no-fault car crash.... write-off... now what?

caprikid1

londonTiger wrote: »

hope the !!!! loses his license and never steps in a lorry ever again

Coming from the person who admits driving a car where due to its size and his height his visability was severly impared I find quite appalliing.

Videoman

Thank you for all the 'various' posts! AdrianC and Foxy... very good points especially about the sim card :-)
I am still awaiting the police to call me and then I shall contact the trucks insurance co. Will drag their heals though? I will still contact my insurance as well.... once I have a sim card! ;-)
I have also made a list of extra stuff that my car has ( not standard fittings ) hoping to add a little onto the payout... is this a possibility?
Tow bar etc...that alone was £125 .
Cheers again
any more information from anyone ..... ?

Spicy_McHaggis

What time was your crash last night?

If it was after 10pm I wouldn't expect a call until then.

caprikid1

Crashing an old car can be real challenge in terms of getting yourself back to the same position.

What I have always done in this situation is work out what I need to get me back to the same position and then ask for a FULL and FINAL SETTLEMENT. If you feel able to deal with hire cars and don't feel you have suffered any major injury this could work well. In my cases I have never had recovery costs etc. Lorry companies can be a pain though and rarely admit liability.

If you can manage a FF Settlement you should be able to get back to where you need to be. I sometimes think that for many Whiplash is the only way they feel they can achieve a fair outcome.

Videoman

yes Caprikid, I understand that about whiplash, but I walked away totally uninjured... its amazing how these crumple zones and buffers help in such crashes... just amazing- thank goodness!!!! The crash was about 8.15pm... I was just getting interested in the football on the radio! Did Liverpool win?? lol

JustinR1979

londonTiger wrote: »

you're probably the lowlife who shunted the Op off the road. There is no excuse, can't see what's beside yon just below the near side door? Buy a !!!!ing aspherical wing mirror add on for !!!!s sake.

For all we know tramlines or holes could have made the lorry move across - OP can correct this by saying if lorry was indicating.
A car with wide front tyres follows the grooves and wanders, try it in a lorry with 385 width front tyres, in some sections where they're building smart motorways you swing left and right like a fairground ride.


OP could have sneaked up the inside of lorry, sometimes happens.
So many people seem happy to sit on the inside of a lorry a few inches away from their side.


I'm sure the OP is the innocent party, but it's not always as clear cut as you make out.

BeenThroughItAll

londonTiger wrote: »

A HGV driver shunting a car off the road is much serious and different. They can kill people easily.

But in this case, no one died, so is a driver losing his licence and livelihood a punishment fitting of the 'crime' of potentially nothing more than driving a vehicle with limited visibility and making a mistake?

londonTiger wrote: »

Anyway, I think you're one of those trolls who has been banned from MSE and rejoined to keep trolling - pretty sad.

Spicy McHaggis
Joined Jan 2015
Total Posts: 730
Posts Per Day: 17.82!!!!!

I bet the taxpayers are financing your 18 posts a day habit

Which is irrelevant.

Ironic that you think putting a driver out of work and onto the taxpayers' payroll is a sensible course of action as a result of an RTC.

BeenThroughItAll

londonTiger wrote: »

you're probably the lowlife who shunted the Op off the road. There is no excuse, can't see what's beside yon just below the near side door? Buy a !!!!ing aspherical wing mirror add on for !!!!s sake.

How very kind of you to give me an excuse to report your post as abusive.


ETA: just for information, I was on the M56, M6, A66, A1, and A1(M) yesterday, not the M1.

Spicy_McHaggis

JustinR1979 wrote: »

For all we know tramlines or holes could have made the lorry move across - OP can correct this by saying if lorry was indicating.
A car with wide front tyres follows the grooves and wanders, try it in a lorry with 385 width front tyres, in some sections where they're building smart motorways you swing left and right like a fairground ride.


OP could have sneaked up the inside of lorry, sometimes happens.
So many people seem happy to sit on the inside of a lorry a few inches away from their side.


I'm sure the OP is the innocent party, but it's not always as clear cut as you make out.

Both sitting at 50mph.

Lorry on a calibrated 50mph, car on the speedo so slightly slower. Lorry thinks he's clear when in fact car is in the near side blind spot is my bet.

A classic blindside in reverse.

JustinR1979

These 50 stretches are a nightmare with a calibrated speedo, especially when you're only allowed in lane 1; just trapped at 40-45mph.
Wide angle mirror does catch most things, but it can be hard to have a really good look when all the traffic's bunched up and the lanes are narrow and throwing you all over the place.