Help with 3rd party without MOT

ncfcfan · 2019-06-17 15:07:17

Hello. Early last week, I was involved in an RTC that wasn't my fault. Unfortunately, there were no witnesses or CCTV to this event. 1hr after the incident, the other driver called me to say he had no valid MOT. He offered me money for repairs. I checked, and his MOT has indeed expired. I told him I wouldn't commit to…

17 June 2019 at 4:07PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Motoring

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21 June 2019 at 5:50PM

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21 June 2019 at 5:50PM

ncfcfan wrote: »

Agreed, I was on auto pilot, but I am usually a super safe driver. [...] Perhaps I could have been more defensive.

Is the right answer

We all make mistakes at times (or so I've been told... ), and that includes mistakes dealing with other peoples' mistakes. It does sound like this may have been one of those second times.

End of the day, no-one was hurt, your insurance won't be affected much by it if your record is otherwise clean, and - because of your comment above - I'd lay odds that you'll learn from this and won't get caught out by similar numpties in future.

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