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Accident: Driving without due care advisory
Hi,
A few months back I was involved in a bike accident.
I recorded the whole accident on my HD helmet cam.
The outcome of the accident was a letter from the Police titled DRIVING WITHOUT DUE CARE AND ATTENTION yet in the body of the letter it states it is an advisory letter and they hope I am more careful in the future!
What does that actually mean? Is that a 50/50 or does this mean something else?
Any comments appreciated.
A few months back I was involved in a bike accident.
I recorded the whole accident on my HD helmet cam.
The outcome of the accident was a letter from the Police titled DRIVING WITHOUT DUE CARE AND ATTENTION yet in the body of the letter it states it is an advisory letter and they hope I am more careful in the future!
What does that actually mean? Is that a 50/50 or does this mean something else?
Any comments appreciated.
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I suppose it depends whether the other driver was assessed the same too.0
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It means that the Police have decided not to take any further action against you regarding the standard of your riding.
Has any insurance claim been settled?0 -
It means what it says. The police are not concerned with the apportionment of fault, that is up to the insurance companies. If I were you, I would not draw the letter to your insurer's attention.0
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Hi,
A few months back I was involved in a bike accident.
I recorded the whole accident on my HD helmet cam.
The outcome of the accident was a letter from the Police titled DRIVING WITHOUT DUE CARE AND ATTENTION yet in the body of the letter it states it is an advisory letter and they hope I am more careful in the future!
What does that actually mean? Is that a 50/50 or does this mean something else?
Any comments appreciated.
I assume this was a motorbike and not a push bike?0 -
Show us the video and let us be honest/brutal....0
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Can you get done for that on a pushbike?
I'd bet OP was filtering, maybe a bit too quickly.
Not for driving without due care for obvious reasons
Cyclists can be done for careless / inconsiderate riding though
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/part/I/crossheading/cycling-offences-and-cycle-racingSam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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It was a motorbike.
I asked the Police did the other driver receive the same letter, they’ve yet to respond.
I won’t show the insurers the letter as it is misleading.0 -
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The reference of the letter is ‘driving without due care and attention’ but it then goes on to say be careful next time.
So to me that suggests I was driving without due care but not bad enough for charge? So it’s either is or isn’t. If it isn’t, why put it there in the first place.0
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