Was involved in a car accident earlier today, whos liable?

DUTR

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

It's nothing to do with a FOI request as this only deals with information held by public sector companies.
If the OP wants a copy of any cctv recordings of themselves then they need to submit a data protection act "subject access request."

They can submit a request, from the .gov website is shows (amongst other stuff) "
They can refuse your request if:

• the footage has other people in it".

Nebulous2

It's of very little help to you now, but as a driver I always take control of such situations where a passenger has to alight into traffic.

So I'll say something like. "Can you hold on a minute please to make sure it's safe for cars coming?" followed by "Thanks, it's clear you can get out now."

OddballJamie

^^^This^^^

If you can safely see (using mirrors and turning your head) to pull out of a parking space, then you can guide a passenger to exit your vehicle.

Being elderly is not an excuse, if they have problems safely getting out of the car then you should've gone and helped.

BTW just how fast was the door flung open and exactly how wide?

Also did you take the time to measure how far you parked from the kerb?

Retrogamer

The person opening the car door is liable.

When you join from a give way, onto a main road you need to give way to traffic already on the road.
Opening the door is much the same. You need to ensure the road is clear before doing so.

adouglasmhor

marleyboy wrote: »

FOI? You cannot just walk into a company and demand they release CCTV footage on the grounds of FOI.No you make a request and if they do not comply or provide reason for exemption within the timescale they are fined

Its no different to someone demanding they see my holiday snaps under the FOI.It's entirely different It does not work that way I'm afraid.

Stop making things up please? If you don't know you don't have to answer.

adouglasmhor

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

It's nothing to do with a FOI request as this only deals with information held by public sector companies.If the OP wants a copy of any cctv recordings of themselves then they need to submit a data protection act "subject access request."

Like Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd. and Network Rail?

bazzyb

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Stop making things up please? If you don't know you don't have to answer.

He's not making anything up, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you mean DPA rather than FOI, but even still there is no guarantee that this would be provided if a DPA request was made.

adouglasmhor

bazzyb wrote: »

He's not making anything up, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you mean DPA rather than FOI, but even still there is no guarantee that this would be provided if a DPA request was made.

Network Rail is classified as a Central Government Body.

bazzyb

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Network Rail is classified as a Central Government Body.

How is that in any way relevant to the post you quoted?

We are talking about CCTV footage, nothing to do with the FOI.

shaun_from_Africa

DUTR wrote: »

They can submit a request, from the .gov website is shows (amongst other stuff) "
They can refuse your request if:

• the footage has other people in it".

But a FOI request does not cover personal information, and a cctv recording showing information that could identify the OP must be requested under the DPA.

In addition the Act does not provide the right of access to personal information about yourself. This is instead available under the Data Protection Act again, subject to certain exemptions, and is known as a subject access request.

https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/official-information/