lancer425 Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Just after 7AM. on way back from dropping the Lad off at work decided i would get filled up with diesel . Went in to pay for it and Bang."is that your car" "Yep" Yes my car"08 Volvo XC70 ". Old chap in Honda CRV had run into the rear NS door .All we need. Old guy looks terrified "Is this you car" I explained it was, looked at the damage , it was not pretty. But the old chap was getting his self way too emotional his wife was whitening away from the Honda. "why am i here i thought".. He has his wallet out shaking like a leaf. I says look just calm down its a car no ones hurt you just misjudged it. " Put you wallet away. ". I told him i would sort it out, and he is to just get the fuel in his car. its just one of those things. Lad in a Little van looked like a carp fisherman came over, "fair play to you mate he says" I am like "Well did you see the state he was in mortified". Old guy comes back they get on their way. Wave them both off. Stood looked at the old warhorse . AH! Well. OK its a scrape and will need some work for me to put it right, but its not mint and its, like this. I just could not bring myself to put that old couple through it, she was whittering away he was stressed, but seemed just too upset , like overly upset to me. I just walked past it with the dogs, "what have i done". but they were just old folks genuine. I had to see them go away with just the minimum of fuss. Am i too soft hearted or what.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 No just being a decent human being in a world where it seems only ****s get the headlines. Well done you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Wouldn’t the world be a nicer place if everyone treated others thus? But sadly, for the most part, they don’t and it ain’t!........But we’ll done to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, panoma1 said: Wouldn’t the world be a nicer place if everyone treated others thus? But sadly, for the most part, they don’t and it ain’t!........But we’ll done to you! Yes, I think that sums it up quite well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Good for you, well done. There's only one other thing (with hindsight) that you could have done before sending him on his way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipper Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Pity there’s not more thoughtful people like you .👍😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) You are a true gentleman Sir.You are about as far away from stupid as you can get. Edited March 18, 2020 by bruno22rf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdadphil Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Thank you for a shaft of light in this current media-perpetuated gloom The olds were probably worried sick about CV, your decent act has boosted us all Gdadphil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer425 Posted March 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Your making me feel better about myself now. I was telling the wife i am going to get the door card off see if i can knock it out and fill it. but its not that obvious. Wife just burst out laughing. Came out with. " you wont touch it, it will be like that bathroom cabinet, we changed the entire bathroom before you got around to fitting it. ". Probably right , in fact i am going off the idea if ripping the door card off already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Nice one Lancer, I'd buy you a few beers if you were local, 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestonSalop Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Good man - a true gent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 I did that once with a young lad who pulled into the side of my car. Got a letter from his insurance a few weeks later saying it was my fault!!! Never again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Yes you did the right thing, there are some out there who would have taken him to the cleaners over that. Milked it for all they could get The only sad problem from the old boy's point of view is that little unexplained bumps like that can be a sign that he shouldn't really be driving. My mother started like that, scraping posts and clipping cars in car parks. It comes to us all eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer425 Posted March 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, Vince Green said: Yes you did the right thing, there are some out there who would have taken him to the cleaners over that. Milked it for all they could get The only sad problem from the old boy's point of view is that little unexplained bumps like that can be a sign that he shouldn't really be driving. My mother started like that, scraping posts and clipping cars in car parks. It comes to us all eventually. I did think about that, but he was all there just seemed like too upset, his wife seemed like she was a bit ditherer though. i think, the chap had his hands full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 3 hours ago, WalkedUp said: I did that once with a young lad who pulled into the side of my car. Got a letter from his insurance a few weeks later saying it was my fault!!! Never again I have had similar several times with our company vehicles. Back then we used to give the drivers a single use disposable camera (remember them?) to keep in the glove box and tell them to always take lots of photos. Often just the act of taking the photos was enough to prevent anybody trying it on later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringDon Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 I like your thinking - follow them home and gauge their level of wealth before putting the boot in with a massive claim. They won’t know what hit em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 You did the right thing.... But was the old guy in a fit state to still hold a licence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrowning2 Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 They looked like that because they had no driving licence, no insurance, 1000 lead shot cartridges in the boot and had Coronavirus lol Your all hart , a true gentleman in the wrong place at the wrong time. think I would have at least taken a few pictures which included their reg number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 True gent ,very rare these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 Goodness, you lot make it sound like making a claim on someone else’s car insurance when they’ve had an accident is the wrong thing to do 😬 A nice kind thing to do from the OP. I wonder though if it was his nice new car and the damage going to be several thousand of ££‘S if you’d still consider being so forgiving. Nothing wrong with calming down the old fella and being nice and polite, but at the end of the day that’s why we have insurance. For things like this. Not like he had to pay it out of his own pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 One of the most heart warming stories I have heard for some time , Well done that man . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 Once returned to my car to find a note stuck under my wiper from a young women saying she had bumped my car and saying she would pay. I rang her and she was nearly crying over it, the bump was a black scuff on my wheel arch. I thanked her for being so honest and not to worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph5172 Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 I had someone reverse out of a car parking space into the side of my old battle bus. caught the wheel arch and bumper. They offered their insurance. you can see the damage if you look but it sort of mingles in with a 18 year old car that you drive across fields and such I decided that it was a genuine error and they would probably write my car off and even though it wasn’t my fault the inevitable increase in premiums wasn’t worth the agro. we both went on our way. the cost of a new exhaust end section that he bent on his 4x4 along with the chrome trim would have probably been more than my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remimax Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) good for you ,the thought of constant" you've been in an accident" calls for the next 3 years would of had me doin the same on my old terrano bus. had a guy in a posh merc sports car overtake in a 30 and drove into the front wheel of me maxus van as i turned right into a carpark. some insurance cock rang me up told me i was" self medicating" and that the couple of grand i was entitled too would be handy as xmas was closing fast ! told him to do one as no one was hurt as it was all at very slow speed. Edited March 21, 2020 by Remimax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) No. I disagree with most here. Far from "doing the right thing" I think you've done the wrong thing. You should have reported it at the very least and left it to the police (and your own and his insurance company) to decide if it merited further action. Even if you yourself didn't want to pursue a claim. He may well unfortunately have done this before and may well have been on a "final warning" from either the police or from his insurance company. Yes you don't need to make a claim but legally as you vehicle has been involved in an accident (even though you were not in it) you MUST report it to your insurers. If you don't you've breached their terms and conditions. They could if they subsequently find out walk away. How might they find out? If you have an accident and an insurance assessor examines your vehicle. "Oh Mr Lancer...What's this damage here? Is this previous damage you've not told us about? If it is damage on the vehicle when you originally bought it we'll now deduct XYZ% for betterment. Thank you. And if it wasn't there? Oh dear that's an accident you failed to tell us about and you've breached your terms and conditions so your policy is void." This time it was you car. Has there been times previous? Indeed was the old boy mortified as he was in fact driving having had his licence suspended? Or if it wasn't suspended perhaps against his GP's advice? Also if the old boy's son or daughter then decides to get involved they can now call the police and allege that you've failed to report an accident. And then you are in the mire. It's a hard world and having a friend who, forty years ago, had his twenty-two year old sister killed by an elderly driver I've no sympathy. There's page after page of these stories. Here's one from just last year with the link. The part of the story that is telling is where it says "Heagren's car had hit a bollard at slow speed minutes before it slammed into the women, Harrow Crown Court was told. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/driver-87-jailed-killing-woman-21032119 "SOUTH RUISLIP DECEMBER 2019: An 87-year-old man who killed a woman when he mistook his car's accelerator for the brake has been jailed for 27 months. William Heagren's Ford Fusion slammed into Jeanette Newman, 64, and her friend Sarah Taylor, 53, who suffered life-changing injuries, on May 26, 2018. He continued reversing, carrying the women towards a bollard, which stopped the Ford in its tracks after travelling around 100ft in a Sainsbury's car park in South Ruislip, west London. Ms Newman died in hospital the next day from brain injuries she sustained after hitting her head on the tarmac, while Ms Taylor bore the brunt of the “out of control” vehicle and suffered a stroke." Next time it could have been a kiddie filling his bicycle up with air from the airline. I'm with some of the other respondents here. And if you then read a local paper to see that, yes, he has at some later time killed someone? How then will you feel? I'm sorry but it is a harsh world and it's harsher still when an elderly driver kills or injures someone because out of sympathy he/she was allowed to remain behind a wheel when they should no longer have been. The next time this old gentleman hits something he didn't see it might just result in a person's death. In case you still have doubts: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3708839/Elderly-driver-mowed-six-pedestrians-spared-jail.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5528047/Grandmother-mounts-pavement-kills-pedestrian-horror-crash.html https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/driver-83-killed-pedestrian-after-17180512 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-43472639 Please. Report it. Edited March 22, 2020 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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