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Boxing · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Mar 2012 Karma :

If the driver did have his lights on, I'd avoid throwing that into your statement. Once you lie, and they can catch you out your whole story with have no credibility. Resulting in your losing your case.

If you say he didn't have his lights on and in turns out his car is one of them that the headlights come on automatically or one of the houses just so happen to have CCTV and caught the incident, your case will fall apart immediately.

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.Bishbash. · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Karma :

Think back to when anyone has learned to drive/ride/ski/what ever, if you are doing a maneuver, example a 3 point turn, you have to give way to oncoming traffic(the person doing the maneuver). If you did that on a test, you'd fail, i.e. not eligible to drive. So take that into account, if you need to know what to say to your insurers, tell them what happened, but study the maneuver they were doing and learn the rules. Wink

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BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

Thanks for that Thumbs Up

I wont talk about his headlights, only mention that there was no indicator to indicate that he was doing any maneuver.

That on top of the fact that he did not give way...
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

How do you know there were no indicators flashing? You'd have to have seen the Range Rover and have been looking at it to know that...

I'd suggest being very sure of your facts before making statements to insurance companies. For the car to have had no lights on could be an interesting situation if it's one of the Range Rover with running lights that can't be switched off.

You might well be correct in that it had no lights on, maybe the running lights were broken for whatever reason. I'm just suggesting being very careful with what you put forward as your side of the story.

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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Just seen this.

No idea what to say, chap, I'm not in the habit of crashing. arry is your man for wording.

What I'd probably have said is that he was not showing headlamps or tail lights, did not indicate, and started the manoeuvre while you were too close to stop.

I write in the past tense in the hope that you've already sorted this.

Presumably his seven surprise witnesses have said that he was lit up like a Xebusmass tree and that you were doing 90mph on one wheel?
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BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

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How is this:

I was riding along Battersea ride, SW11 at 8.30pm.
A black car emerged from the right hand side without warning, quickly turning in the road. He had no indicators and in an attempt to avoid a collision, I swerved to the left but he continued to move and I struck the left side of his car.

The fully right turned wheels of the vehicle shown in the picture I took directly after the collision makes it evident that the driver had been turning sharply onto my side of the road.

I will attach picture which shows his front left wheel at almost full right lock.
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BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

Yes my mistake, he was very quickly in the middle of the road is what I meant, he wasn't there as I was coming down.

The first I saw of him was him coming into my side of the road, I don't think he was doing a u turn as I would of seen the lights, there is a drive that he could of been coming out of or maybe he was doing a u turn, the road is quite wide.
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BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

He must of come out the right side road, or been stopped on the dipped curb and then come out onto my side because I was in between where the end of red bay is and the side of his car.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Battersea+Rise,+London+SW11+1EE/@51.4606604,-0.1680292,3a,75y,247.02h,63.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sGbUk6I2NRJfks5FshSi3MQ!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x48760596eeb63c11:0x779bc0d94d1736f?hl=en
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