Somebody please set my expectations
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From: Lothians
My experience of a bike SMIDSY was that the local force were not interested unless an injury had occurred - (my bike was written off).
In fact when I suggested a day or two later on the phone to the local bobby that he go and speak to the octagenarian Volvo driver who pulled out in front of me on an A road (whose details, including address - half a mile from the copshop - I was given at the time of the incident by the driver concerned) his words were:
"What would be the point - it wouldn't achieve anything"
I suggested that this old boy was perhaps unfit to be driving and was dismissed as me not being in a position to judge it.
If the polis are not interested in following up a potentially serious incident like mine, a fender bender is never going to be looked at.
In fact when I suggested a day or two later on the phone to the local bobby that he go and speak to the octagenarian Volvo driver who pulled out in front of me on an A road (whose details, including address - half a mile from the copshop - I was given at the time of the incident by the driver concerned) his words were:
"What would be the point - it wouldn't achieve anything"
I suggested that this old boy was perhaps unfit to be driving and was dismissed as me not being in a position to judge it.
If the polis are not interested in following up a potentially serious incident like mine, a fender bender is never going to be looked at.
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Did you get a crime number.
Or an incident number?
I don't hold out much luck for you but at least you can pursue him through insurance.
Why the hell did you get a producer?
You weren't even driving. Actually come to think of it I reported a similar incident (although no witnesses) and they gave me a producer.
It makes no sense.
Or an incident number?
I don't hold out much luck for you but at least you can pursue him through insurance.
Why the hell did you get a producer?
You weren't even driving. Actually come to think of it I reported a similar incident (although no witnesses) and they gave me a producer.It makes no sense.
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When this happened to me approx. 12 months ago, the police paid a visit to the lady in question.
She did, however, receive little more than a severe ticking off on the proviso that she make no bones about the insurance settlement. Pretty sure their telling me about that last bit was a mere pacifier given that she probably pleaded ignorance of the event.
It would have been nice if they'd have done a bit more than this, but it wouldn't have got my car fixed any faster. At least the stupid bint and her family will think twice before behaving similarly in future.
She did, however, receive little more than a severe ticking off on the proviso that she make no bones about the insurance settlement. Pretty sure their telling me about that last bit was a mere pacifier given that she probably pleaded ignorance of the event.
It would have been nice if they'd have done a bit more than this, but it wouldn't have got my car fixed any faster. At least the stupid bint and her family will think twice before behaving similarly in future.
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From: Hertford
Originally Posted by Moggy,Mar 19 2010, 01:38 PM
Did you get a crime number.
Or an incident number?
I don't hold out much luck for you but at least you can pursue him through insurance.
Why the hell did you get a producer? You weren't even driving. Actually come to think of it I reported a similar incident (although no witnesses) and they gave me a producer.
It makes no sense.
Or an incident number?
I don't hold out much luck for you but at least you can pursue him through insurance.
Why the hell did you get a producer?
You weren't even driving. Actually come to think of it I reported a similar incident (although no witnesses) and they gave me a producer.It makes no sense.
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