Road Traffic Accident with Bollard

Flight3287462

But you left out the fact that you knew you had hit and damaged the bollard.  You should have sorted it out at the time, now you have no leg to stand on.

Car_54

Grey_Critic said:

Which is it? In the original post you say

So four months later I get a visit form the police,

and now you say

So the police came round 4 weeks later

If as you claim that others have hit it and your effort was the one that finally broke it -  and they have CCTV of you doing so then ask for them for the CCTV of others doing the same and ask what action they took agaist them.

But that won't help with the criminal charge.

Ath_Wat

Torry_Quine said:

My husband managed to knock over a similar sounding bollard in a supermarket carpark. 

They all sound similar when you run them over; they just go "Aaaaaarrrggh!"

Bonniepurple

Ath_Wat said:

Torry_Quine said:

My husband managed to knock over a similar sounding bollard in a supermarket carpark. 

They all sound similar when you run them over; they just go "Aaaaaarrrggh!"

Not all the time.  Sometimes they go Ffffffff*******k or b*******!

Ath_Wat

Flight3287462 said:

But you left out the fact that you knew you had hit and damaged the bollard.  You should have sorted it out at the time, now you have no leg to stand on.

If they were that badly injured in the accident it really should have been reported.

MyCod74

I wasn't aware that I had hit the bollard, there was no damage or marks on my vehicle that would indicate I had collided with it, therefor I thought it had already been damaged, if I thought I was responsible I would have made a member of the staff aware, as I know most of them and have been using that petrol station for over 30 years. I met the owner and paid for the bollard after the police confirmed that I was responsible for the damage, even the owner accepted that I could have mistaken the bollard as already being damaged as it wasn't the only damaged bollard amongst the line of them. The owner is not happy with way the police have handled this, especially when the police were claiming they had spoke with him....they hadn't.

DanDare999

Ath_Wat said:

Flight3287462 said:

But you left out the fact that you knew you had hit and damaged the bollard.  You should have sorted it out at the time, now you have no leg to stand on.

If they were that badly injured in the accident it really should have been reported.

No need, injury is to other than the driver of the vehicle. The OP's incident involved only their car. 

DanDare999

MyCod74 said:

I wasn't aware that I had hit the bollard, there was no damage or marks on my vehicle that would indicate I had collided with it, therefor I thought it had already been damaged, if I thought I was responsible I would have made a member of the staff aware, as I know most of them and have been using that petrol station for over 30 years. I met the owner and paid for the bollard after the police confirmed that I was responsible for the damage, even the owner accepted that I could have mistaken the bollard as already being damaged as it wasn't the only damaged bollard amongst the line of them. The owner is not happy with way the police have handled this, especially when the police were claiming they had spoke with him....they hadn't.

So why start the thread with "I hit a bollard"?

lopsyfa

Grey_Critic said:

Which is it? In the original post you say

So four months later I get a visit form the police,

and now you say

So the police came round 4 weeks later

If as you claim that others have hit it and your effort was the one that finally broke it -  and they have CCTV of you doing so then ask for them for the CCTV of others doing the same and ask what action they took agaist them.

I understand it to mean the police initially came to inform them about the incident 4 months after it happened. They they came back 4 weeks after this visit to charge them.

onashoestring

MyCod74 said:

…The owner is not happy with way the police have handled this, especially when the police were claiming they had spoke with him....they hadn't.

How did the police become aware of the incident,  if the owner of the garage didn’t contact them ?