Notification of Intended Prosecution (NIP)
 

Hi All,

About a week ago I had an incident in the car where a car jumped in front of me approaching a roundabout and braked so hard that I can only assume they were trying to get me to hit them in the rear. I managed to stop in time and did'nt hit them. They dissapeared and I counted myself lucky.

However firstly last night we got a call from our insurance asking if we'd had a bump; no.

Then this morning I got a letter of Notification of Intended Prosecution (NIP) from the police alleging dangerous/careless/without due care. This is the reply I have posted to this:

"I do recall this incident. I was travelling in the right-hand lane (marked for turning right only) approaching the roundabout at approximately 15-20mph. A car passed me at speed in the left-hand lane (marked for turning left only) and then moved suddenly over to the right in front of me (approximately 10 metres before the roundabout junction). I sounded my horn to alert them to my presence. The car then braked abruptly, which required me to also brake and stop, which I did so without incurring any collision between the vehicles. The car in front then moved on. I stopped at the first safe and legal location to do so (the nearby car park) and I checked the front of my vehicle to reaffirm that no collision had occurred. I could not locate the other vehicle involved. I believe I drove correctly, considerately and acted in accordance with the law at all points.
Our insurance company have also recently been in touch regarding this incident. As I have discussed with them, they may conduct an independent inspection of our vehicle to confirm that it has not been involved in a collision".

Has anyone got any experience of these matters and NIP?, any advice would be greatly appreciated

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Were there any cars behind you? Only thing I can think of is that someone behind you ad a bump (possibly the two cars behind you) and they are blaming you?? When you pulled over could you see where the incident took place? Where there any other cars?

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Sounds like one of those insurance scam things. Heard a lot of around here, folk driving in front of someone to get them to bang the ass end of vehicle on purpose.

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I guess fight it? Stick to your guns, the right person always wins. :)

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That sounds odd. Probably someone from behind that has shopped you as a witness to the first car or their own demise (although unlikely if it was just the behind car as they would then be to blame). I find it hard to beleive the car in front got your rego from their rear view mirror - so more than likely they stopped and have a witness from behind you that got your rego - seems the likely scenario???

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Hi, go to the website www.pepipo.com it's a biker friendly lawyer company, you can ask their advice and they will give you some guidance and advice on your legal requirements.

All the best. Ian

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That's www.pepipoo.com

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Any update on this?

I love the fact now that the news felt it was necessary to report this and practically show people how to do it... I'll bet you will find this happening a lot more. Might be worth driving around with one of those crash camera things...

They record constantly but only record if you press it or it detects a crash. It records 20 seconds either side of the accident, sounds like a cracking idea with this crap going on. Id love to screw them back with that sort of thing. You lose id say he he he

Not sure what it is but google would find it I dont doubt. I saw it on the gadget show.

Cheers

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Why would somebody do this? What do they have to gain?

Unless they are going for the mandatory whiplash thing I guess. Seems like a lot of hassle to go through for a couple of grand, you're not likely to be able to pull that scam many times.

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+1

See here and here

It definitely seems like this is what they were attempting, but failed and put in the claim anyway.

There may be someone else involved pretending to have witnessed the accident.

Get the police to check the identity and accident history of the reporting party. Three non fault rear end accidents in the last year (e.g.) might start alarm bells ringing.