What to do (car crash)

If you went through the yellow robot which you allowed to do, you would have had your car, your neck would have been fine and the other guy would have his new BM.
 
Haldex said:
If you went through the yellow robot which you allowed to do, you would have had your car, your neck would have been fine and the other guy would have his new BM.
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Are you advocating just treating yellow lights like green lights?

Yellow lights are warning lights - if you can stop safely when the light is yellow, do it. If not, carry on. Obviously there was enough time for him to stop safely, which he did. The right thing to do.

I know a lot of people do it sometimes - going through yellow lights. I do it sometimes. But I know in some cases I could have stopped, and didnt, and this is wrong.

Cant believe you are trying to put the blame for this on the OP.

Sounds like a good thing that the dude got his new BM written off - he obviously cant drive it. He needs something slower and safer.
 
intel8080 said:
What I find a bit questionable is, why did the police decided not to open a "reckless and/or negligent" driving against the other party??? Usually that's happening when there is not "prima facia" case! Can it be that you forgot to mention some details? Of course you don't have to tell us anything but this "non action" by the police,send a message to the civil courts! I agree with the other forumites - go see a doctor asap. You should have done that last week already! Why the delay? (the court would ask you that!)
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Should the police have? Should I follow up on that? We kind of drew exactly what happened in the little diagram, she didn't ask us many questions...

I'm a martial artist and am used to being in a lot of physical pain, I did not realize the seriousness of it, I will definitely go visit the doctor...

Haldex said:
If you went through the yellow robot which you allowed to do, you would have had your car, your neck would have been fine and the other guy would have his new BM.
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The witness said they were about to cross, so we would've gone through as well, and the guy would've hit them at the side. I'm much happier it being us in that case... My neck is fine...

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There is an update. My friend spoke to his lawyer, the lawyer advised getting the car. The guy has taken his car out as well (it wasn't written off). The guy is trying to make a duck hiding behind his lawyer, so my friend is fixing my car, and then is going to get the money back from the guy (I'm guessing some time next year)... Good friend, I know :)
 
You have a really good friend dude..

and congrats to him for actually doing whats right.. and the other guy will end up paying.
 
A guy drove into the back of my car (at low speed) yesterday, guy got out, looked at damage to his car and drove away. I have a tow bar, no damage. Anyway, if he comes with a story at least my insurers will handle it.
 
supersunbird said:
A guy drove into the back of my car (at low speed) yesterday, guy got out, looked at damage to his car and drove away. I have a tow bar, no damage. Anyway, if he comes with a story at least my insurers will handle it.
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One good reason to have a towbar! I've considered having one fitted for precisely that reason.
 
supersunbird said:
A guy drove into the back of my car (at low speed) yesterday, guy got out, looked at damage to his car and drove away. I have a tow bar, no damage. Anyway, if he comes with a story at least my insurers will handle it.
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Did you get his numberplate?...

Did you report the "accident"...

Technically he has broken the law by leaving the scene of an accident. (iirc)
 
Not being a dick, but did the driver actually check his rear mirror before just breaking ?

Normally any proper driver would not just turn because it's yellow to red and even at red light, but look first if the oncoming traffic actually is stopping. Imho don't drive on the road if you don't have insurance, rather pay that odd amount than not having it when it would have counted and your car is a write off...
 
B.O.F.H. said:
Did you get his numberplate?...

Did you report the "accident"...

Technically he has broken the law by leaving the scene of an accident. (iirc)
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Yes, my friend and I were dead calm, got out, helped push the other guys car out the road. I took pictures of both vehicles with the number plates... Got his number, got the witnesses number, calmed things down...

We reported the accident 30 minutes later. He reported it 12 hours later.

Is there something else we should have done?
 
Pr⊕phet said:
Not being a dick, but did the driver actually check his rear mirror before just breaking ?

Normally any proper driver would not just turn because it's yellow to red and even at red light, but look first if the oncoming traffic actually is stopping. Imho don't drive on the road if you don't have insurance, rather pay that odd amount than not having it when it would have counted and your car is a write off...
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Our car stopped, and we were stationery for at least 2 or 3 seconds...
 
Pr⊕phet said:
Not being a dick, but did the driver actually check his rear mirror before just breaking ?

Normally any proper driver would not just turn because it's yellow to red and even at red light, but look first if the oncoming traffic actually is stopping. Imho don't drive on the road if you don't have insurance, rather pay that odd amount than not having it when it would have counted and your car is a write off...
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I dont get what you are saying. Yes, check your rear view mirror while breaking, but if the robot is red or yellow, I'm stopping. thats what you are supposed to do. To think you must now run the light because some idiot behind you wants to run it - sorry, not going to. If I cant stop in time, I'll go, if not, I'm stopping, and the driver behind me needs to be aware of what I'm doing. the onus is on him to break.
 
Mach III said:
Yes, my friend and I were dead calm, got out, helped push the other guys car out the road. I took pictures of both vehicles with the number plates... Got his number, got the witnesses number, calmed things down...

We reported the accident 30 minutes later. He reported it 12 hours later.

Is there something else we should have done?
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Sorry dude, it was a thread hijack.. i was responsing to ssb specifically.
 
@Ancalagon So you'd stop even if someone was about to drive into you ? :confused:

If the light is yellow there is enough time to passover IF you see you can't make it because some twat is ass****ing your car. Rather that than suffering injuries and maybe other things. I'm not talking running a red light here obviously...


@Mach III so clearly the fool* wasn't looking. That's different. (*not driver, the dude behind you)
 
Pr⊕phet said:
Not being a dick, but did the driver actually check his rear mirror before just breaking ?

Normally any proper driver would not just turn because it's yellow to red and even at red light, but look first if the oncoming traffic actually is stopping. Imho don't drive on the road if you don't have insurance, rather pay that odd amount than not having it when it would have counted and your car is a write off...
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Sorry what?

The robot was changing from Orange to Red... he was legally obliged to stop... if the moron behind him didn't stop its the morons fault, plain and simple.
 
Pr⊕phet said:
@Ancalagon So you'd stop even if someone was about to drive into you ? :confused:

If the light is yellow there is enough time to passover IF you see you can't make it because some twat is ass****ing your car. Rather that than suffering injuries and maybe other things. I'm not talking running a red light here obviously...


@Mach III so clearly the fool wasn't looking. That's different.
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If the light is already yellow.. I'm stopping. If the person behind me is driving too close and doesn't stop in time.. thats their fault not mine. I almost lost my brother to someone thinking it would be good to jump a robot.... I refuse to even contemplate it.
 
B.O.F.H. said:
Sorry what?

The robot was changing from Orange to Red... he was legally obliged to stop... if the moron behind him didn't stop its the morons fault, plain and simple.
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B.O.F.H. said:
If the light is already yellow.. I'm stopping. If the person behind me is driving too close and doesn't stop in time.. thats their fault not mine. I almost lost my brother to someone thinking it would be good to jump a robot.... I refuse to even contemplate it.
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My bad, I thought it was green to orange.

You seem to miss this part

Pr⊕phet said:
@Ancalagon So you'd stop even if someone was about to drive into you ? :confused:

If the light is yellow there is enough time to passover IF you see you can't make it because some twat is ass****ing your car. Rather that than suffering injuries and maybe other things. I'm not talking running a red light here obviously...


@Mach III so clearly the fool* wasn't looking. That's different. (*not driver, the dude behind you)
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I've never said just go over red :rolleyes:
 
If the light is yellow, you are actually supposed to stop if you have time to, and notice i say YOU.. not because some d00s behind you is driving like a numbnuts.

No use it as an excuse to accelerate through the intersection.
 
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