It's irrelevant whether it's unsual or not. The law stipulates what must be done, just because you "don't have it on me" is not a legitimate excuse.
Just been hit by a lorry
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It's irrelevant whether it's unsual or not. The law stipulates what must be done, just because you "don't have it on me" is not a legitimate excuse.
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Why? What else did you expect him to say? It's obviously true, had he seen the OP he wouldn't have driven into him!
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I think that's his point. It's stating the obvious!
Indeed.
Also sounds as if it's said like it's an acceptable excuse, like we should reply "Oh okay, no that's fine i understand."..
Although to be honest, it doesn't help that i am butt-hurt slightly by this. I'm a motorcyclist, you tend to hear this a lot and is the go-to phrase.
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over a year ago i was in a similar situation. Left hand drive lorry didnt see me moved over and caught my rear quarter. I had to call the police because he was playing dumb not understanding what i wanted when asking for insurance details. When they arrived he admitted that he didnt see me which was noted down, they told me he has admitted liability but its a nightmare dealing with foreign drivers. Managed to get some details off of him but i think it was just the company that he worked for.
Anyway 3 months later i get call saying that he is making a fault claim against me. Send all the details and pics of the incident over but the incident note the police gave to me wasn’t much use as they did not do a proper report (there certainly wasn’t a need to). To this day it is still unresolved and i expect it to be an on going fault claim against me for a number of years still.
on a [FONT="]separate [/FONT]note speaking with a lorry driver friend of mine he said that a number of the companies insist that their drivers never admit fault no matter what just to avoid anything the driver says coming back to bite them when it comes to dealing with the claim.
Anyway 3 months later i get call saying that he is making a fault claim against me. Send all the details and pics of the incident over but the incident note the police gave to me wasn’t much use as they did not do a proper report (there certainly wasn’t a need to). To this day it is still unresolved and i expect it to be an on going fault claim against me for a number of years still.
on a [FONT="]separate [/FONT]note speaking with a lorry driver friend of mine he said that a number of the companies insist that their drivers never admit fault no matter what just to avoid anything the driver says coming back to bite them when it comes to dealing with the claim.
To be honest I'd never admit to fault when handing over my own insurance details either - regardless of how obviously it might be my error (and even if I would then tell insurance that I believed I was to blame). Your own insurance company will ask you to do the same.
It's standard practice to never admit fault with regard to insurance, be it a private or commercial vehicle.
My employers are no different, never admit liability and let the insurance and crash cameras ( which are being fitted to our fleet as its updated) sort it out.
My employers are no different, never admit liability and let the insurance and crash cameras ( which are being fitted to our fleet as its updated) sort it out.
It is an acceptable excuse. I used it only recently when I ran over an entire walking bus of schoolchildren.
I just didn't see them there.
