Hit and run question in car park

Wig

Hope the CCTV evidence has been held

cheekyweegit

Hiya folks,

Just an update on the situation. Well at close of business last night at the repairers, they still had my car and no phone call to say they had the fax.

Phoned today at 11am to see what was happening, and they have the fax confirming that I don't have to pay my excess - :j:j:j

That's one weight off my mind, but there is still the dispute over the cost of the door lock, so an email has been fired off to the engineers to query it, but as it was late last night when it was sent and the repairers are not sure if they are in work today it will probably be Monday before they get back to them.

Yes bad news, they still have my car, good news though they have said because of all the hastle it's not a problem for me to keep their courtesy car until Monday or it's resolved which they didn't have to do as my car is technically repaired and ready to leave. Bad news, darn it I'm going to have to put another 3 drips of petrol into the courtesy car over the weekend to keep me going (I'm used to filling my car right up every now and then, and when the petrol light goes on, I fill it up again. So much easier than putting in £5 at a time!).

Fingers crossed for Monday eh? I'll keep you posted.

gabyjane

Hi really dont know what to say apart from i really feel for you.

I had a similar incident with my car last year when a huge lorry hit me. I had a witness and all seemed to be going well until the driver lied completely and got away with it..due to the absolute dire service we recieved we ended up luckily getting our excess back and even though our premiums went up they were scrapped and put back to normal. Didn't stop me wanting to drive to where he worked and giving him a piece of my mind!! I needed the car for work as i am self employed and had to get a friend to help me for over 8 weeks (im a childminder)..

I really hope you get it sorted!!

Wig

Why are they waiving the excess? That's nice of them.

Use a petrol can, keep 5 liters in your boot then you will never have to worry about running out of petrol. Where was the fuel guage when they gave you the courtesy car?

cheekyweegit

Hello Everyone,

I just thought I'd give you an update as to what's happened over the last week or so and to say thank you for your advice and kind words.

I finally got my car back, just over a week ago. The bill for the damage was £781.xx but I did have to pay for the new lock at £38.xx even after fighting it out with my insurance. It could've been a lot worse as I might've had my excess to pay also adding £250 onto the £38.xx so I'm greatful.

I only had the car back a couple of days and it had to go off the road again for it's MOT, but it passed needing nowt more than a spring, a light bulb and wiper blades, which was not too bad for a 10 year old car, especially when I knew about the light bulbs and wiper blades and had bought them to be fitted. As or the spring, I thought the car was a little dippy at times, so not really a great surprise.

Today (17.12.07) the police officer who came out to me at the car park when I reported it phoned to say "they" as in the police, but not her personally had managed to trace and charge the other driver - a woman and her car was damaged in such a way which was consistent with hitting mine, but didn't say how badly.

When questioned, she had the cheeky to say she didn't realise she had hit my car (apparently there was a hell of a bang when she hit mine), which might have washed if she hadn't then moved her car to a different parking space. :rolleyes: Police asked her about this and she had no answer - mmmm hung herself there me thinks.:D

Police are coming tomorrow to get my copies of all my repair documents so they can use it in evidence to proscecute her. Fingers crossed I get cited (could be a good class trip baring in mind I'm a 3rd year Llb (law to those of you who don't know) student).

As to what happens to her, it depends on the procurator fiscal, she might even get let off, but fingers crossed she gets the book thrown at her and her insurance rises astronomically next year with a claim and a conviction next to her name. Oh wouldn't it be nice if she got a criminal record for Christmas? Now that would make it for me.

I'll keep you updated as I know things as I know there's nowt worse than a story without an ending, although it might be a while in between posts.

PS My 10 year old Mondeo drove much better than a 2 month old Seat Ibiza and I think the Mondeo is better on petrol too. It's so good to have my own car back and I can fit all my shopping in the boot too, a real bonus.

Edit - forgot to say, had major problems with the language barrier with my insurance, but they have finally got the right registration number to make a claim against and the car was showing as being insured with Admiral. (ahh sometimes the language barrier and ignorance of our Data Protection Act comes in handy!)

cheekyweegit

Hiya folks,

I know it's been a long time since I started on this thread, but I'm today posting with a smile.

Yip I got a letter today from the Procurators Fiscal Office to say the case had been disposed of on the 25th of January of this year and the idiot of a woman who smashed into my car causing lots of damage didn't get away with it as was my fear.

She pled guilty (well there was a witness and she did hang herself so to speak after saying she never noticed she had hit my car, then moved to a new parking space :rolleyes: but never said that to the police right away, but did admit it once she realised she had been rumbled).

Anyway the long and short of it is, she now has a criminal record :eek::D with 6 points on her licence and she has to pay fines totalling £210.

Ok so not a great deal in fines compared to the monetary damage to my car, but to be honest I'm quite happy with the outcome as she didn't get away with it and will hopefully think twice about doing the same thing in the future and here's hoping her new criminal record hits her insurance premiums hard not to mention any future employment where she will need to disclose her dishonesty !!!!!

Once again thank you to everyone who offered me support and advice.

anewman

Looks like a good outcome cheekyweegit, at least she didn't drive off and get away with it like I am sure many others do. Thanks for the update! :T

savvy

Well done cheekyweegit, you're very lucky! The same thing happened to me, just as I came out of the lift I saw a stoopid bint drive into the back of my car as she tried to park :mad: I managed to get her details and reported it to my insurance company, like you I had an older vehicle so it was written off :mad: I duly paid my £100 excess.

To my utter astonishment AND dismay, the insurance company she gave me was wrong, eventually my company tracked her down, but her husband said she'd moved out to her fathers, who in turn said she wasn't there :rolleyes: Eventually I received a cheque from her for £50 as that's what she felt the cost of the damage was!!!! And my ins. co wouldn't pursue it anymore as it wasn't 'financially viable' for them!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad:

So you have a very good outcome there by making her responsible for what she did, mine got away with *&%£&"( murder...................knew I should have floored her when she did it!!! :rolleyes:;)

cheekyweegit

savvy wrote: »

So you have a very good outcome there by making her responsible for what she did, mine got away with *&%£&"( murder...................knew I should have floored her when she did it!!! :rolleyes:;)

savvy, yes I'm over the moon at the result and so pleased she never got away with it, like you said so many do get away scot free. I think what helped me was I got the police involved right away and the two female officers who came out were absolutely brilliant and were sympathetic as I was panicking my car was going to be written off and I need it for sudden trips to the hospital and mega speeds with my middle son who is asthmatic.

When she was interviewed under caution when the police did catch up with her, her car "was damaged in a way which was consistent with hitting mine and she had no idea how it had happened :rolleyes: ". That was the police's words not mine which again helped my case. In fact I think the very fact the police were involved helped settle my case albeit the indian call centre I had to deal with, for my insurance company was rubbish, but then again thanks to them, breaching the data protection act, and me being a law student helped and I was prepared to make it a class project to get the result I wanted.

Although like I said I think at one point I really thought she was going to get away with nowt more than a slap on the wrist so to hear she got points and a fine which means a criminal record, I'm over the moon. The crazy thing is if it had been roughly half an hour later, one of my friends who was shopping with me that day was going to go for a nap in the car and would've been in it when she hit it! Thankfully she held off for her nap!

As for flattening her, if I'd seen her, well I totally understand your urge, but it's probably just as well you never as why should you have a criminal letter because of her?

Oh and as for your insurance company do you have the legal cover? It might be worth chasing her via that for your losses, it's an option for you and shows her she is not getting away with her £50 "token gesture" which when you think about it is also acceptance of liability that she did indeed hit your car!

savvy

cheekyweegit wrote: »

Oh and as for your insurance company do you have the legal cover? It might be worth chasing her via that for your losses, it's an option for you and shows her she is not getting away with her £50 "token gesture" which when you think about it is also acceptance of liability that she did indeed hit your car!

Mine happened many moons ago when I had my prized Ford Fiesta, so no chance of chasing up