Went into the back of a BMW, how do I deal with this?

z1a

Good idea from your point of view, could end up costing him dearly in the end though.

Iceweasel

Good luck, applepicker - I think you've got off very lightly.

Perhaps no-one will notice when he hands the car back.

applepicker

Just paid it and got the receipt. Couple of things. The guy when he was at the spray shop was complaining about his neck and the mechanic said it would be worth me getting him to sign a form saying everything had been settled. Just write it out myself?


Also, was checking something on the phone when I hit the guy I am an idiot and have stopped doing this. If you call someone one your phone and use headphones, is that illegal? I have a set. How would you be able to prove you were using the Bluetooth headphones?

photome

applepicker wrote: »

Just paid it and got the receipt. Couple of things. The guy when he was at the spray shop was complaining about his neck and the mechanic said it would be worth me getting him to sign a form saying everything had been settled. Just write it out myself?


Also, was checking something on the phone when I hit the guy I am an idiot and have stopped doing this. If you call someone one your phone and use headphones, is that illegal? I have a set. How would you be able to prove you were using the Bluetooth headphones?

seriously......shame the guy didnt call the police and tell them that

Car_54

applepicker wrote: »

Also, was checking something on the phone when I hit the guy I am an idiot and have stopped doing this. If you call someone one your phone and use headphones, is that illegal? I have a set. How would you be able to prove you were using the Bluetooth headphones?

The specific offence is using a hand-held phone. If you can set up and make the call without holding the phone (phone in cradle, headphone) then that offence is not committed.

However running into the car in front sounds like a different offence, i.e. careless driving.

Norman_Castle

applepicker wrote: »

Also, was checking something on the phone when I hit the guy I am an idiot and have stopped doing this. If you call someone one your phone and use headphones, is that illegal? I have a set. How would you be able to prove you were using the Bluetooth headphones?

You've already caused one accident by using your phone while driving and your concern now seems to be protecting your licence rather than driving safely. Switch your phone off and concentrate on your driving.

shaun_from_Africa

applepicker wrote: »

The guy when he was at the spray shop was complaining about his neck and the mechanic said it would be worth me getting him to sign a form saying everything had been settled. Just write it out myself?

Sounds as if it might be a prelude to his making a compensation claim for whiplash.
As to getting him to sign a form. IMO, not a good idea as all that will do is to show that you admit that the accident was your fault and if your insurance company see the note, they may well decide to cancel your policy because of you not advising them of what happened.

facade

The smuggest words in the English language

"Told you so"

You should have just put it through insurance in the first place and loaded both your policies for years.

Nasqueron

As and when the guy gets a call from an ambulance chaser and decides he'd like £2k you'll get the bill and your insurance company will ask why you didn't inform them at the time. You got off lightly if the bump didn't kill parking sensors and the job is good enough to not affect his lease deal

HornetSaver

To follow on from this discussion about careless or reckless driving, people can be (and have been) been jailed for things as innocuous as reaching for a sweet, where the result of doing so was dangerous driving.

The golden rule is very simple. If you cannot do something without focussing 100% on driving, you cannot legally do it whilst driving.