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Fingers crossed it gets sorted.
I'd have felt livid and upset seeing my pride and joy get damaged.
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Fingers crossed it gets sorted.
I'd have felt livid and upset seeing my pride and joy get damaged.
He did. Checkign the damage.
Good catch!, Can easily see his mate is looking at the back of the car there.
Conversation probably went something like: Oh **** you hit the car, quick drive off before anyone notices.
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*Claim for whiplash!!!!
* thats a joke
* thats a joke
Although annoying I'm sure its high satisfying knowing you've got it perfectly captured. I also think he is looking a little too low and to the right to be checking for clearance so he must have noticed.
In terms of the claim, I would wait it out as there is absolutely no chance that this can be disputed. Admiral will want you to pay the excess to use their repairer until the claim is settled.
In terms of the claim, I would wait it out as there is absolutely no chance that this can be disputed. Admiral will want you to pay the excess to use their repairer until the claim is settled.
He turns to look there after the impact, he's looking ahead before it.
Because the point in time he pulls level with the car is also after the impact.
It's a minor scuff, he may have noticed or he may not - there's absolutely no way you can tell what was going on inside the cabin or his head.
My point was solely that it's not worth getting the pitchforks out... I'm not even sure really what the point of the thread is in the first place other than to rile up keyboard warriors.
We cant tell what was going through his head no.
But based on video evidence its a FACT he looked AFTER he pulled out and AFTER his hit the car.
Thus its a FACT he knew he had hit the car.
Lol, fact, of course it is.
If I was driving that sort of van, pulling out of that sort of parking space, thats EXACTLY where I'd be looking at that moment in time. I'd be looking there to make sure I had cleared it on the side due to the height. You don't pull out of spaces like that staring dead ahead!
The fact that he had scuffed the bumper before then may or may not be relevant - its purely speculation. I'm sure I explained that already. I'm not saying he didn't know and I'm not saying he did - I'm saying that nobody in this thread could possibly know, regardless of how much of a post you capitalize.... you might be certain for whatever reason, but you dont know. The only person who knows is the driver.
Well if you were a decent driver you would know where the front of your car / van is and know not to hit the car ahead.
I'm not defending anyone's driving ability
The point I'm making - which seems to be going over your head - is that you cannot possibly say that he *knew* he hit the car.
Yes, he should have known. No, he shouldn't have done it - but saying he definitely knew he had done it and drove off intentionally is complete speculation. There's every likelihood it was a completely innocent mistake and there's no point in the OP getting ****** off assuming that it was a malicious incident.
I'm not defending anyone's driving ability
The point I'm making - which seems to be going over your head - is that you cannot possibly say that he *knew* he hit the car.
Yes, he should have known. No, he shouldn't have done it - but saying he definitely knew he had done it and drove off intentionally is complete speculation. There's every likelihood it was a completely innocent mistake and there's no point in the OP getting ****** off assuming that it was a malicious incident.
From the Video evidence its plain to see he is looking at the car. There is a good chance he knew what he had done.
As I've said at least 3 times - that's where you'd be looking anyway!!
There's a chance, sure. There's also a chance he didn't know - thats my whole point. From that viewpoint he probably wouldn't be able to see the damaged area as it's too low down.
Not really, he was looking ahead then after the impact he turns to look, if your not going to check clearance before you pass something the is zero point doing it afterwards unless ofc you felt an impact. He was looking where he was going and assuming he had the clearance to avoid contact without looking, he was wrong, he then noticed and drove away.
If you wouldn't turn to check your clearance on the side then you shouldn't drive a van. It's a long vehicle on a narrow road, you should be looking to make sure your door and side have cleared the car.
Clearance before you pull out is the bumper at the front - this is obviously what he misjudged initially. Clearance after pulling out is the side of the van, which is what he could be checking - indeed I would be if I was pulling out there
I feel there'd be a lot of value these days in introducing very harsh penalties for driving off like this after causing damage. Obviously there are charges of leaving the scene of an accident but I believe those are more for when you've had a major shunt and legged it.
With the proliferation of cameras these days, with harsh penalties surely far fewer people would risk it.
With the proliferation of cameras these days, with harsh penalties surely far fewer people would risk it.
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