Last summer, I had a courtesy car from Renault. It was a brand new Clio 1.5 dci IIRC.
I went to stockport to pick something up from a shop that wasn't in stock around here.
At a roundabout I'm second in line..roundabout becomes clear and the car infront moves forward slightly to pull off (I was too close in hindsight).. with it being the first time Id properly driven a diesel, I was loving the fact I could pull off without using the accelerator
So I did this the instant he started to pull forward. Unfortunately for me he stopped instantly and with me trying to work out where I needed to go (multiple roundabouts) I hit the back of his car.
100% my fault. A really slight contact as he'd only moved forward less than a metre, and I'd not even got on the gas.
The rest goes a little bit like this..
Me : "Really sorry about that I was checking the tomtom out of the corner of my eye and I was concentrating full "
Driver : Gets out of car *Holding neck*
"Well Unlucky mate, Im a Police Officer"
"
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We check both vehicles and theres not so much as a scratch on either vehicle, there wouldn't be unless his car was made from cheese.
"I'll just go check my girlfriend, shes pregnant"
"Are you ok Helen, is your neck ok?" She starts to get out, " Arghh....No...It hurts at the back here"
My face =
at this point
So he comes back over and rings somebody asking whether he should report it or not...
Comes off the phone and tells me that he needs to report this accident as its a police car - (Astra hatchback, not stickered up)
15 mins later police car turns up, takes all my details, breathalyses me and tells me to get on my way, he then tells the driver of the car I hit to go around the corner on a car park.
I rang my insurance straight away and took the car to renault for them to inspect - No damage.
2 Months later I get a phonecall saying that they are making a claim for damage to vehicle and 2 lots of injury
I told my insurance about the ridiculously slow speed involved, how both cars were checked and we agreed there was no damage, and how renault had confirmed this when I took the courtesy car back to them. I also informed them that the officer had told me that he was off duty (which he had) and that he was travelling aroung with his pregnant girlfriend in the passenger seat.
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Didn't hear anything for months so I rang up the insurance and they told me that no claim had been made and that it had been taken off their system
Setting a pretty poor example if you ask me considering he is a police officer!
(This was last June, a thread about people claiming atupid compensation reminded me of this)
I went to stockport to pick something up from a shop that wasn't in stock around here.
At a roundabout I'm second in line..roundabout becomes clear and the car infront moves forward slightly to pull off (I was too close in hindsight).. with it being the first time Id properly driven a diesel, I was loving the fact I could pull off without using the accelerator
So I did this the instant he started to pull forward. Unfortunately for me he stopped instantly and with me trying to work out where I needed to go (multiple roundabouts) I hit the back of his car.100% my fault. A really slight contact as he'd only moved forward less than a metre, and I'd not even got on the gas.
The rest goes a little bit like this..
Me : "Really sorry about that I was checking the tomtom out of the corner of my eye and I was concentrating full
"Driver : Gets out of car *Holding neck*
"Well Unlucky mate, Im a Police Officer""
"We check both vehicles and theres not so much as a scratch on either vehicle, there wouldn't be unless his car was made from cheese.
"I'll just go check my girlfriend, shes pregnant"
"Are you ok Helen, is your neck ok?" She starts to get out, " Arghh....No...It hurts at the back here"
My face =
at this pointSo he comes back over and rings somebody asking whether he should report it or not...
Comes off the phone and tells me that he needs to report this accident as its a police car - (Astra hatchback, not stickered up)
15 mins later police car turns up, takes all my details, breathalyses me and tells me to get on my way, he then tells the driver of the car I hit to go around the corner on a car park.
I rang my insurance straight away and took the car to renault for them to inspect - No damage.
2 Months later I get a phonecall saying that they are making a claim for damage to vehicle and 2 lots of injury
I told my insurance about the ridiculously slow speed involved, how both cars were checked and we agreed there was no damage, and how renault had confirmed this when I took the courtesy car back to them. I also informed them that the officer had told me that he was off duty (which he had) and that he was travelling aroung with his pregnant girlfriend in the passenger seat.
.
.
.
.
Didn't hear anything for months so I rang up the insurance and they told me that no claim had been made and that it had been taken off their system
Setting a pretty poor example if you ask me considering he is a police officer!
(This was last June, a thread about people claiming atupid compensation reminded me of this)
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