car reversed from driveway

Ergates

twhitehousescat wrote: »

yes it has, a friend of mine received a broken ankle when he was hit by one , user on ipad stuck to steeling wheel and engrossed in streaming

just the same as riding past an entrance /exit and not looking

Not even close. If you are backing out of your driveway, across the pavement and onto the road, then it is totally and utterly 100% your responsibility to ensure that there is nobody coming on either. If you hit somebody on the pavement that you are crossing it is totally your fault.

I seriously hope you don't have a driving license.

Ergates

AndyMc..... wrote: »

More likely they'll deal with the criminal damage as it's easier to sort out.

Banging on someones car whilst they're in the process of running you over isn't really criminal damage. Not even a little bit.

Mercdriver

twhitehousescat wrote: »

do riders of disability things have to have an eye or hearing test?

Come on, out with it, what exactly is your problem? Or are you just being an ar5e?

It isn't illegal to reverse out of a drive, but I wouldn't do it, as it makes you pretty much a slam dunk at fault in an accident as the Highway Code (and any decent driving instructor) advises against it.

Oh and Andy, I don't think there is mileage in criminal damage since the OP was hitting the car to warn the driver that she had hit her. Sounds like a perfectly good defence to me.

Mercdriver

twhitehousescat wrote: »

even more stop press:

internet nerd spotted above

Oh, Grow up. What are you? 12?

Jackmydad

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

Stop press:

Another person who doesn't know the difference between "their" & "there".

No they just missed out "them" as in "them there driveways"

But all joking aside, people reversing out of drives is another of those things you see regularly. Why it's easier to reverse out onto a road than to reverse in I don't know, but they do it.
Personally I'm also very careful of walking behind cars that are "nose in" in a parking space or drive. The driver may well have disengaged their brain before engaging reverse, and anything smaller than a car in the way, like me, could get squished.

OldWulf47

I was taught that it was illegal to reverse from a minor position into a major position (ie from a minor road/private drive into a major road/public footpath or road. Only with help have I ever reversed from my drive onto the road.
OldWulf47

Stoke

twhitehousescat wrote: »

ahh that explains why they can break your ankle , laugh and ride off ,

Sounds like you've got a personal issue against mobility scooters....

Car_54

OldWulf47 wrote: »

I was taught that it was illegal to reverse from a minor position into a major position (ie from a minor road/private drive into a major road/public footpath or road. Only with help have I ever reversed from my drive onto the road.
OldWulf47

Either you were taught incorrectly, or your recollection has faded with time.



The Highway Code (201) tells you: "Do not reverse from a side road into a main road. When using a driveway, reverse in and drive out if you can."


That does not make it illegal in itself. However, it could be used as evidence of careless or dangerous driving.