Just got shunted up the rear!

floatindolphin · 1 Mar 2020 at 16:44

Gutted!

going to join the a50 earlier, the car in front comes to an almost stop as they couldn’t join. I slow right down then see the guy flying up behind. I try and move to the left out of his way. BANG!! Smacked right in the back!!

bumper is all creased/broken. Boot is dented. Just tried the auto shut boot button and it won’t close.

blimmin loved this car

it was booked in tmw for warranty work. guess they’ll get a bigger job now.

annoyingly the car that slowed right down just drove off. Guess they were the trigger but the guy bombing it up my chuff was the main issue.

this’ll all be on his insurance?

Quartz · 1 Mar 2020 at 16:56

You have got everything on your dash cam, right?

jsmoke · 1 Mar 2020 at 16:58

I assume you took all the details from them, how did they react?9

Hawk Tuah · 1 Mar 2020 at 17:04

I take it they admitted fault. Pretty hard to argue otherwise.

Nasher · 1 Mar 2020 at 17:06

The one doing the rear ending almost always gets the blame.

tamzzy · 1 Mar 2020 at 17:08

floatindolphin said:
this’ll all be on his insurance?

99%
but the bummer (lolpun) is that your premium will increase too...even though it wasn't your fault

[TW]Fox · 1 Mar 2020 at 17:45

Quartz said:
You have got everything on your dash cam, right?

Why does he need that? It's about as clear cut a case as you get.

Mcnumpty2323 · 1 Mar 2020 at 18:01

[TW]Fox said:
Why does he need that? It's about as clear cut a case as you get.

Guessing the op is ok
But some dash cams can record the force of the impact
Which would be useful if op was injured

floatindolphin · 1 Mar 2020 at 18:03

No front or rear dash cams sadly. That will come once the car is fixed!!

the auto boot won’t shut on its own. Hoping it’s just the bent boot door.

the guy was ok, we were both shaking! He’d just had a face full of air bag, so probably worse than me.

not to do a “where there’s a blame...” my lower back has been super stiff since it happened

Phil99 · 1 Mar 2020 at 18:14

tamzzy said:
99%
but the bummer (lolpun) is that your premium will increase too...even though it wasn't your fault

I see this mentioned a lot, but since my car was written off in an incident >2 years ago (non-fault) I haven't paid a penny more for my insurance (it's actually come down over time). Quoting with/without the incident doesn't change the premium at all (Direct Line). Did I get lucky?

jsmoke · 1 Mar 2020 at 18:21

floatindolphin said:
No front or rear dash cams sadly. That will come once the car is fixed!!

the auto boot won’t shut on its own. Hoping it’s just the bent boot door.

the guy was ok, we were both shaking! He’d just had a face full of air bag, so probably worse than me.

not to do a “where there’s a blame...” my lower back has been super stiff since it happened

Sue their asses.

[TW]Fox · 1 Mar 2020 at 18:24

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Guessing the op is ok
But some dash cams can record the force of the impact
Which would be useful if op was injured

Why would it have put up an anti crash forcefield or something?

His car is smashed up I think the force of the impact is pretty self evident.

Nasher · 1 Mar 2020 at 18:53

A dashcam is always a good idea. But no matter what argument they try the insurer will just say they were to close or not paying attention. Unless they can prove otherwise.

tamzzy · 1 Mar 2020 at 18:55

Phil99 said:
Did I get lucky?

thankfully i don't have first-hand experience...so i cannot say for certain :x

Mcnumpty2323 · 1 Mar 2020 at 18:58

[TW]Fox said:
Why would it have put up an anti crash forcefield or something?

His car is smashed up I think the force of the impact is pretty self evident.

Car is smashed up
Isn't a quantifiable figure for the
Insurance company
Registered impact of 4g etc is
Quantifiable

robj20 · 1 Mar 2020 at 19:03

Phil99 said:
I see this mentioned a lot, but since my car was written off in an incident >2 years ago (non-fault) I haven't paid a penny more for my insurance (it's actually come down over time). Quoting with/without the incident doesn't change the premium at all (Direct Line). Did I get lucky?

No I found the same, even with an at fault claim it made no noticeable difference.

floatindolphin · 1 Mar 2020 at 19:06

I hope it makes no difference, I’m already paying more for a 2.2 diesel than my previous 6.2 petrol.

Maybe it the keyless entry tax?

floatindolphin · 1 Mar 2020 at 19:53

Recommendations for front/rear dash cams.
Do they have to be so in the way? You see them in the middle of windscreens, with a little led screen lit up. Do they have to have the screen on?

Mcnumpty2323 · 1 Mar 2020 at 19:56

I use next base cam
And no idea about the screen
I positioned mine so the rearview
Mirror blocks it from my sight

floatindolphin · 1 Mar 2020 at 20:09

some pics. Doesn’t look like much...