the right outcome can be reached as much as possible. What if one of the witnesses said they saw the bus driver on a mobile phone, but that was disregarded by the police because they thought the witness was a passenger in the OP's car and therefore not independent? Do you not think a harsher sentence should be handed out in such circumstances?

I also think it's quite important to the victim for the right sentence to be handed out.

Again, I'm not saying that taking into account all of the circumstances, the right outcome wasn't what actually happened, but simply that if there were glaring errors in the evidence then any such decision should be re-considered.

AdrianC

matttye wrote: »

No, we already know the bus driver is to blame. It can help determine the level of blame though.

How much more than 100% blame should the bus driver have, then?

Do you not think a harsher sentence should be handed out in such circumstances?

Once again, the punishment is NOT the OP's business. You or I have as much stake in the punishment as the OP does.

Bantex_2

Possibly OP is on some sort of crusade to get careless bus drivers sacked and imprisoned. Cannot see any other reason for wanting the report.