Just been involved in a 'hit an run'

What Havana said, I'm not going to get involved with driving styles and who should and shouldn't have done what with letting cars pull out but it would be nice to see the police actually do something about it because at the end of the day the Micra should have seen stationary traffic coming up and at least let off/started to brake ready!!
 
Have very little sympathy for the driver in the OP, but that doesn't excuse driving away from the scene of an accident as stated by others.

The Nissan Micra is the scourge of UK roads.
 
Russinating said:
Slightly off topic, but how does a dashcam work and what do you use? Do you have to manually start/stop/format it etc or is it relatively automatic?
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Automatic, has a G sensor too which automatically protects the footage as its a rolling recording.
 
rossk26 said:
Precisely this^

I really don't see the need to accelerate to close a gap and end up having to slam the brakes on to prevent a crash, which inevitably ends up in having a crash anyway.

In hindsight, had the OP's wife maintained her speed, or even slowed down to let the Audi slip in without affecting her life in anyway shape or form, would have prevented this.
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You cannot prove that at all - it's all supposition.

The fact of the matter is the driving was poor by all parties, but the fault is still that of the Micra driver - he/she is the one that hit the car in front.

BigDannyO said:
Nobody is saying she should have let the Audi out. The Audi had nothing to do with the collision and shouldn't be considered in that way. It was a potential hazard at the side of the road. The question should be whether or not it is sensible to deliberately and aggressively drive yourself toward that hazard?

As for your final comment, the same is applicable to the camera car.
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Not really, as the camera car didn't hit the car in front. So, although poor driving, and sudden braking still stopped in time.

The point is:

The micra left the scene of an accident - this is the issue, irrespective of the Audi, or the erratic driving up ahead, the accident is still as a result of the micra being too close to the car in front. This crash may have avoided the accident had they let the Audi in (which they had no need to as per the highway code, as it was pulling out onto a main road) and/or had they driven less erratically - that is pure supposition. And most of this is irrelevant.

Yes, the driving standards were poor, yes perhaps they should have let the Audi in, yes it might have avoided the accident, but the fact is they didn't.

Complaining about the standard of driving doesn't detract from the fact that the OP has been involved in a hit and run.
 
The Micra should not of left the scene and is in the wrong and needs catching up with as being primarily responsible for the accident.

However, the driver of the camera car showed very typical rush hour driving. It would have been simpler to have let the Audi out to join in the traffic flow when instead she seemed to be intent on preventing it for no obvious reason. She drove aggressively and without thought and sadly the people around her were also bad drivers. To me it is an accident of circumstance that started with the aggressive move of the camera car and ended with the bad driver behind. I have little sympathy for either based on the video as an element of 'serves you right' for driving aggressively springs to mind. This sort of driving happens often, we are perhaps all guilty of it and 99% of the time we get our way and get away with it. Sometimes however circumstance gives you a metaphorical kick in the vag.

I say again, the Micra needs to be dealt with.
 
I think someone else has already mentioned, this sort of thing is exactly why premiums go up for people in non-fault accidents.

Whilst you couldn't possibly say the camera car was at fault for the accident, they sure as hell could have been driving in a manner that would have stood a much better chance of avoiding/preventing an accident.

Leaving the scene is just low though, no excuse for that and i'd be wholly unsurprised to find either young driver with horrendous premiums who panicked or just a malicious uninsured **** at the wheel.
 
From a police point of view even though the footage doesn't show the other car impacting, it shows the suspect car making off from the scene which will tie in with your wife's statement. The video also shows the VRM of the Audi which was most likely a significant witness and as such the driver can be tracked down for a possible statement.

As stated in this thread it's an offence to make off from a scene of an accident without exchanging details.

Did you get given a reference number when it was reported? A CAD/CHS number for example? If so call 101 quoting this reference and ask for an update from the OIC (Officer In the Case). Failing that, if you didn't, and you're really not happy with the investigation thus far, call 101 and make a complaint. An inspector will call you back and discuss the matter. At least then they can look into it for you.
 
I really don't understand the argument that letting the Audi driver out would have prevented the accident. How do you know what the Micra was doing behind? The Smart car could have stopped and let the Audi out and the Micra could have come and slammed into the back of the Smart which would have slammed into the Audi, could have been worse potentially. The Smart car only accelerated to 10mph to close the gap before braking, the Micra still managed to slam into it and cause a fair amount of damage.
 
MooMoo444 said:
At the risk of igniting a fire, the bad driving in London and Birmingham is probably due to foreigners. If you look at driving on the continent, it's a considerably lower standard. That way of driving comes over here with them.

Especially when you consider the driving in places like India where the driving is pretty much every man for himself.
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That is such a silly comment. I've lived in London all me life, the driving here as always been bad, long before any influx of Europeans, and majority of the South Asians have only known driving in the UK as most immigrated from the 60's and the younger generations were born here. It has nothing to do with foreigners but rather attitudes towards driving. Everyone can drive to a high standard if they wanted, but majority don't, when they pass there test they drive how they like.

A major problem with inner city driving particularly in London is the huge amount of cars on the road and the tiny roads that weren't designed to flow so much traffic, cue impatient, frustrated drivers and erratic driving. Just the other day I was driving down a street and my lane was free and an idiot whose lane was blocked due to parked cars was waiting then half way through she decided to drive in forcing me to swerve to avoid her and I ended up kerbing my wheels :rolleyes: that sums up drivers in London.
 
lemonade said:
I really don't understand the argument that letting the Audi driver out would have prevented the accident. How do you know what the Micra was doing behind? The Smart car could have stopped and let the Audi out and the Micra could have come and slammed into the back of the Smart which would have slammed into the Audi, could have been worse potentially. The Smart car only accelerated to 10mph to close the gap before braking, the Micra still managed to slam into it and cause a fair amount of damage.
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It's a fair guess that the micra behind did exactly what the camera car did; floored it to close the gap. If the camera car had just driven at a steady pace with no sharp acceleration/braking it wouldn't have happened.
 
Housey said:
It would have been simpler to have let the Audi out to join in the traffic flow
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And I'm sure you always do that, lol

Can we stop the holier than thou let the Audi out crap? The only person that broke the law here was the Micra that left the scene. Not letting a car out isn't in any way shape or form, bad driving.
 
unrealrocks said:
Also - anyone know of any ability to get hold of the address of the GL06 BBV, I know it isn't strictly possible but wondered if there was any ways around this? - don't want to confront the owner but would like to get photos of their car before they have a chance to do anything!
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Hi - If you go to www.askmid.com, for a small fee (I think it's a couple of quid), they will tell you if the car is insured, and who the insurer is. Once you know the insurer, you can phone them up and tell them you're making a claim against them.
 
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