How to avoid 50/50 car Insurers settlement?

Nasqueron

bery_451 wrote: »

As you can see clearly on google maps that Glover Street is a tight left turn. If you still dont believe that then drive down and try the street for yourself.

If you were driving behind me and needed to get somewhere fast what can you legally do at a narrow lane such as this especially at a cross junction? You saying you allowed to overtake/undertake? For the sake of argument if i was turning right theres clearly no space for a undertake.

If we take your situation 100% as you say, if he was undertaking you as you intended to turn left, his car would have had to be on the pavement and struck the side of your car as you turned - in a rush or not, nobody would be so stupid as to pass on the left when a car is indicating they are turning left as there simply isn't the space to fit even going into that side road - they would have gone around the right.

CCTV wise, why not just go to the building and ask the operators if they can let you see it from that day - would have been better if it was the day or next day as they may have wiped it by now.

Did you get photos of the car positions showing him on the pavement hitting you side on?

DavidFx

bery_451 wrote: »

You saying you allowed to overtake/undertake?

Highway Code Rule 163 - 'only overtake on the left if the vehicle in front is signalling to turn right, and there is room to do so'

somethingcorporate

So were they on the pavement?

Mungo76

This is may help. Looks pretty wide to me. Depends on what cars are involved.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.4780119,-1.8797173,3a,60y,38.94h,88.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stsyUq_4n2ERy-oWjPj9UnA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.4780932,-1.8795764,3a,75y,38.95h,88.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqw60tal8kZduanG2PMEqog!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

somethingcorporate

Thanks although you have to wonder what position the OP could have been in to contemplate going round on the left of them. The only conceivable scenario from looking at the roads would be if the OP were planning to go right leaving space on the left in the side road and then changed their mind.

OP, can you draw us a picture?

bery_451

The 3rd party car is a small mini size car.

bery_451

somethingcorporate wrote: »

Thanks although you have to wonder what position the OP could have been in to contemplate going round on the left of them. The only conceivable scenario from looking at the roads would be if the OP were planning to go right leaving space on the left in the side road and then changed their mind.

OP, can you draw us a picture?

According to the highway code can the driver allow to exit the lane and use the side street as space to do a undertake before joining back into the lane that he exited from?

Mungo76

The tightness of the turning could be the reason why the OP had to push out to the left, and had to straddle. The third party in their haste could have decided to go through. You can never account for another party driving like an idiot.

Agree with the diagram, as we don't have a great of detail from the OP.

Detailed TP allegations would also be interesting.

I'm not massively convinced in this being anything other than 50/50.

missile

I would suggest OP could be one of those ...... who swings out to the right before turning left.

somethingcorporate

missile wrote: »

I would suggest OP could be one of those ...... who swings out to the right before turning left.

They would have to be doing it at a snails pace/stopped for someone to creep up the inside though...

I still just cannot see how this happened unless OP had almost passed the left hand junction was on the right hand side of the left carriageway (indicating) going right and changed their mind and went left...