had this today about 9am, was on a back road and the driver of the car hit me full on, fair to say he wasn’t travelling at a reasonable speed,he had no seat belt either, so sports a nasty gash across the top of his fore head, police said its knock for knock, so up to insurance to dispute it… when will these car drivers realise that they can’t belt around the country roads regardless of how well they think they know the road, I’ve had a few near misses like this by speeding idiots, I must say it did shake me up a bit and i can certainly feel a bit of a sore neck… just glad i was in the lorry and not the canter van or a car…
Looking at where the debris landed makes me think you had stopped before he hit you so why is it knock for knock, he collided with a stationary vehicle
I had stopped, he didn’t even brake,no skid marks from his car he just hit it with full force, and tacho shows that my speed was approximatley 20mph just before…the lorry is where i left it, he reversed his car right after the impact and told me to back up so he could get past?.. i’m sure the company will have something to say about it, the police only took details of the two vehicles and drivers, i told them i was stopped when he hit me but they were un interested…
Have the truck mirror arms shot forward with the impact?
When you look at the car and then the truck, the plastic bumber on the truck has obviously absorbed a lot of impact and then regained its shape - its obvious he’s been well under you looking at the car bonnet.
What a chav!
If you were staionary its no contest BUT assuming no witnesses you have no way of proving it unfortunately. Bet you wish you had a dash cam.
Did he state he wasn’t wearing his seat belt? Make sure you put that on the insurance form you will be filling out.
Never braked? Seems this car driver wasn’t looking where he was going. hey ho, what’s new?
Iam not one to sterotype but lets look at the evidence… Vectra + baseball cap + tracksuit bottoms + lack of tax disc = guilty. The only thing missing is a bottle of alchopop and a dangerous dog!
The n/s mirror sprang forward when he hit the front, I had my belt on but was still jolted forward on impact, the couple in the pics are just some joggers who came by afterwards, the guy is sat in the back bleeding, he cut his head on the metal bracket for the sun visor which is why the copper said there was no way he had a belt on , he was 69 years old driving like an idiot ! The car used to be a hearse apparently …
Martin:
Looking at where the debris landed makes me think you had stopped before he hit you so why is it knock for knock, he collided with a stationary vehicle
Agreed.
Also, good job he has he’s running kit on - cos he ain’t driving that car home
Tell yeah Mercs are a strong truck, had a beemer hit my n/s stair at high speed barely scratched me where as the beemer was almost totalled. Dafs on the other hand crumple like a pack of cards.
Like they say you never know what is round the next corner/bend
chester:
Iam not one to sterotype but lets look at the evidence… Vectra + baseball cap + tracksuit bottoms + lack of tax disc = guilty. The only thing missing is a bottle of alchopop and a dangerous dog!
Check out pic 3 again
Sorry just read later posts she is not from the car
