RTC whilst on driving lesson

Tilt

OnanTheBarbarian wrote: »

Can't believe how this thread has spiraled into 6 pages of smelly brown stuff and irrelevant input.

The OP's son is a minor in the eyes of the law and he cannot progress any claim himself without an appropriate adult acting as a "litigation friend". So the OP would be entirely correct to be the person making the enquiries.

The OP is best just contacting the driving instructor directly and asking for the reg number of the other vehicle involved and the driver name. Once the reg number is know, any company then assisting them (solicitor for example) can do a MID check and then go straight to the insurers of the other vehicle.

From what I can gather the OP has tried this but so far the instructor isn't forthcoming with the info.

esuhl

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

Because the driving instructor not helping is not a police matter.

What on earth are you talking about?! Show me the act of parliament that says that it is illegal to speak to a police unless you have a declaration from the Queen stating the topic to be a "police matter".

When you, say, ask a shop assistant for the time, do you expect them to reply, "That is not a shop matter."?! Have you lost it?!

Why do you think that the police would be unable to (or would refuse to) check insurance details?

Car_54

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

Child
Young person are the correct terms, but does it really matter.

Not one of your pupils was it?

It doesn't matter, but for what it's worth:

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defines child as "a human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier".[5] This is ratified by 192 of 194 member countries (including the UK).

It wasn't one of my pupils, but I have twice been hit from behind while on a lesson.

In both cases I left the pupil in the car while I dealt with things, for good practical reasons. I also advised the pupils of the procedures and their rights and what they needed to do in case of injury, and in one case helped them to initiate a claim. I'd expect any responsible instructor to do the same.

I have to admit I didn't think it necessary (in the case of a 17-y-o) to tell her mother, but I can recall some very immature individuals where I probably would.

Retrogamer

esuhl wrote: »

What on earth are you talking about?! Show me the act of parliament that says that it is illegal to speak to a police unless you have a declaration from the Queen stating the topic to be a "police matter".

When you, say, ask a shop assistant for the time, do you expect them to reply, "That is not a shop matter."?! Have you lost it?!

Why do you think that the police would be unable to (or would refuse to) check insurance details?

The police could possible provide details of the instructors insurance company, but this is unlikely as they were not liable for the accident so even in the event you were to contact the instructors insurance, they have no obligation to pass on any of the details of the third party who is liable.

Spicy_McHaggis

esuhl wrote: »

What on earth are you talking about?! Show me the act of parliament that says that it is illegal to speak to a police unless you have a declaration from the Queen stating the topic to be a "police matter".

When you, say, ask a shop assistant for the time, do you expect them to reply, "That is not a shop matter."?! Have you lost it?!

Why do you think that the police would be unable to (or would refuse to) check insurance details?

See #125......

anotherbaldrick

As physical injury either was apparent or possible the Police should have been called to the incident. If the instructor did not act correctly in this event advise him of the intention to pursue him for recompense,

Tilt

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

As physical injury either was apparent or possible the Police should have been called to the incident. If the instructor did not act correctly in this event advise him of the intention to pursue him for recompense,

I'm sure SM will be along to correct you in a minute :cool:

Spicy_McHaggis

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

As physical injury either was apparent or possible the Police should have been called to the incident. If the instructor did not act correctly in this event advise him of the intention to pursue him for recompense,

Possible is wrong, the law says injury not a possible injury and there is no requirement for the police to attend. It merely says reported to them.

Spicy_McHaggis

Tilt wrote: »

I'm sure SM will be along to correct you in a minute :cool:

As a driver is that correct then tilt?

You claim to have passed a test.

espresso

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

As physical injury either was apparent or possible the Police should have been called to the incident. If the instructor did not act correctly in this event advise him of the intention to pursue him for recompense,

More rubbish! The Police do not normally attend minor traffic shunts of this kind.

The driving instructor can't be expected to know if or how badly injured his pupil is, because it can take several hours (6 to 12 hours) for the symptoms of whiplash to develop.

It seems that everyone has to blame and claim from someone these days, which puts up all of our premiums!