I have dashcam footage.
Have you made a copy of it?
I have dashcam footage.
For the final time, yes - he linked to it in post 7:Have you made a copy of it?
Definitely report it to the police and your insurers. There is a possibility that the Golf's insurance company might try claiming from your insurance as the last car in the chain if they can't pin it on the Mondeo for any reason. So you definitely want to be informing them.
My insurers have said that I should withhold my details from the Golf. The Emergency braked. A Mondeo crashed into him, that's incident B, then I crashed into a Mondeo, incident B.
The mondeo hitting the golf was not because of me.
I am struggling to get the footage off the Dashcam, it's an Anker ROAV C1.
I have saved it, but as far as sharing the file, it only gives me the option of Facebook or YouTube.
Can I not just export the file?
My advice is don't share the video else you will have 100 pages telling you what you did wrong.
My advice is don't share the video else you will have 100 pages telling you what you did wrong.
We all know, including the op, what he did wrong - he was driving too close to the vehicle in front of him to give himself adequate time to stop. He even admits himself another few metres and he wouldnt have hit the car.
If a car pulls in front of you, a little closer than you'd like but certainly not cut up, would you just ease off and let the gap restablish?
That's what I did wrong, I should've braked, given myself more room... but it's a section of road I know well, and I've never known it come to a stop, until the roadabout further up the road.
Ah well.
As I was once told while training with the fire service, it's never an accident there's always fault somewhere.That's why it's an accident, and not a ram! We're all a few seconds, or a few decisions, away from something going wrong. You weren't hurt, that's the main thing, now let the insurance take the hassle.
I know what you're saying, I think we're even saying the same thing but I didn't get my point across well.As I was once told while training with the fire service, it's never an accident there's always fault somewhere.
Which is why they aren't referred to as RTAs anymore.
I know what you're saying, I think we're even saying the same thing but I didn't get my point across well.
I just meant that it wasn't intentional, we're all capable of making a simple mistake.
I have a (very lightly - wheels, suspension, etc) modified car, also declared. But I have an agreed valuation on mine because it's on a classic policy. I would guess (and it is a guess) that a standard policy with mods declared would still only cover you for market value of a similar standard car, unless you have agreed a valuation for the entire car or the modifications added. In my case the agreed valuatoin was additional cover and a small additional cost. I think it comes down to whether you've simply declared the mods so that your insurance isn't void, or whether you have specifically insured the modifications.The insurance company have been on the phone to my Mrs. Pushing for her to go to the Dr's and get checked over.
She has had discomfort in her jaw and down into her neck and shoulder since. I'm of the mindset she should get checked and bang a claim in. She feels like a fraud and doesn't want to. What say you guys?
Also, it's a modified car, all declared ofc. No I wasn't chasing the Golf, it was only a gti.
How does that work with the insurance?
If they write the car off, and I was to get fair market value for the car. I can get another mk2 tts on 80k for around £9k. But to buy one that is 380bhp or to tune the next one to that level will be substantially more.
Any experiences with modified car insurance?