Advice needed - failure to stop (other driver)

[Sauce]

While riding home from work today a flat-bet lorry decided to pull out in front of me - despite a good effort, I couldn't avoid running into the back of it. He didn't stop.

By the time I'd picked myself up and got the hell out of the middle of the road, he was too far away to make out his number plate.

Obviously the first thing I did was report it to the police, but with a description of 'a flat bed truck with a white cab', I'm not expecting much from them. I'm on third-party only insurance and I can't place a claim with the MIB due to an untraceable driver unless the vehicle itself is found.

The truck was coming out of a farm lane, so I'm going to check with them in the morning to see, first of all, if the truck is theirs/there or if I can get any other information from them regarding their visitors. If it is there I obviously plan on taking photos/video of any evidence (paint transfer etc.), but I'm not entirely sure how to handle the owner/person present.

I need to find out who was driving at that time without it sounding accusatory (if he really wasn't paying enough attention to a) see me b) have me hit him without noticing it shouldn't be too difficult, but if it was a deliberate failure to stop then he's obviously not going to offer this information knowingly).

Any advice much appreciated; and keep it legal please

[Shaft]

Dare I say it, if you ran into the back of it, you're 99.9% likely to be considered at fault.

There are almost no circumstances where rear ending another vehicle is considered unavoidable, those that exist are very difficult to prove.

This might be an occasion where you have to suck it up and learn a lesson.
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[c_dug]

My last crash I went in to the back of somebody and got 0 blame with no issues.

(I did have 4 witnesses including 2 police cars though)



If you go to the farm I would be a little privvy about why you are there until you are sure it isn't one of their vehicles. Can't see them being very willing to grass on their own driver, or a regular customer for that matter.

Did you have any witnesses?
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[ian789]

Had you been on the sauce?

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[Shaft]

^^^^^ I still don't fancy the chances, particularly as the OP seems to know the junction layout fairly well, which might suggest he should've applied more caution, when approaching it at close to the speed limit, in adverse conditions.

Still, I wish him good luck, mainly because I think he needs it.
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[StevenF]

Were you injured at all?
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[Suntan Sid]

You’re not going to like this but:-

Having been in a similar situation many, many, moons ago, I would say forget it.

In my case I knew the vehicle reg., I knew the owners name and address, and it got me nowhere!

If the driver of the other vehicle does not admit to anything, it’s just your word against his.

Unless you’ve got witnesses, save yourself months of frustration and chalk it up to experience.

Sorry!

[skatefreak]

Sid, i see where yr coming from but he does say he has 3 possible witnesses....

If a vehicle pulls out at the last second giving you little chance to stop (i'v had a close call by a pricks who seemed to wait untill i was 20 yards away...) then technically speaking, its their fault if they should give way as they are obstructing the highway...
A bit of a grey area i guess but without stopping for every car sitting on a slip road its going just to be one of thoes thing.

-Jvr

[Rogerborg]

Call SorryMate, or another bunch of ambulance chasers, and ask them for advice and suggestions.
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[hellbound]

Flat bed truck + Farm lane = Possible Gypsy (travelling community for those PC people)
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