Hi John
Sorry to hear about you being hit from behind, I hope the fact that you
report no injuries indicates that you (and your new wife if she was with
you) escaped without injury. Also I guess it is some small consolation that
it was not a classic that was totalled.
On the note of the pleading father, is he offering to settle your loss in
full, if so it could be that this would actually turn out to be the hardest
lesson that the lad could learn, (this sort of thing can hang over one for a
long time or until the dept is repaid) and it might just act as a better
deterrent than just claiming on the insurance and retaking a test in what
six months?
OTOH if dad is asking you to replace / repair your own car then I guess the
insurance it is.
Please don't ask how I know about this, I was once distracted whilst in
command of a car!
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Macartney"
Subject: Daylight running lights
> It still didn't stop a kid of 20 years slamming into my rear end at about
> 25-30mph at the wheel of Mummy's little shopping car.
> While he admitted full responsibility for totalling my car, he said his
> attention was distracted by a small dog in some woodland alongside the
road!
> I got the police to alchocheck him which was negative - and his Dad is now
> pleading with me not to tell my insurers as once reported, his son will
lose
> his licence as a probationer driver. Needless to say, his son is going to
> have to learn the hard way.
>
> Jonmac
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