Need help court tomorrow rta

johncraiglynn

that is including the weight of me and the passangers

Spicy_McHaggis

Down to .17kg so aptly weighed them on the night of the crash?

Iceweasel

You are analysing this like a scientist with reference to the laws of physics and motion of two bodies that collide.

I can accept that up to a point, but if you didn't move left and damage your front left corner and the side of the BMW, what would the BMW driver have been trying to do?

What was the distance between you and the car directly in front of you?

Would he have been trying to cut in front of you into the middle of the 3 lanes? If that is what you think happened - have you any idea what benefit he would have gained from that.

What benefit would you have gained from moving into his lane?

As said it's a bit late in the day for this discussion on here.

Good luck.

lighting_up_the_chalice

So, he was to the left of you. He says you moved into his lane and the front of your car hit the middle of his. You say he moved into your lane and the middle of his car hit the front of yours. Both seem plausible.

As to you making him spin out or hit the kerb, I guess that would depend on the force of the impact. Even 3 tons of car can make a gentle impact on a lighter vehicle. The height of a RR may even make it more likely that he was on your blind side and you simply didn't see him. Pure speculation on my part there.

Your insurers, who you pay, have appointed a professional to represent you. Let him/her do what they are paid to do.

force_ten

bit late for you but if it was me i would have been looking for CCT footage at the time of the incident

chances of a major intersection in Glasgow city centre not having camera coverage is fairly slim

also did the Police attend the incident ?

straighttalker

Well OP, all you can do is put your story across in as concise and honest manner as you can and see what happens. If you had two witnesses, your solicitor should have taken signed statements from them with a statement of truth. They would also have had ample opportunity to provide their dates for availability to attend trial prior to the trial being fixed. Also, your solicitor should have summonsed them to attend trial. Did your solicitor do this or are you just lying about your own witnesses. What about the witness evidence of the passengers who were travelling in your vehicle. Are they attending court to provide evidence to support your version of events?

Are you the Claimant or Defendant in this matter? You seem to be concerned about your own personal injury claim too. Given that by your own admission, your vehicle weighs an exact amount over 3 tonnes and sustained minor damage, how did you sustain personal injury? Maybe the judge will be interested in investigating the validity of your own claim for personal injury too. Good luck with that.

Marktheshark

There was one in the local paper where a Witness popped up recalling in exact detail seeing the crash.
A quick search of face book showed them posting a holiday Snap from Turkey on the same day, drink in hand and all.
Needless to say, both got a hefty fine and suspended sentence for conspiracy to pervert.

alleycat`

johncraiglynn wrote: »

i was in the middle lane not moving he was travelling at 30mph down the left of me as it was at a set of lights on a 3 lane road he claims as he started to pass me i turned into his car

If you were sat at the lights and stationary how many cars were in front of you and were there any others behind you?

Did he come down the left hand lane all the way at "30mph" and why would he still be going that speed if the light was Red (which i assume is the claim?)

As it's a fairly straight(ish) road i assume you'd have a rough idea where he came from?

Had the lights changed, you've not set off and he's swerved around you miss judging you pulling away?

Where abouts on Union street was the accident?
Is it one of those points where the road (after the lights) goes left, right and straight on or at a pedestrian crossing?

I'm trying to get a picture of why you were in the middle lane. Why you were stationary. If the lights were changing as the other car approached and any other possible factors.

The number of cars at the lights might indicate, for example, he was nipping down the left and trying to time cutting across for "straight on" as the lights changed?

It happens a lot on a stretch of road near my parents where the inside lane is left only but certain drivers think it's OK to shoot straight on as the queue is "not for them".

If you've both walloped cars sufficiently were the police called?
If somebody had walloped my perfectly legitimately driven car at that time in a morning i'd want them notified asap.

The other driver could have been drinking and there is a reasonable chance that on a major town center road like that CCTV would have covered it and picked out the cars plates, even if you didn't.

It would also have added weight to your defence that you'd done nothing wrong.

Anyway as it's so late in the day it'll be up to your legal representative to sort it out now.

Incidentally there is a video of a Bike doing over 80mph on youtube that side swipes a deer and he doesn't come off or get deflected much at all.

I don't know what the relative weights involved are but it's not a cast iron argument that the other car would "spin off" if it is side swiped.

almillar

You'll not necessarily bounce a smaller car around the place just because your car is bigger or heavier. Could just be a small tap, and lots of other actions by both drivers could prevent it. If you actually purposely wanted to though, you probably could. So not relevant.
What is relevant, if it's not to late, is that your defence should simply be 'I was stationery in a queue' if that is indeed true.
Damn, typo, thanks for the subtle hint Car 54. StationAry!

Car_54

almillar wrote: »

You'll not necessarily bounce a smaller car around the place just because your car is bigger or heavier. Could just be a small tap, and lots of other actions by both drivers could prevent it. If you actually purposely wanted to though, you probably could. So not relevant.
What is relevant, if it's not to late, is that your defence should simply be 'I was stationery in a queue' if that is indeed true.

That would be a good defence if he'd been in an A4.