Someone just hit my car and drove off

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tripled wrote: »

It only needs to be reported if a specific type of animal (person, dog, goat, horse, cow, donkey, mule, sheep or pig) is injured. Otherwise it's just the one offence as far as I'm aware.

The officer said as damage was caused he had to report it within 24 hrs.

The following suggests 2 seperate offences.

"You could be prosecuted for failing to stop and failing to report, regardless of whether you are to blame for the accident. If the accident is wholly or partially your fault, you could also be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention or dangerous driving. "

"Each offence can result in an instant driving ban, but in normal circumstances, you should expect a means tested fine up to £2,500 and between 5 and 10 penalty points. In extremely serious cases, punishment can include community service, a curfew order or a prison sentence."

Fat_Walt

CHRISSYG wrote: »

The officer said as damage was caused he had to report it within 24 hrs.

The following suggests 2 seperate offences.

"You could be prosecuted for failing to stop and failing to report, regardless of whether you are to blame for the accident. If the accident is wholly or partially your fault, you could also be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention or dangerous driving. "

"Each offence can result in an instant driving ban, but in normal circumstances, you should expect a means tested fine up to £2,500 and between 5 and 10 penalty points. In extremely serious cases, punishment can include community service, a curfew order or a prison sentence."

In normal circumstances you'd be disqualified for dangerous driving. It's only under exceptional circumstances you wouldn't be.

andy13

Marktheshark wrote: »

Stopping on a yellow line to embark or disembark passengers is not an offence unless there is a kerb line and sign prohibiting it.
You can also assist vulnerable passengers in to the vehicle.

Walking off for ten minutes is different.
Our local council had to refund over 30 tickets recently for ticketing cars that were just dropping passengers.

There isn't any kerb line or sign in existence that prohibits boarding/alighting passengers. (red route maybe)
Are you referring to loading restrictions?

Car_54

Fat_Walt wrote: »

In normal circumstances you'd be disqualified for dangerous driving. It's only under exceptional circumstances you wouldn't be.

AFAIK disqualification is obligatory. There is no provision for exceptional circs. Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 Schedule 2.

Fat_Walt

Car_54 wrote: »

AFAIK disqualification is obligatory. There is no provision for exceptional circs. Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 Schedule 2.

In exceptional circumstances a court can award 3-11 points.

Car_54

Fat_Walt wrote: »

In exceptional circumstances a court can award 3-11 points.

Under which legislation?

Aretnap

Car_54 wrote: »

Under which legislation?

Road Traffic Offenders Act section 34

Where a person is convicted of an offence involving obligatory disqualification, the court must order him to be disqualified for such period not less than twelve months as the court thinks fit unless the court for special reasons thinks fit to order him to be disqualified for a shorter period or not to order him to be disqualified.

Special reasons for not imposing a ban are relatively common in things like drink drive cases - you can avoid a ban if your drinks were spiked (and you can prove it), you drove in a genuine emergency, or you only drove a very short distance eg to move a car which was in a dangerous position.

They're less common in dangerous driving cases - essentially you would have to have had a very good reason for driving dangerously, eg a genuine emergency. They must relate to the offence itself and not to the offender - so you wouldn't be able to get off a ban on the grounds that it would cause hardship, or similar.

Car_54

Aretnap wrote: »

Road Traffic Offenders Act section 34

Special reasons for not imposing a ban are relatively common in things like drink drive cases - you can avoid a ban if your drinks were spiked (and you can prove it), you drove in a genuine emergency, or you only drove a very short distance eg to move a car which was in a dangerous position.

They're less common in dangerous driving cases - essentially you would have to have had a very good reason for driving dangerously, eg a genuine emergency. They must relate to the offence itself and not to the offender - so you wouldn't be able to get off a ban on the grounds that it would cause hardship, or similar.

Many thanks.