Accident with Foreign HGV in UK

BOWFER

Retrogamer said:

I would report this again with the police. The driver who has left the scene of an accident without providing at least their full name and address is guilty of an offence. 

Out of ten, how much effort do you think the police would put into this given the plate cannot be traced?

JJ_Egan

None really if it does not show up on any database .

m0bov

Have you complained to the Police? How can they refuse to attend for a crime? I would have stopped the lorry from going anywhere until they arrived. Although of course your wife would not have been happy with that. Can you trace the firm? The Police seem to fob everything off as a "civil" issue I don't know what we bother with them.

born_again

m0bov said:

Have you complained to the Police? How can they refuse to attend for a crime? I would have stopped the lorry from going anywhere until they arrived. Although of course your wife would not have been happy with that. Can you trace the firm? The Police seem to fob everything off as a "civil" issue I don't know what we bother with them.

Police will only attend if there are injuries. Rest of the time they are not interested. Plenty of other things that time is better spent on that a simple RTA where no one is hurt and there are procedures in place to sort out.

BOWFER

born_again said:

Police will only attend if there are injuries. Rest of the time they are not interested. Plenty of other things that time is better spent on that a simple RTA where no one is hurt and there are procedures in place to sort out.

Or if you say you suspect the driver may have been drinking.

born_again

BOWFER said:

born_again said:

Police will only attend if there are injuries. Rest of the time they are not interested. Plenty of other things that time is better spent on that a simple RTA where no one is hurt and there are procedures in place to sort out.

Or if you say you suspect the driver may have been drinking.

Or drugs. But getting them to stay there is the issue...

user1977

BOWFER said:

Retrogamer said:

I would report this again with the police. The driver who has left the scene of an accident without providing at least their full name and address is guilty of an offence. 

Out of ten, how much effort do you think the police would put into this given the plate cannot be traced?

I presume it can be traced, otherwise there's not much point in having the plates at all. But the police aren't going to offer a publicly-funded free international research service for the benefit of drivers' civil claims.

BOWFER

born_again said:

BOWFER said:

Or drugs. .

Or claim you can hear muffled cries of 'help' from the trailer.

m0bov

born_again said:

m0bov said:

Have you complained to the Police? How can they refuse to attend for a crime? I would have stopped the lorry from going anywhere until they arrived. Although of course your wife would not have been happy with that. Can you trace the firm? The Police seem to fob everything off as a "civil" issue I don't know what we bother with them.

Police will only attend if there are injuries. Rest of the time they are not interested. Plenty of other things that time is better spent on that a simple RTA where no one is hurt and there are procedures in place to sort out.

Twice I've had the police out when someone has rear ended me and refused details.

tower

Thanks everyone, I did suggest she parked against his front bumper, but if the police won’t attend what’s the point. Just have to wait and see, and luckily it wasn’t more serious.