Just been reversed into

Frozennova · 16 Jul 2011 at 13:52

Sat waiting to turn left in a car park and the moron in front decided to reverse straight into. nice dent in the wing so it'll need replacing. not going through the insurance as they'll write the car off.

absolutely gutted.

gillywibble · 16 Jul 2011 at 13:53

Sorry to hear. Bet they'll dispute it as well.

mysticsniper · 16 Jul 2011 at 13:53

Gutted for you

Read here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18292702

james.miller · 16 Jul 2011 at 13:54

err, alarm bells are ringing. that sounds suspicious and not good for you

Frozennova · 16 Jul 2011 at 14:09

Firstly I've got a feeling he is going to claim I drove into him, he was on his own, I had my girlfriend in the car.

secondly as I would be making a claim am I right in thinking I wont accrue any NCB.

GravyMonster · 16 Jul 2011 at 14:10

james.miller said:
err, alarm bells are ringing. that sounds suspicious and not good for you

That's I'm thinking. Other party could easily claim you went into the back of them to their insurance company. Have you got any independent witnesses?

VaderDSL · 16 Jul 2011 at 14:14

Are car cams admissible evidence? I've always though about buying a car cam and using one to potentially document any incidents.

But if I did record someone reversing into me, would the police/insurers even consider it as evidence?

Robbo · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:08

Sounds like you need a new car if they'll write it off for a dent in the wing! :eek:

Cosimo · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:15

james.miller said:
err, alarm bells are ringing. that sounds suspicious and not good for you

That's what I thought when I read this.

stoke1863 · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:17

VaderDSL said:
Are car cams admissible evidence? I've always though about buying a car cam and using one to potentially document any incidents.

But if I did record someone reversing into me, would the police/insurers even consider it as evidence?

Yes and thats why i now use a black box app on my android to record everything i do. I have the car mount all set up so it takes 20 seconds to dock the phone. I got shafted once for a 50/50 when someone drove into me. Never again

VaderDSL · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:19

Sorry to hear that stoke1863

I have a Flip HD Ultra which I might grab a mount for and use when I'm commuting in that case.

wez130 · 16 Jul 2011 at 16:05

I'm surprised a scrren mounted camera doesn't come as standard on newer cars yet to eliminate problems like this, especially with it getting more and more commonplace, would also aid collision detectives in their enquiries etc, wouldn't cost more than a couple of hundred quid to implement into a car and cost could easily be passed on to the customer. Would save a lot of people hassle and make convictions easier.

J4K3 M · 16 Jul 2011 at 16:09

Prepare to be claimed against. More than likely say you went into the back of him so lets hope you have witnesses or their is CCTV where the accident occurred

Meatball · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:05

As others have said I would call the owner of the car park and request CCTV ASAP. You'll likely go 50/50 or be claimed against if you don't have any evidence (CCTV, third party witness etc.)