[Need advice] knock down neighbour motorbike when parking, requested repair bill >£1k

marlot

starkiwi26 wrote: »

...one side mirror is broken, and the side of motorbike was scratched/broke a bit....
...This is really too expensive for lightly knock the motorbike....

That coud easily be £1000 of damage.

Owain_Moneysaver

You would be wise to pay the money and settle up. If the bike owner wants to he can report you to the police for Driving without due care and attention, and Failure to report an accident. Both carry points on your licence, which will affect your insurance (probably far more than a civil damages accident claim).

Warwick_Hunt

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

You would be wise to pay the money and settle up. If the bike owner wants to he can report you to the police for Driving without due care and attention, and Failure to report an accident. Both carry points on your licence, which will affect your insurance (probably far more than a civil damages accident claim).

Where have they failed to report?

As for due care, the police won't prosecute for a parking touch.

Rolandtheroadie

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

You would be wise to pay the money and settle up. If the bike owner wants to he can report you to the police for Driving without due care and attention, and Failure to report an accident. Both carry points on your licence, which will affect your insurance (probably far more than a civil damages accident claim).

Surely the police would decide if the OP was to be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention, and the bike owner is equally guilty of not reporting the accident.

Warwick_Hunt

Rolandtheroadie wrote: »

Surely the police would decide if the OP was to be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention, and the bike owner is equally guilty of not reporting the accident.

Only if there was damage to the car.

Strider590

OP sounds a bit like they're doing the classic "it's only plastic".

Motorbike faring costs an absolute fortune to fix.

BeenThroughItAll

BMW Mirror - apx £270
BMW side fairing, tail unit, top fairing (all damaged by a small drop) ~£1800

Think yourself lucky it's only a grand.

starkiwi26

I will never want to get near to any motorbike again.
next time if the parking space is next to motorbike, I will just give up.
rather to have no parking than touch the motorbike.
This is nearly my 1 month salary :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
I want to cry

ryan121

To you 1k and hitting a bike may seem serious but to an insurer it's not serious at all. Small claim amount, nobody was injured and a clear cut case.

I had a similar incident when I first started driving and when I spoke to my insurance company we just laughed about it. No claims was lost but quote at renewal was lower.

Let your insurance company deal with it. You'd be surprised how common this type of incident is.

debtdebt

If you can't afford to pay for the repair, GO THROUGH INSURANCE!!!