Child hit by car compensation claim

Retrogamer

If i was you, i'd be more inclined to focus on teaching your kid the green cross code and how to cross the road safely, rather than trying to pass blame to (in my opinion) an innocent third party.

Driver's aren't psychic so unfortunately sometimes they are unable to predict pedestrians running out from between cars without any warning, especially if they can't see them.

surreysaver

recci wrote: »

As I say I basically agree. However I am led to believe that as child he is considered to be a vulnerable and non responsible person and there is virtually no way she could claim anything from us.

If he is vulnerable and non-responsible, where is the non-vulnerable and responsible adult looking after him? Perhaps he should sue her for not looking after him properly.

MataNui

The phrase 'bottom feeder' springs to mind here. Sad state of affairs when a child has a lucky escape after something that was 100% their own fault and the first thing the parents think about is compensation.

Going by that other well touted phrase in these circumstances 'where there's blame there's a claim' i doubt you would be entitled to anything. The driver clearly cant be held responsible (at least the police dont believe so). Any claim you made would end up in court and the police report would be looked at. Since they didnt arrest the driver and wont be taking any further action i would imagine that report will probably say something like the collision was unavoidable, the driver did everything they could, the driver acted responsibly and reported the incident immediately etc.

csgohan4

comp compo compo compo

Ozzuk

Please do think this through and don't reward your child for being careless. What happens next time he thinks he can get some extra money and does this on purpose? Perhaps the driver won't be so careful next time.

Haylescom

About 6 years ago as I was leaving work, I knocked into a 5 year old child who jumped out of a bush directly into my path. This particular junction is a place where children often play as they don't see the road as an actual road.

I didn't hit him hard and he had no injuries, but it is a moment I'll never forget. The sound it made when he landed on my bonnet was so loud and terrifying. I got out of the car, picked him up and went to find his mum. I'd left my car with the engine running, door open and handbag on the passenger seat. When I found his mum she gave me a hug and later bought me a bunch of flowers.

I had to park my car back up as there was no way I could drive. It took me a few weeks to be able to drive without feeling anxious.

The woman in your case may have seemed like she didn't care but you have no idea what happened once she left the scene. This will stay with her for life.

happyandcontented

Haylescom wrote: »

About 6 years ago as I was leaving work, I knocked into a 5 year old child who jumped out of a bush directly into my path. This particular junction is a place where children often play as they don't see the road as an actual road.

I didn't hit him hard and he had no injuries, but it is a moment I'll never forget. The sound it made when he landed on my bonnet was so loud and terrifying. I got out of the car, picked him up and went to find his mum. I'd left my car with the engine running, door open and handbag on the passenger seat. When I found his mum she gave me a hug and later bought me a bunch of flowers.

I had to park my car back up as there was no way I could drive. It took me a few weeks to be able to drive without feeling anxious.

The woman in your case may have seemed like she didn't care but you have no idea what happened once she left the scene. This will stay with her for life.

This post is very true. I had an elderly neighbour who was driving very sedately up a wide main road in broad daylight. One of my son's friends (they would have been about 11 at the time) just decided to play "chicken" and ran across in the path of the car. He didn't make it, he bounced off the bonnet and fell to the floor. Fortunately, he was only bruised due to the speed the car had been doing. My elderly neighbour never really got over the incident and gave up driving shortly afterwards, even though he was in no way to blame.

The lad's parents were brilliant. They gave him a severe telling off, grounded him, and insisted he called round to apologise. They also sent him round every Saturday for a month to clean my neighbours' car.

System

happyandcontented wrote: »

If you son admits he ran into the road without looking.

I don't think the OP said he wasn't looking. That was an invention in post no. 6 in relation to another case:
"was also looking in the totally opposite direction to the traffic"
with the introduction of the word "also".

Mojisola

recci wrote: »

My 11 year old son was hit by a car yesterday.

He ran out onto the road from behind a car

Clifford_Pope wrote: »

I don't think the OP said he wasn't looking. That was an invention in post no. 6 in relation to another case:
"was also looking in the totally opposite direction to the traffic"
with the introduction of the word "also".

Surely if he had been looking, he would have seen the car and not run out into the road?

System

"He ran out onto the road from behind a car but it was at a crossing point"

Not quite the same thing as "looking in the totally opposite direction to the traffic".