If you park your car illegally or obstructively and it's damaged by a passing vehicle, should you share a least a small portion of the blame & have an 'at-fault' claim registered, using the logical argument that if you had followed the laws and rules of the road, your vehicle wouldn't have been there to be hit?
Do you think a shift into this way of operating would kerb illegal/obstructive parking? Would it lead to more collisions?
It's a thought that came about between colleagues as one had a minor scrape with a car illegally parked in a bus stop so the bus was force to pull up at an odd angle and as he left the tail caught the wing mirror, literally only folded it forward but now the car owner is claiming the vehicle is a write off (2017 Auris). At the time of the collision the car owner just pushed the mirror back into position and there was no sign of damage ever occurring. All on CCTV.
Do you think a shift into this way of operating would kerb illegal/obstructive parking? Would it lead to more collisions?
It's a thought that came about between colleagues as one had a minor scrape with a car illegally parked in a bus stop so the bus was force to pull up at an odd angle and as he left the tail caught the wing mirror, literally only folded it forward but now the car owner is claiming the vehicle is a write off (2017 Auris). At the time of the collision the car owner just pushed the mirror back into position and there was no sign of damage ever occurring. All on CCTV.