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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: PhilRich on 23 January 2013, 12:34:35
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I suppose you can argue the rights and wrongs of this incident depending on your point of view, but to me, it just smacks of sheer arrogance and ignorance on the part of the Farmer! >:(
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266319/Angry-farmer-rips-open-car-skidded-ditch-forklift--hands-shocked-driver-250-damaging-fence.html
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I used to work for a very arrogant boss who one day ordered one of the forklift drivers to pick up and move a Rolls Royce which was blocking one of the entrances to the works car park.The owner of the Rolls appeared as if by magic just as the forks were disappearing under his pride and joy. ;D
Knowing him as I did,he would undoubtedly have denied all knowledge and left the poor forklift driver to take the blame had the car been damaged. ::)
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Very bad for the farmer I would think, I smell a "no win no fee" case there. And I doubt the farmer will have much defence. What is wrong is the police actions. Surely the farmer has stolen the car has he not ?
And I had to laugh, it is such a nice fence, in really good condition. A fence the farmer must be really proud of.
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I suppose you can argue the rights and wrongs of this incident depending on your point of view, but to me, it just smacks of sheer arrogance and ignorance on the part of the Farmer! >:(
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266319/Angry-farmer-rips-open-car-skidded-ditch-forklift--hands-shocked-driver-250-damaging-fence.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266319/Angry-farmer-rips-open-car-skidded-ditch-forklift--hands-shocked-driver-250-damaging-fence.html)
where is my gun >:(
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Easy one this, stop reading the Daily Fail. Fixed, next!
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I was at school with Ed (the farmer).
There are many missing points and circumstances here.
1) The car was close to a corner and was a risk to other road users plus was also partialy on the highway. This road is narrow and has some wicked bends plus cattle grids.
2) Ed tried to contact the owner via the Police (no number on the note).
3) The car already had significant damage, more than enough to deem an 8 year old Citroen a write off (door, sill and pillar damage plus tailgate and wheels).
So he move it using the best option he had and stored it safely.
But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good storey.
And anyway, with a spolier like that has, he deserved it! ;D
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I actually registered to leave a comment, whether it gets
postedpast the thought police remains to be seen ::)
But you can bet his insurers would never have known had he driven away...
As for being stranded, he got a lift home with no bother... :-X
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This is round the corner from me and them country roads ,when snow hits them is bad
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It is unacceptable to abandon your vehicle. If life is in danger, then by all means - leave it. If not, attempt to get it recovered. I appreciate he called the RAC, but he should have got it moved.
Or, with common courtesy you go and speak to the property owner. If you can't find them post a note with your phone number through the door. In this case you can see the large sign with the farm name, so it would not have been difficult to phone them and let them know.
I can't imagine I'd be happy if my vehicle had been damaged, but I would struggle to forsee how I could just abandon it. In fact, the police have admonished drivers here in the Thames Valley for leaving their vehicles.
Although, his comment about 'not moving it if it had been a Bentley' seems unwise to me.
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Used to go out to them all the time around Hampshire when in the garage. At the end of the day, the RAC advised him incorrectly as he shouldn't have left the scene of the accident without reporting it du to the damage to property ;)
In my experience, most farmers are reasonable and I'm sure that there is plenty of "Journalistic Licence" used by the Fail ::)
I do think the farmer may have been a little heavy handed in his recovery... There was no need to go through the roof but he's only making the road and field safe ;)
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I was at school with Ed (the farmer).
There are many missing points and circumstances here.
1) The car was close to a corner and was a risk to other road users plus was also partialy on the highway. This road is narrow and has some wicked bends plus cattle grids.
2) Ed tried to contact the owner via the Police (no number on the note).
3) The car already had significant damage, more than enough to deem an 8 year old Citroen a write off (door, sill and pillar damage plus tailgate and wheels).
So he move it using the best option he had and stored it safely.
But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good storey.
And anyway, with a spolier like that has, he deserved it! ;D
As you know this farmer it would be interesting to find out what the outcome of this turns out to be. I assume it will take a few months to sort out.
Will the Citroen owner just cut his losses ? will he see a solicitor ? What will the insurance company make of it ? What would a court make of it.
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He went through the roof as the car was at an angle and the forks only tilt so far (yes, it was that badly crashed). Looks like the roof tore as it was lifted
As for the Bentley, its a two ton forklift so couldn't lift it ;D ;D ;D
To be honest, Ed is a bit of a lad but not stupid and not unreasonable.
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Well for a start no Police interest.
I was told that the insurance company are assessing the damage based on the initial crash to see if it was deemed uneconomical to repair at that stage (looks highly likely given the door post damage, door skins, position of front wheel etc).
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Used to go out to them all the time around Hampshire when in the garage. At the end of the day, the RAC advised him incorrectly as he shouldn't have left the scene of the accident without reporting it du to the damage to property ;)
I'm surprised the RAC gave him any advice at all - apparently all they said to the lady I helped rescue was "Not our problem, call your insurer" (which, to be fair, seems accurate if blunt!)..
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Mark may well know the truth of this as well ...
I understand that the fence was physically broken and there was livestock in the field. These animals could easily have escaped if "nothing" was done ... which is not only illegal it is damned dangerous.
The vehicle driver left the scene having done nothing regarding the animals, he therefore loses all credence and sympathy IMHO. :)
I see no reason why the farmer has to pussyfoot around the vehicle to sort his fence as he wasn't even informed - common courtesy if nothing else.... ... shift the vehicle, mend the fence, safeguard the animals and the public . ... IMHO :)
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Quite :y
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Apparantly there was.
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Surely it would only have been courteous to contact the farmer and put him in touch with your insurer before leaving the vehicle, especially as damage has occurred to his property? I have no idea why he was talking to the RAC, unless he was insured by them? Recovery after an accident is your insurer's responsibility, as is making good any damage to 3rd party property and any consequences arising from the need to move the vehicle.
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I wouldn't take either side in this one. The farmer was within his rights and, probably, annoyed. But the lad who left his car seems genuine enough and we can all say what he should have done after the fact, but he's just put his pride and joy into a fence so probably wasn't thinking straight.
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Yes I was going to sit on the fence as well.... ::)
I very much doubt that the lad driving even considered that there may have been livestock in the field, and probably wouldn't have even have thought of the consequences of the animals getting out.... :-\
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where is my gun >:(
I thought you were........
oh never mind ::)
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He went through the roof as the car was at an angle and the forks only tilt so far (yes, it was that badly crashed). Looks like the roof tore as it was lifted
As for the Bentley, its a two ton forklift so couldn't lift it ;D ;D ;D
To be honest, Ed is a bit of a lad but not stupid and not unreasonable.
Ahh... I'd assumed it was a telescopic as they are most common on farms ;)
I don't see the farmer as being in the wrong and he had to secure his livestock ;)
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Yes I was going to sit on the fence as well.... ::)
I very much doubt that the lad driving even considered that there may have been livestock in the field, and probably wouldn't have even have thought of the consequences of the animals getting out.... :-\
What consequences :-\ it is always someone elses fault, (usually mine ::)), so any cosequences are totally irrelevant and therefore not even worthy of consideration, surely :P
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Why couldnt he have simply dragged it out rather than sticking the forks through the roof ? :-\
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Why couldnt he have simply dragged it out rather than sticking the forks through the roof ? :-\
wheres the fun in that!
anyway its french
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Write off or not, farmer Fred has no right to cause damage to other people's property.
He is not a Loss adjuster, engineer, assessor or scrap merchant, I'm guessing?
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Easy one this, stop reading the Daily Fail. Fixed, next!
Yes, this is the second thread involving the MailOnline today.
Rather puts one off of reading the Daily Mail - which I don't for this very reason. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Easy one this, stop reading the Daily Fail. Fixed, next!
Yes, this is the second thread involving the MailOnline today.
Rather puts one off of reading the Daily Mail - which I don't for this very reason. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Yes Lizzy. The "Daily Fail clique" I call them. ;D
Mind you as r1 says, it is a French s**t box, so fair do's to the farmer, I suppose. ;)
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Yeah, it does hand him an opportunity to get a proper car. ;D
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Why couldnt he have simply dragged it out rather than sticking the forks through the roof ? :-\
wheres the fun in that!
anyway its french
Oi >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
;D ;D
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Used to go out to them all the time around Hampshire when in the garage. At the end of the day, the RAC advised him incorrectly as he shouldn't have left the scene of the accident without reporting it du to the damage to property ;)
In my experience, most farmers are reasonable and I'm sure that there is plenty of "Journalistic Licence" used by the Fail ::)
I do think the farmer may have been a little heavy handed in his recovery... There was no need to go through the roof but he's only making the road and field safe ;)
Yeah right !
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where is my gun >:(
I thought you were........
oh never mind ::)
ok.. this boy anyway passed through a shock.. what did this farmer do ? damage the car irrepairably >:( >:( >:( for what ?
if he did this to my car I would shot him not once.. until he turns into a mince pie >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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Bit extreme cem ;D
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Bit extreme cem ;D
damaging someones car on purpose makes me really really mad.. you can hit me but if you touch my car, you are dead >:(
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Driver should have made an attempt to contact the owner of the fence which, given the circumstances as I read them, would not have been too difficult. As he didn't, plus, as I again read it, he didn't contact the Police to report the accident (RAC/AA doesn't count....) then he commits a technical hit and run and is nickable by the Police.
Farmer sees yet another car enbedded into the same section of fence that he has repaired numerous times over the years and takes steps to ensure that stock does not escape onto the public highway where failure to do so is liable to prosecution.
That the farmer used a front loader to remove the car is a debatable point. Either that or drag it out, causing either/or more damage to the car (immaterial, given the outocme! ;D) as well as damage to another 20 foot or so of fencing if the car was well slid in.
Not worth getting one knickers in a twist about, all said and done. Its a matter for the insurers to argue. ::)
Lesson? Learn to read between the reporters lines and identify biased reporting thats guaranteed to boost circulation figures and the 'reporters' monthly bonus...... ;)
Never let reality get in the way of a 'good' story.... :)
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Bit extreme cem ;D
damaging someones car on purpose makes me really really mad.. you can hit me but if you touch my car, you are dead >:(
... but it's ok to damage a fence, allow livestock to wander on the highway, leave a vehicle in a dangerous position ... just wander off and expect the world to revolve around you ???
Extremely selfish and inconsiderate IMHO.
The Idiot got what was coming... he shouldn't have driven like an idiot and hit the fence, and he shouldn't have behaved like an idiot and wandered off .. with any luck his insurers will refuse to pay out, he'll be done by the law for leaving the scene of an accident, and the farmer will get a court order for the cost of the repairs to his fence ... :y :y :y :y :y :y
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Bit extreme cem ;D
damaging someones car on purpose makes me really really mad.. you can hit me but if you touch my car, you are dead >:(
... but it's ok to damage a fence, allow livestock to wander on the highway, leave a vehicle in a dangerous position ... just wander off and expect the world to revolve around you ???
Extremely selfish and inconsiderate IMHO.
The Idiot got what was coming... he shouldn't have driven like an idiot and hit the fence, and he shouldn't have behaved like an idiot and wandered off .. with any luck his insurers will refuse to pay out, he'll be done by the law for leaving the scene of an accident, and the farmer will get a court order for the cost of the repairs to his fence ... :y :y :y :y :y :y
its obvous the car skid.. your number plate is there.. so even if he doesnt report you can claim for the damage..
here damaging someones car is a crime.. so you cant.. whatever the reason is.. so I dont feel the need to repeat..
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Driver should have made an attempt to contact the owner of the fence which, given the circumstances as I read them, would not have been too difficult. As he didn't, plus, as I again read it, he didn't contact the Police to report the accident (RAC/AA doesn't count....) then he commits a technical hit and run and is nickable by the Police.
Farmer sees yet another car enbedded into the same section of fence that he has repaired numerous times over the years and takes steps to ensure that stock does not escape onto the public highway where failure to do so is liable to prosecution.
That the farmer used a front loader to remove the car is a debatable point. Either that or drag it out, causing either/or more damage to the car (immaterial, given the outocme! ;D) as well as damage to another 20 foot or so of fencing if the car was well slid in.
Not worth getting one knickers in a twist about, all said and done. Its a matter for the insurers to argue. ::)
Lesson? Learn to read between the reporters lines and identify biased reporting thats guaranteed to boost circulation figures and the 'reporters' monthly bonus...... ;)
Never let reality get in the way of a 'good' story.... :)
That brings to mind a certain bend on the A28 road between Ashford and Tenterden where frequently cars went off the road through the same section of farmers fence, even though there were clear warning signs of a severe double bend.
The farmers answer to that; he parked an old caravan where his fence was often beached! Not once now, to my knowledge has another vehicle gone through the fence at the point! :D :D :D ;)
The farmer got a result! :y :y
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Driver should have made an attempt to contact the owner of the fence which, given the circumstances as I read them, would not have been too difficult. As he didn't, plus, as I again read it, he didn't contact the Police to report the accident (RAC/AA doesn't count....) then he commits a technical hit and run and is nickable by the Police.
Farmer sees yet another car enbedded into the same section of fence that he has repaired numerous times over the years and takes steps to ensure that stock does not escape onto the public highway where failure to do so is liable to prosecution.
That the farmer used a front loader to remove the car is a debatable point. Either that or drag it out, causing either/or more damage to the car (immaterial, given the outocme! ;D) as well as damage to another 20 foot or so of fencing if the car was well slid in.
Not worth getting one knickers in a twist about, all said and done. Its a matter for the insurers to argue. ::)
Lesson? Learn to read between the reporters lines and identify biased reporting thats guaranteed to boost circulation figures and the 'reporters' monthly bonus...... ;)
Never let reality get in the way of a 'good' story.... :)
I may be out of touch with the law but I thought it was only necessary to inform the police when an accident results in injury.
The causing extra damage to the car beyond a reasonable damage in recovering the vehicle. How would the police view an undesirable character jumping on the roof of a car just because he did not like where it was parked, is it any different to this person picking a car up like a scrap yard would.
You are correct in it should be sorted by this drivers insurance. Rightly or wrongly this famer has put a big twist in the insurance claim, and I suspect the insurance company will be looking to blame someone and claim back some of there loss when paying out for the damaged car. And the famer has put himself in the firing line. We all know how quick insurance companies are to try and recover costs from others, I suspect this will end up in the hands of solictors.
If it was my car I would have spoken to a solicitor already.
I appreciate it blown out of proportion but there are lots of direct quotes in the story. Like " I have confiscated your car" or theft in my book.
And I wonder about the £250 bill for the fence. Insurance would pay out to repair, but this farmer appears to be trying it on, Thought he was going to scam the guy out of a few quid.
Just can't see it ending well.
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Driver should have made an attempt to contact the owner of the fence which, given the circumstances as I read them, would not have been too difficult. As he didn't, plus, as I again read it, he didn't contact the Police to report the accident (RAC/AA doesn't count....) then he commits a technical hit and run and is nickable by the Police.
Farmer sees yet another car enbedded into the same section of fence that he has repaired numerous times over the years and takes steps to ensure that stock does not escape onto the public highway where failure to do so is liable to prosecution.
That the farmer used a front loader to remove the car is a debatable point. Either that or drag it out, causing either/or more damage to the car (immaterial, given the outocme! ;D ) as well as damage to another 20 foot or so of fencing if the car was well slid in.
Not worth getting one knickers in a twist about, all said and done. Its a matter for the insurers to argue. ::)
Lesson? Learn to read between the reporters lines and identify biased reporting thats guaranteed to boost circulation figures and the 'reporters' monthly bonus...... ;)
Never let reality get in the way of a 'good' story.... :)
I may be out of touch with the law but I thought it was only necessary to inform the police when an accident results in injury.
The causing extra damage to the car beyond a reasonable damage in recovering the vehicle. How would the police view an undesirable character jumping on the roof of a car just because he did not like where it was parked, is it any different to this person picking a car up like a scrap yard would.
You are correct in it should be sorted by this drivers insurance. Rightly or wrongly this famer has put a big twist in the insurance claim, and I suspect the insurance company will be looking to blame someone and claim back some of there loss when paying out for the damaged car. And the famer has put himself in the firing line. We all know how quick insurance companies are to try and recover costs from others, I suspect this will end up in the hands of solictors.
If it was my car I would have spoken to a solicitor already.
I appreciate it blown out of proportion but there are lots of direct quotes in the story. Like " I have confiscated your car" or theft in my book.
And I wonder about the £250 bill for the fence. Insurance would pay out to repair, but this farmer appears to be trying it on, Thought he was going to scam the guy out of a few quid.
Just can't see it ending well.
yep.. insurance firm without doubt will scr*w the farmer.. but if catches him alive ;D >:(
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Driver should have made an attempt to contact the owner of the fence which, given the circumstances as I read them, would not have been too difficult. As he didn't, plus, as I again read it, he didn't contact the Police to report the accident (RAC/AA doesn't count....) then he commits a technical hit and run and is nickable by the Police.
Farmer sees yet another car enbedded into the same section of fence that he has repaired numerous times over the years and takes steps to ensure that stock does not escape onto the public highway where failure to do so is liable to prosecution.
That the farmer used a front loader to remove the car is a debatable point. Either that or drag it out, causing either/or more damage to the car (immaterial, given the outocme! ;D) as well as damage to another 20 foot or so of fencing if the car was well slid in.
Not worth getting one knickers in a twist about, all said and done. Its a matter for the insurers to argue. ::)
Lesson? Learn to read between the reporters lines and identify biased reporting thats guaranteed to boost circulation figures and the 'reporters' monthly bonus...... ;)
Never let reality get in the way of a 'good' story.... :)
I may be out of touch with the law but I thought it was only necessary to inform the police when an accident results in injury.
The causing extra damage to the car beyond a reasonable damage in recovering the vehicle. How would the police view an undesirable character jumping on the roof of a car just because he did not like where it was parked, is it any different to this person picking a car up like a scrap yard would.
You are correct in it should be sorted by this drivers insurance. Rightly or wrongly this famer has put a big twist in the insurance claim, and I suspect the insurance company will be looking to blame someone and claim back some of there loss when paying out for the damaged car. And the famer has put himself in the firing line. We all know how quick insurance companies are to try and recover costs from others, I suspect this will end up in the hands of solictors.
If it was my car I would have spoken to a solicitor already.
I appreciate it blown out of proportion but there are lots of direct quotes in the story. Like " I have confiscated your car" or theft in my book.
And I wonder about the £250 bill for the fence. Insurance would pay out to repair, but this farmer appears to be trying it on, Thought he was going to scam the guy out of a few quid.
Just can't see it ending well.
That is also my understanding,although I believe its different in Scotland and Norn Irn. ;)
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Driver should have made an attempt to contact the owner of the fence which, given the circumstances as I read them, would not have been too difficult. As he didn't, plus, as I again read it, he didn't contact the Police to report the accident (RAC/AA doesn't count....) then he commits a technical hit and run and is nickable by the Police.
Farmer sees yet another car enbedded into the same section of fence that he has repaired numerous times over the years and takes steps to ensure that stock does not escape onto the public highway where failure to do so is liable to prosecution.
That the farmer used a front loader to remove the car is a debatable point. Either that or drag it out, causing either/or more damage to the car (immaterial, given the outocme! ;D) as well as damage to another 20 foot or so of fencing if the car was well slid in.
Not worth getting one knickers in a twist about, all said and done. Its a matter for the insurers to argue. ::)
Lesson? Learn to read between the reporters lines and identify biased reporting thats guaranteed to boost circulation figures and the 'reporters' monthly bonus...... ;)
Never let reality get in the way of a 'good' story.... :)
I may be out of touch with the law but I thought it was only necessary to inform the police when an accident results in injury.
The causing extra damage to the car beyond a reasonable damage in recovering the vehicle. How would the police view an undesirable character jumping on the roof of a car just because he did not like where it was parked, is it any different to this person picking a car up like a scrap yard would.
You are correct in it should be sorted by this drivers insurance. Rightly or wrongly this famer has put a big twist in the insurance claim, and I suspect the insurance company will be looking to blame someone and claim back some of there loss when paying out for the damaged car. And the famer has put himself in the firing line. We all know how quick insurance companies are to try and recover costs from others, I suspect this will end up in the hands of solictors.
If it was my car I would have spoken to a solicitor already.
I appreciate it blown out of proportion but there are lots of direct quotes in the story. Like " I have confiscated your car" or theft in my book.
And I wonder about the £250 bill for the fence. Insurance would pay out to repair, but this farmer appears to be trying it on, Thought he was going to scam the guy out of a few quid.
Just can't see it ending well.
That is also my understanding,although I believe its different in Scotland and Norn Irn. ;)
Ah, undedrstood.
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No, no different here, Ireland Wales or Engerland. You are getting confuddled with reporting damage to the property of another with injury.
If injury, insurance details must be exchanged over and above that normally exchanged in the event of damage to property of another (as is this case in point).
As damage caused to property of another then must give name, name and address of vehicle owner as well as reg number of the vehicle concerned to the owner of the property so damaged. All as soon as practicable. Or at a police station as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case, within 24 hours of occurrence thereof.
Or summat like that. Been a few years since my last paid shift.....
:)
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Too slow ::) was about to say 'injury and/or damage to anothers property'
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I will accept your superior knowledge H21 :y.An after thought.If some farmer stuck the forks of his forklift through the roof of my car,he would need a delicate procedure to extract his pitchfork from his arse. ;) ;D
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I will accept your superior knowledge H21 :y.An after thought.If some farmer stuck the forks of his forklift through the roof of my car,he would need a delicate procedure to extract his pitchfork from his arse. ;) ;D
Given the size and strength of most of the farmers I know you best bring a friend or two with you.... Lol!
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Been there,done that.The bigger they are............ ;D
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I will accept your superior knowledge H21 :y .An after thought.If some farmer stuck the forks of his forklift through the roof of my car,he would need a delicate procedure to extract his pitchfork from his arse. ;) ;D
;D :y
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We have a particular bend on the outskirts of our village where this is also a frequent occurrence, I stopped to help a young lad seconds after he had rolled his car through the fence and well into the field, the farmer was there almost as quickly as I was, but he only wanted insurance details.
The farmer told me that many times they have to repair and pay for this themselves as often it is a 'swipe' and the car just drives off again, he wasn't angry just wanted paying for the repairs - fair enough imo.... :y :y Field is used for crops.
The young lad was a friend of Master Vamps and was OK, lucky lad, accident caused by his lack of attention and too much speed on a wrong camber bend with a slightly wet surface.... ::) ::)
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... but it's ok to damage a fence, allow livestock to wander on the highway, leave a vehicle in a dangerous position ... just wander off and expect the world to revolve around you ???
Ah yes, invisible sheep, you can clearly see their little footprints as they happily play together. Oh, actually you can't, they must have been frightened off and brushed away their footprints so they couldn't be found. ::) ::)
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The Idiot got what was coming... he shouldn't have driven like an idiot and hit the fence, .......
Perhaps he had no experience of driving in snow, I don't know as I wasn't there. :-\ A member on here went through a hedge the other day, I'm sure he will find this comforting to know. ;) ;) :) :)
I'm sure the farmer was justifiably cheesed off at having yet another vehicle damage his fence but his alleged comments don't portray him in the best light. :-\
I can see that lifting the car off the fence would do less damage to the fence than dragging it out and also that the farmer would want the offending cars insurance details to claim against but it does appear a bit drastic. :-\
Who are we to judge though. :)
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Driver should have made an attempt to contact the owner of the fence which, given the circumstances as I read them, would not have been too difficult. As he didn't, plus, as I again read it, he didn't contact the Police to report the accident (RAC/AA doesn't count....) then he commits a technical hit and run and is nickable by the Police.
Farmer sees yet another car enbedded into the same section of fence that he has repaired numerous times over the years and takes steps to ensure that stock does not escape onto the public highway where failure to do so is liable to prosecution.
That the farmer used a front loader to remove the car is a debatable point. Either that or drag it out, causing either/or more damage to the car (immaterial, given the outocme! ;D) as well as damage to another 20 foot or so of fencing if the car was well slid in.
Not worth getting one knickers in a twist about, all said and done. Its a matter for the insurers to argue. ::)
Lesson? Learn to read between the reporters lines and identify biased reporting thats guaranteed to boost circulation figures and the 'reporters' monthly bonus...... ;)
Never let reality get in the way of a 'good' story.... :)
...in the "Daily Fail" to get the facts right! ....stop reading that bog roll.
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Driver should have made an attempt to contact the owner of the fence which, given the circumstances as I read them, would not have been too difficult. As he didn't, plus, as I again read it, he didn't contact the Police to report the accident (RAC/AA doesn't count....) then he commits a technical hit and run and is nickable by the Police.
Farmer sees yet another car enbedded into the same section of fence that he has repaired numerous times over the years and takes steps to ensure that stock does not escape onto the public highway where failure to do so is liable to prosecution.
That the farmer used a front loader to remove the car is a debatable point. Either that or drag it out, causing either/or more damage to the car (immaterial, given the outocme! ;D) as well as damage to another 20 foot or so of fencing if the car was well slid in.
Not worth getting one knickers in a twist about, all said and done. Its a matter for the insurers to argue. ::)
Lesson? Learn to read between the reporters lines and identify biased reporting thats guaranteed to boost circulation figures and the 'reporters' monthly bonus...... ;)
Never let reality get in the way of a 'good' story.... :)
...in the "Daily Fail" to get the facts right! ....stop reading that bog roll.
+1 :y
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I will accept your superior knowledge H21 :y.An after thought.If some farmer stuck the forks of his forklift through the roof of my car,he would need a delicate procedure to extract his forklift from his arse. ;) ;D
Fixed that for you Albs :y