Collision with hit and run

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My funniest one was my ex wife's parking.

I used to have an AEC Matador timber tractor on my driveway, a bit like this one.
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The tow hook on the front had a bit of a rope loop hanging from it. One day I decided to tidy up and binned the bit of rope.
That night the wife had a go at me for the big dent in the front of her car.
Apparently she used to pull in and park in front of the Matador and used the bit of rope touching the bonnet as a clue for when to stop. With no rope hanging down she drove at speed into the front of the truck and never hit the brakes.^_^
Hahahaha Ill never rely on a marker again.
 

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When I was living in London and driving a big battered Land Rover for work almost every month someone would hit and run it.
Seemed daft really as their car/van always came off worse. I'd often watch drivers park behind it by bashing their car bonnet on the tow hitch!:wacko:

Some drivers are just :crazy:.


Maybe the other driver didn't even know she had made contact.
Just spotted that bit. It looked to me like she was concentrating on overtaking the car in front of her, she just didnt look my way and crunch. Its still strange because there is only two narrow lanes, you would have trouble filtering on a bike, never mind a car.^_^
 

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Some drivers are just so clueless, they really shouldn't be allowed to drive a car. When Gti Junior was a nipper he used to play around in our cul de sac, under supervision of course. One day our neighbour got into her red BMW 3 series and started trying to get it moving.... while the car drifted slowly down the close, mounted the pavement and ground to a stop against the fence, just where our son had been a few minutes before. If he has still been there she would have killed him; she abandoned the car where it was and walked back into her house. Her husband came and retrieved it later from our fence.
 
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Well here is a turn up for the books. My company is leaving it to me to phone the police and arrange to give a statement. As it was a hit a run they need one. Every other company sorts it all, takes a driver off to go and do this, not mine. The last time I was a witness to attempted murder,for the company, I had to drive through to leyburn , was kept waiting 4 hours on my day off, and it cost me nearly 20 quid for petrol,and dinner for us.
Im getting less a less inclined to help this company, as it always seems to cost me. Iv been phoning the police to arange to go after work since monday as its on my way home, but never get a return call to confirm as promised. Tried today one last time, if they dont organise anything im going to forget about it.
 

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Is there a risk that if you don't manage to report it then your company will regard it as your fault, as if you crashed into something?
Why not get the Police to call in at the depot when you are there, say before or after your shift but in company time? After all it happened at work not in your own time.
 

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Depends on the bus company. Some aren't great 'employers'. There is a big mix in Manchester, yet most are ultimately owned by Stagecoach.
 

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[QUOTE 1706741, member: 9609"]I occasionally run timber into a sawmill that have one of these at the back of the yard, I'm always a little tempted to ask if they want rid of it, would love a good restoration project - a bit more fulfilling than wasting my time on the internet - guess the wife would execute me if I come home with something like that:sad:[/quote]
If I were still working I would be so tempted to get another one, I only sold mine as I wanted to rebuild the front garden wall and it would never have made it out of the drive as the road is too narrow.

You need strong friends and a large engine crane to do anything on it though.
I once took a wheel off to check the brakes. I managed to roll the wheel to one side and leaned it against the side of the truck. Then it took all of my strength to lift the brake drum off onto my lap and then roll it onto the ground. Checked the brakes and struggled to lift the drum back on again. The the wheel fell over!:angry:
The wheel weighs about 300+kg with the tyre on it, or that is what it felt like. 13" wide and 48" tall, with around profile on the tyre it was a rediculus struggle to get it upright again as there was nothing to get a grip of.
And how stupidly hard can it be to get the wheel bolt holes to line up with the wheel studs on something that heavy?:surrender:
I had not long moved up to Manchester and didn't have any local friends to help.

Lovely truck though. Engine started on the button every time.:thumbsup:
 
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Is there a risk that if you don't manage to report it then your company will regard it as your fault, as if you crashed into something?
Why not get the Police to call in at the depot when you are there, say before or after your shift but in company time? After all it happened at work not in your own time.

The police phoned me while I was having my tea, they are going to interview the car driver then get in touch with the company. Because no one was hurt the insurance companies will sort it out between themselves. So I wont need to go to the station after work. They should have done just what you said, but wont. They tend to leave it to you.

Depends on the bus company. Some aren't great 'employers'. There is a big mix in Manchester, yet most are ultimately owned by Stagecoach.

Stagecoach normally do what they are supposed to, even court appearances were done in work time, and they didnt lose any wages at all. They kept business things in business time.
 
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