Got rear ended today :(

DannyW · 13 Sep 2007 at 18:48

By some drug'd up lad in a old bmw :mad:

i phoned the police and they come. he tryed to start the car, probably to drive off, but left it in gear and hit me agen :mad:

lucky for me he was insured. I was stationary behind a taxi (was also damaged when i went forward) and bmw guy didnt see me stopped i guess. He Tryed saying i was speeding and then I slammed on my brakes!! Taxi man defended me in front of the police. Ive just come back from hospital, they said ive got whiplash ect.. my damage isnt too bad, Boot is a bit bent, back bumper is broken, front is all scratched and my boot floor as a big crack in it where its joined.

DannyW · 13 Sep 2007 at 18:49

thepharcyde · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:00

wheres the damage?

barnettgs · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:03

Sorry to hear that but wow...your focus is tough!

DannyW · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:03

thepharcyde said:
wheres the damage?

my damage isnt too bad, Boot is a bit bent, back bumper is broken, front is all scratched and my boot floor as a big crack in it where its joined.

pics hide it quite well, front looks ok but its scuffed and scratched to hell, and the beemer is covering up the back.

LizardKing · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:09

That beamer defiantly looks like it came off worse, but then you dont know what your bumper if hiding.
Your focus doesnt even look like its got any damage! Unlucky though

penski · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:12

So did Ron Dennis.

*n

Emlyn_Dewar · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:17

Clearly get onto one of those annoying claims direct style places and sponge some money off this jerk!

DannyW · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:18

Emlyn_Dewar said:
Clearly get onto one of those annoying claims direct style places and sponge some money off this jerk!

Yeh I might claim for my injuries, what does everyone else think?

Bennah · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:19

penski said:
So did Ron Dennis.

*n

Nice

Anyway, sorry to hear about the accident. Pictures dont sorry real damage, but in person as you say, I bet it looks a lot worse.

One good point though, atleast he was insured.

Ampeg · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:23

DannyW said:
He Tryed saying i was speeding and then I slammed on my brakes!! Taxi man defended me in front of the police.

Interesting attempt at shifting the blame, surely if you had been speeding, he'd have to have been going some in order to have been so close to the back of your car that he couldnt avoid a collision :confused:

.

Kol · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:28

DannyW said:
By some drug'd up lad in a old bmw
i phone the police and they come. he tryed to start the car, probably to drive off, but left it in gear and hit me agen

lucky for me he was insured.

Unlucky that dude. Hope the insurance pay out, too, because my insurance always excluded cover if I was found under the influence of drink/drugs. Well, that's how it read with Admiral.

Morba · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:38

Kol said:
Unlucky that dude. Hope the insurance pay out, too, because my insurance always excluded cover if I was found under the influence of drink/drugs. Well, that's how it read with Admiral.

they still pay out to the 3rd party, just they wont pay out to you.

Kol · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:41

Oh yea. Stupid comment on my behalf, didn't think it through

Akira · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:48

DannyW said:
he tryed to start the car, probably to drive off, but left it in gear and hit me agen

lol what a knobcheese

Emlyn_Dewar · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:54

Yeah, that's pure fail there. Starting whilst in gear after an accident, you really do need to get some sort of money off this guy, just for being such an idiot.
My Mum was in a similar situation a couple of years back and she got compensated (I don't know how much) She didn't have to go to court or anything though.
Definately worth it just for the hassle and the pain. Imagine you will be quite inconvenienced by it? Especially when you wake up tomorrow and your neck feels awful!

LoadsaMoney · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:57

Well if he was drugged up its deffo his fault.

K.C. Leblanc · 13 Sep 2007 at 22:04

Bad luck, hope the whiplash isn't too bad.

It seems like the guy in the beemer relised what little NCB he had was about to go up in a puff of smoke and paniced a bit. With a bit of luck he'll be back in a 1 litre corsa when his renewal comes up.

Was he deffinately on drugs? Some young people behave very stangely all the time.

DannyW · 13 Sep 2007 at 22:18

I dunno if he was DEFINITELY on drugs but, he could barley stand up, kept sitting and leaning against the car, his pubil's were massive, face very pale, struggled to write down his details, stuttered speach. He was like one of the druggies you see on traffic cops ect

While I was there the Police didnt breathalyze anyone and they didnt seem to ask any questions, Just checked everyones insurance, which was the main reason I called them.

Main thing is no one was seriously hurt, I like my car but its an easy fix, just a massive inconvenience

Kol · 13 Sep 2007 at 22:22

DannyW said:
I dunno if he was DEFINITELY on drugs but, he could barley stand up, kept sitting and leaning against the car, his pubil's were massive, face very pale, struggled to write down his details, stuttered speach. He was like one of the druggies you see on traffic cops ect

While I was there the Police didnt breathalyze anyone and they didnt seem to ask any questions, Just checked everyones insurance, which was the main reason I called them.

Main thing is no one was seriously hurt, I like my car but its an easy fix, just a massive inconvenience

All of those are also signs of shock. If he has just smashed into someone, no matter how small, you're are pretty shaken.