On 7/4/13, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >If they'd just woke me up while the guy was still there, I could have >called the police & got a police report. > >But after the neighbor made sure the old man and his vehicle got home >before anyone decided to tell me about it, I've got no "evidence". I >"know" there's an old man who drives up and down my street on an >unlicensed vehicle, and the neighbor says that's who hit my car. I don't >even know the man's name or where he lives. > >All I have is the neighbor's word that he knows who the man is from his >church & he's going to get the man's caregivers to pay for the repair. >Haven't heard anything from the man's caregivers. I've got nothing a >court would accept as proof of his liability. > >I'm trying not to be angry about this so the anger won't make me sick, >but it really irritates me.
In the UK there is a responsibility in law for those involved in a motor vehicle collision to make themselves known to each other by exchanging details for insurance purposes. Failure to do so is a criminal offence. If the event you describe happened to me, then not only is the driver who collided with your car at fault for not making himself known to me, but also is criminally culpable for leaving the scene of an accident without doing so. Not only that but the person who escorted the original driver away is also culpable for assisting said driver. If it was then made known to me who the driver was, I would immediately report them to the police. In this instance, it was a minor traffic incident - next time it could be the death of a child crossing the road - if the person is too old and unfit to drive, he shouldn't be driving! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Producion ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
