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Car Accident in car park - is it covered by insurance?
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A friend of mine has been involved in a minor accident (bumper to bumper touch with no visible damage) in Morrison's car park. I remember reading somewhere that car insurance does not cover such incidents, is this right?
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My friend has no problem paying up for any damage caused - waited by the car until the owner returned and swapped telephone numbers - but this seems to be a scam and he just wants to know where he stands in case things go pear-shaped.
My O/h dad had a lovely lady Jag driver back into his car in Morissons car park, and his insurance covered it. They claimed from her insurance. There was sufficiant damage though, had to get the back bumper replaced and painted.
If the guy insits in being an asshole about it, tell him to get a quote and you will contact you insurers about it, I would think the excess would be more that the cost of the work though.
Thanks for your help. No-one minds when there is genuine damage but why are people so grasping nowadays?
This annoys me so much, someone accused me of reversing into them a few years back, I did reverse but did not touch them and i only reversed about 6inches. They claimed that I had not only damaged their car causing over £1000 worth of damage (the car was an old fiesta, barely worth £250) but that i had given the passenger whip lash so severe that she had a years worth of physio and the driver was too traumatised to return to work.........:mad::mad::mad:
You poor thing, that is so irritating!
Hope this has taught your friend a lesson, next time if no one is about, act as if you didn't even know and drive off.
If there are people about, get a piece of paper and pretend to write on it and put it under wipers. People will think you are leaving you're details when infact you have left it blank.
There are very few honest drivers out there now, especially as we are adopting the American style "Where there is blame there is a claim" attitude.
Car insurance is a waste of money, I would be better putting the money in a savings account.
It's a sad state of affairs when we reach this point though isn't it? A few years ago my OH and myself were in a restaurant when a young lad came in and asked if the 'purple car' outside was ours. When we said it was he said he was really sorry but he had reversed into it. He then gave us all his details but said that his dad was a mechanic at a large. local garage and would we mind having it mended there - resprayed bumper etc - if it was done properly as his insurance would skyrocket if he made a claim, he was only about 19. We agreed (though we got a mechanic friend of ours to check it out) and everything was fine. I even praised his dad saying he must have brought him up properly as he could easily have driven off. It just seems that nowadays people are only interested in what they can chisel out of other people.
If your friend doesn't hasve a problem paying for any damage and the damage is relatively small, then don't go through the insurers - chances are the excess is more than the actual cost of the damage, so they won't pay anything, plus you'll lose any NCD when the renewal is due...
I have a vague recollection of Tesco's car insurance trying to wriggle out of an accident in a Tesco store car park. I believe they paid up in the end.
French insurance, allegedly, is not valid on the roundabout around the Arc de Triomphe:
http://www.terrace.qld.edu.au/academic/lote/french/icoarc.htm
If it wasn't for her friend staying and waiting for owner, owner would never have known and not try to put a false claim through.
Yes if significant damage was caused then stay.
After a lot of letter writing they finally paid up, but she had to prove that the bays were not suitable ie no bump to stop them rolling out.
They tried the private property thing with her also.
It is a sad state, but an owner of a 4 year old car that was showroom quality when I bought it, I can say people do not stay around in car parks.
I have dents and scratches from appear to items or handbags(with metal bits) carried passed car, not a single person has left a note. A very expensive job to have my car repainted.
So these days I return the favour, never leave your details if you do it.
As I said if people are about, put a blank note under wiper
edit : by the way, it's not something I do regular, infact in the last 7 years i've not even had a light bump. But you should always have a plan if you do
I guess you could write something random like "2 for 1 on all frozen pizzas"
or
"Call me for good time - 0898 40 50 60"