Help me please!

[batgirl]

A T.Brown van hit my car and drove off at 3.25pm in Homestall road. No serious damage but I had my three and four year old in the car.

I called the company and to sum it all up I was told "well what do you expect me to do without a registration number?"

Is there anything I can do about this?

[Brendan]

Report it to the police.

[matthew123]

Agreed call the Police - besides you may also need a Police Crime number for insurance purposes?

[Sonners]

I'm not sure what a T Brown van is but if you know who the company are then surely they will have a log of which drivers were in your area at the time you were hit? Shouldn't take long for them to narrow down their list and speak to some of the drivers to find out who it was and discipline them for not stopping after an accident. Perhaps write a letter of complaint to the Managing Director?

[reetpetite]

I'm pretty certain that company are working on the Rye Hill Estate contracts that could narrow the search down for the culprit.

I think they are electricans but not certain.

[legalbeagle]

It is an offence to leave the scene of an accident without swapping insurance details. One tactic could be to call the company back, tell them that they must know where their drivers are and so must be able to identify this driver. Plus the van will have paint from your car on it and so will be easy to identify. Tell them that you are giving them the option of sorting this out in a civilised way so that insurance companies can pay up, otherwise you'll call the police and report their driver, who has committed a criminal offence, as will the company if they lie to the police and pretend they aren't able to identify who it was.

[thebeard]

What are you hoping to get out of all your trouble once you?ve tracked the driver down an apology, repairs?

I take it you and your kids are not injured?

Is the car damaged?

Happy to help if you really need it.

[Domitianus]

I am with Legal Beagle on this one. Take the hard line. The notion that they don't know who it might have been is ridiculous and there is bound to be clear damage on the vehicle in question. They are just trying to pass the buck and I would nail them to the wall if I was you.

[northlondoner]

Sorry for your trouble BG. What Legal Eagle said.

[thebeard]

legalbeagle Wrote:

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northlondoner Wrote:

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trouble?

Hold on before we start legal proceedings, and I?m sure the lawyers a gagging to get going on this.

Is there any actual paint damage?

What does BG mean by there?s no serious damage?

Could this be like a 1mph bump, bumper to bumper?

Like a parking bump resulting in no actual damage?

BG?

[PeckhamRose]

T Brown have the contract for gas on Rye Hill and other council estates.

But not for longer; they've had too many complaints about the quality of the work - allegedly.

[batgirl]

Thanks for all the info on what I should do, but feeling much more calmer about it now.

Just had a bad couple of months I'm wondering if Mars is in retrograde!

About two/three weeks ago my stereo was stolen, then this jerk smashes my wing mirror almost shoving me into parked cars.

Peckham Rose I mentioned that I thought he came from Rye Hill but the officer manager claims that he may have been a lewisham driver, What goes around comes around I hope!

[thebeard]

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> About two/three weeks ago my stereo was stolen,

> then this jerk smashes my wing mirror almost

> shoving me into parked cars.

>

Thought you said no serious damage?

Wind mirror these days ?300 - ?500 to replace + fitting.

That?s worth persuing!

You probably need independent witness if you want to get your insurance excess back and avoid it showing up as a fault claim tho.

[barty]

batgirl Wrote:

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> ..... I'm wondering if

> Mars is in retrograde!....

Do I detect a little astrology interest?!