i went to m-tec yesterday,the day started good until i took a wrong turn,got low on fuel and had to fill up.I pulled into said petrol station filled up and went to pull out,but the women in a golf on my left opened her door fully  which was between my indys front and rear wheel and got in(my indy was on a towing dolly along side her golf),my exhaust caught her door pulled it right round then took out my rear arch. Now i got explain to my boss as i was on his insurance.The guys at m-tec were great and rather than waste my cash they had to stop mid ship as i has some t'b issues and would have been silly to carry with a crap map,but they pointed me in the right direction and i shall return asap.i certainly recommend them . ps am i at fault for the accident or her or will it go 50/50 ?

did she open the door as you were driving by? (her fault)
or did she already have the door open, and you caught it as you moved? (your fault)

What age are you? Towing dollies count as a trailer and you need to make sure that you are correctly licensed (date you passed test and categories on drivers licence) and insured!

Not 100% sure as i was looking foward and the petrol staion will only supply cctv to insurance or police.i think it was i split secound thing i only just started to move,2,3 feet ?passed test 22 yrs ago and have lgv.as for insurance i was on the garage insurance where i work driving one of there cars.[Edited on 16/6/09 by jonesier1]

[Edited on 16/6/09 by jonesier1]

you where also recovering a broken down vehicle - otherwise the towing dolly would be illegal.

without witnesses the only way of knowing fault is the video. They probably won't want to hand it out for a combination of data protection and stop every tom, dick, harry requesting it reasons.

under data protection act, apply to them for all details they have of yourself. to make it easier say what time and date you where in the garage there is a nominal fee, usually 10 pounds to collect the data for you.

Even if it was considered your fault, there would be a good bit of contributory negligence: opening your door into the wheelplan of another vehicle (or for that matter between a vehicle and its trailer) is simply daft. There was a case a few years ago in Manchester where a traffic warden started to walk between a vehicle and its trailer as the vehicle moved off and the trailer ran over his foot, breaking bones - I'm fairly sure that, in the end, it was considered the warden's fault. BTW, he wasn't trying to book the vehicle, just cross the road in stop-start traffic.

[Edited on 16/6/09 by SteveWalker]

in my completely non professional opinion what a stupid bit*h

goodluck working it all out

Mac

bearing in mind that the petrol forecourt is prvate property so not a public road - the highway code does not apply.

pretty sure that is the case for public car parks.

.. at least that is what I heard.

That's not strictly true. A garage forecourt is a 'public place' and as such, the road traffic act does apply. Just like public (ie not security barrier controlled) car parks.

And as for the CCTV, as said earlier, anyone can ask for information with them selves on it and it can cost no more than £10. To be in accordance with the data protection act, every other face (other than your own) must be obscured........

my undersatnding was that the road traffic act is indeed relevant only when you have the details of the other party. I was once hit in a car park a witness left details of the car that hit me also his details as a witness Police were informed and advise that there was nothing they could do as I did not get the drivers details. I think that you should argue you where moving at the time the door was opened (her fault). Is your company willing to accept you are covered on business if not it could get a little messy