Woman knocked my bike over... caught on CCTV

[Snorty]

So I stopped at the shop today.

Went to my mate's just up the road while our lass was in the shop.

I get a phone call "your bike is on its side!"

So I come back, pick the bike up. I'm friends with the local shopkeeper so he lets me take a recording. At this point I haven't seen the video, assumed it has fallen over on its own. Get back and find out some woman has reversed into it and driven off!

Luckily I got the plate and contacted the police. They managed to contact her and we spoke. She asked me to get a quote for repairs. Damage to the bike: front left fairing and rear left fairing, crash bung, engine casing (that I can see).

Now, gouges to the fairings - what do I do with these? Not like I want to do the work myself - why should I? Is there more damage? The engine casing took a bashing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJDlfC3AIrs

Video.

Advice?
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[Tamsin]

Claim it on her insurance, and have a chat with the po-po about her failing to stop or provide details

[Nobby the Bastard]

Advice?

Ask the police why they aren't submitting a file to the CPS...
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[Carvel]

Why did she reverse so far back?
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[covent.gardens]

She knew she hit it, you can see her stop then go forward a bit then pause. Ask the cops why they aren't prosecuting for leaving the scene.

[BakesBeans]

Did you get the plate from the CCTV? Or did a pedestrian take the number?
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[Snorty]

I got the plate when I pulled up. I have a good memory for numbers.
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[Boris the spider]

Phone the pigs man. Get it reported.
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[Ste]

She doesn't stop after knocking your bike over, I wouldn't trust her to pay you for the damage!

You need her insurance details and you need to remind the police that she should have stopped at the scene and given you those details then so she's guilty of failing to stop after an accident. Is reversing into a stationary object driving without due care?

If it goes through insurance then you'd get everything replaced with new parts. As to if there's any other damage, if you get it checked over by a main dealer then I'd expect them to come up with a list of other parts that need replacing. Those parts may or may not actually need replacing but that's not really for you to worry about.

If she really wants to foot the bill for new fairings herself then wtf.

[Snorty]

£710 is the cost of the side that fell. I can't see her being able to pay that... She's driving a Range Rover but who has that kind of money in their back pocket.

It's not like a car where you can just get it re-sprayed, the gouges are through the decals...

Need to call her and give her the bad news...

No doubt she's going to think I'm trying to have her pants down, non bikers just don't understand the costs of fairings.
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[Scythe]

[daffy]

Dont call her. Call the police and get them onto it. Failing to stop and report an accident if im not mistaken. Then go through her insurance. Dont be nice or polite to her. She wasnt thinking about your bike or getting caught when she drove off
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[mogstar]

The police should at least record it as it was a fail to stop. If they do they will check all vehicles involved are insured and save you the hassle of being mucked around.

[Clutchy]

Another vote for not calling her, call the police and rape her insurance!
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[Ste]

Anything the police do is completely separate to anything the OP does with her insurance company. The level of proof required is different as well.

[Joncrete Cungle]

Police & Insurance, stop faffing about. The Range Rover is probably on the never never and the chances of her stumping up the money to pay for your bike to be repaired properly are tiny.

[DRZ4Hunned]

Did well to get her plate from that video I couldn't see it! Typical evoque driver, get the police on it.

[Fowlersrs]

What a bitch, take her to the insurance cleaners mate

[Rogerborg]

Shhhhhhhh.

Read again.

The police are already involved.

She has to report it "at a police station or to a constable, and [...] as soon as is reasonably practicable and, in any case, within twenty-four hours of the occurrence of the accident."

24 hours hadn't elapsed, so the CPS won't touch it, so Dibble won't care.

Getting a quote yourself is literally a waste of time. There's no realistic way she's going to pay that much out of her own purse.

It's going to go through her insurer, and it might as well go there sooner rather than later.

I would invite her to contact her insurer, and if you haven't heard anything from them by mid morning tomorrow, punt it to yours and let them sort you out. That'll cost her insurer more, which is sad for them, but you shouldn't be out by one penny on this, or inconvenienced in any way.
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[Commuter_Tim]

[guile]

Make sure she is punished financially.

If you had no CCTV, it would be you or one of us picking up the bill for the damages while she drives away into the sunset.

No time for niceties with these people. They are only sorry when they get caught.

Enforce the circle of karma.

[mattfender666]

[Ste]

If he claims from insurance, that money comes from everyone.

If he hadn't got her details then he'd still be able to make a claim, he'd just be claiming from the Motor Insurers' Bureau.

[Dave70]

A simple thing happened to me a while ago. My bike and was parked up outside my house for about ten minutes and when I came back out one of my neighbours called me over. Some woman had reversed into my bike knocking it over. Her male passenger got out, picked it up and they drove off.

Thankfully, my neighbour photographed it all and contacted the po po, who came out, took a statement and tracked her down. I was just in the process of claiming off her insurance when my bike was written off by a SMIDSY, so I didn't bother following up the first claim after all.

I'd suggest you do the same but, maybe leave out the SMIDSY part. If it wasn't for that camera, you'd be out of pocket by a substantial amount and she wouldn't give a damn about it, which is obvious by her actions when she thought she'd gotten away with it by just driving off without a care in the world.

You should claim for every bit of damage, right down to the smallest scratch and I'd be pushing for her to be prosecuted too, if she doesn't report it within 24 hours as she is legally obliged to.

[MC]

So she walked past your bike then still reversed into it? Show no mercy, she decided to f**k off, get it fixed at a dealer using brand new parts.
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