Should I share dashcam footage with 3rd party?

Car_54

1stTimer said:

The_J_Londoner said:

The other day another driver clipped the side of my car with their wing mirror while overtaking me on a dual carriageway.

The_J_Londoner said:

Thanks all for your replies.

Just in case it wasn't clear for my original post, I already shared the footage with the 3rd party's insurer.

For some added context, I was stationary (waiting behind a bus at a bus stop) when hit.

Sorry if I am being ignorant but this doesn’t make sense? Are there really bus stops on dual carriageways that allow you stop at?
Again apologies if there are I have just never heard or seen any 

Yes, there are lots of bus stops on DCs. Buses can stop there, hence the name.

The OP stopped behind a stationary bus, presumably prevented from overtaking by vehicles in lane 2, including the one which hit him.

wongataa

1stTimer said:

Sorry if I am being ignorant but this doesn’t make sense? Are there really bus stops on dual carriageways that allow you stop at?
Again apologies if there are I have just never heard or seen any 

Well all the urban dual carriageways in the city I live in have bus stops as they are used as bus routes.

Major trunk roads that are dual carriageways are less likely to have bus stops but not all dual carriageways are that type of road.

sheramber

A builder doinG work at our house had his van parked at the side of the road.- a wide part on a single track road-o move off. ready He was stationary.

A car came along and  overtook him. Unfortunately, the road narrowed  at that point, and he  hit the builder's van on the side and ended up in a ditch.

( we think he tried to beat the builder moving off to avoid being behind him.)

The builders van was written off.

the car driver admitted iaibilty 


The incident was filmed on out CCTV. which we gave to the builder to forward to his insurance company.

18 months later the car driver was still arguing that the van moved off as he was passing it- despite the cctv showing the van was stationary.

Herzlos

Nasqueron said:

The_J_Londoner said:

Thanks all for your replies.

Just in case it wasn't clear for my original post, I already shared the footage with the 3rd party's insurer.

For some added context, I was stationary (waiting behind a bus at a bus stop) when hit.

Having said that, why would this be a "he said, she said" situation? The insurer has the footage so are in no doubt about what they see/hear.

I'm trying to understand what the benefit would be in allowing the insurer to share it with their policyholder (i.e. the 3rd party driver)?

Likely to give them a chance to admit it and accept the payment rather than continuing to fight it, if they just say "we have footage" the holder might argue it wasn't them, or want to check it wasn't a clone plate or who knows what. 

That's what I think it must be. The insurance company have the footage but the 3rd party driver is still denying it and/or asking to see the footage. I'm also surprised they didn't just share it. 

I can't see any reason not to share the footage, it's not really going to give the 3rd party driver a chance to make up a better story. By not sharing it you're just dragging things out longer and annoying the claims handler.