11-Aug-2004, 11:14 AM
My youngest daughter was driving a few years ago with two children in the rear in car seats. She moved to the centre of the road to turn right, and signalled.
She was hit in the rear by a car at speed, whise driver was reading his road map to see where he was.
Children were uninjured but shaken, she suffered whiplash which still bothers her.
The driver was Polish, lining in the Midlands, driving a borrowed car without Driving Licence, no insurance. The whole event was witnessed by an off-duty policeman, who assisted at the scene.
Needless to say the driver gave a false address and could not be traced, the car owners had "lent" the car to some-one they did not know, the firm, he worked for had no knowledge of him.
She got part-payment for a new car from her insurers, fought through the Courts for seven years to get minimal compensation of £3700. No prosecutions and no guilty party.
I have more horror stories of family motor accidents where they were not the guilty party, and the guilty went free. I stopped driving when my car was written off by a driver cutting across my rear having realised too late that he should have turned. British driving standards? In my opinion, there are none.
Sorry if I`ve wandered a bit from the subject, I feel very sore about it.
She was hit in the rear by a car at speed, whise driver was reading his road map to see where he was.
Children were uninjured but shaken, she suffered whiplash which still bothers her.
The driver was Polish, lining in the Midlands, driving a borrowed car without Driving Licence, no insurance. The whole event was witnessed by an off-duty policeman, who assisted at the scene.
Needless to say the driver gave a false address and could not be traced, the car owners had "lent" the car to some-one they did not know, the firm, he worked for had no knowledge of him.
She got part-payment for a new car from her insurers, fought through the Courts for seven years to get minimal compensation of £3700. No prosecutions and no guilty party.
I have more horror stories of family motor accidents where they were not the guilty party, and the guilty went free. I stopped driving when my car was written off by a driver cutting across my rear having realised too late that he should have turned. British driving standards? In my opinion, there are none.
Sorry if I`ve wandered a bit from the subject, I feel very sore about it.