jollygreengiant
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| posted on 2/6/11 at 05:52 PM |
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Originally posted by Ninehigh
What would Mr Plod say when I plough into the back of another car on the basis of "I've got that automatic braking thingy, FORD! THIS IS
YOUR FAULT!"
Plod will ONLY be interested in the easiest nick for the offence(s), who had been drinking, and who went into the back (usually last). When I was a
lot younger, I went into the back of a Megane (I thought loads of room, dry road, day light, summer time, approximately 5 car lengths (probably a bit
more) hadn't counted on the patch oil that caused the fronts to lock and proceeded into OSR of Megane with NSF of Hyundai. Broke my indicator
(NSF)with contact on Megane and my drivers door mirror on a Sierra coming the other way, the OSR corner of the Megane was totaled. Plod was not
interested in the Supra coming the other way overtaking on solid whites on a blind bend that actually caused the accident. He said to me "If you
insist on making these alllegations then I WILL investigate you AND you WILL be found responsible" with the tacit implication that I would be
found to wasting 'his time' as this was a no injury accident and a waste of his time anyway. Oh how I wish I'd had some kind of
recording device available all those years ago.
The Moral of the story is that the 'Driver' is responsible, no matter what is fitted to the car.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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morcus
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| posted on 2/6/11 at 09:59 PM |
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with the above on that one, my Dads had three incidents that were some how 'his fault' the fact that all 3 of these he was hit by people
speeding and for one he was stopped and another not even in the car. There was a fourth accident but that was his fault and as a result was all sorted
within a week yet the others took years.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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