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  • ffacoffipawb
    ffacoffipawb Posts: 3,593 Forumite
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    NotRichAtAll wrote: »
    i drive for a living, yes you have 24hrs to report the incident to the police



    to be honest i would be more inclined to say the op caused all this by driving too slowly, but thats just my opinion.

    His fault for keeping to the speed limit?
  • neilmcl
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    popeye4th wrote: »
    i put the video on Facebook
    can you share the link to that?
  • DoaM
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    ffacoffipawb wrote: »
    His fault for keeping to the speed limit?

    Cue the usual discussion about whether a 20 limit is legally enforceable ........ ;)
  • foxy-stoat
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    If you had been injured then the police would get involved, as its just a bit of damage to your car that will be fixed then they wont bother.

    You will have to pay the £400 in any case, unless they admit liability before you collect the car, and try to use the video evidence to get your excess back.

    Another reason why careful drivers should install dash cameras.
  • popeye4th
    popeye4th Posts: 79 Forumite
    NotRichAtAll wrote: »
    i drive for a living, yes you have 24hrs to report the incident to the police



    to be honest i would be more inclined to say the op caused all this by driving too slowly, but thats just my opinion.

    i was on a 20mph road!
    the car was in pursuit of the van for a earlier crash both over took me doing 45mph on a 20mph road next to a school and i was going to slow lol
  • popeye4th
    popeye4th Posts: 79 Forumite
    foxy-stoat wrote: »
    If you had been injured then the police would get involved, as its just a bit of damage to your car that will be fixed then they wont bother.

    You will have to pay the £400 in any case, unless they admit liability before you collect the car, and try to use the video evidence to get your excess back.

    Another reason why careful drivers should install dash cameras.

    ive bought a dash cam the other day just waiting to get my car back. too late now like but
  • popeye4th
    popeye4th Posts: 79 Forumite
    DoaM wrote: »
    Cue the usual discussion about whether a 20 limit is legally enforceable ........ ;)

    the road used to be a 30mph but since a person got hit there plus school been on that road the changed to 20mph. just a headache getting hit
  • ffacoffipawb
    ffacoffipawb Posts: 3,593 Forumite
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    DoaM wrote: »
    Cue the usual discussion about whether a 20 limit is legally enforceable ........ ;)

    Why wouldn't it be?
  • DoaM
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    ffacoffipawb wrote: »
    Why wouldn't it be?

    Because 20 signs are advisory (even if in red circles) unless there's a Traffic Regulation Order in place to revise the limit below 30.

    Of course the sensible approach (which the OP took) is to assume a TRO is in place and that the 20 limit is enforceable. :) As OP says though, the other parties were both breaking the speed limit, whether 20 or 30. ;)
  • Car_54
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    DoaM wrote: »
    Because 20 signs are advisory (even if in red circles) unless there's a Traffic Regulation Order in place to revise the limit below 30.
    Can you find any examples of a highway authority erecting red-signal 20 signs wthout a TRO?
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