Re: DWDC, Driving w/o insurance, leaving the scene of an accident
 

Tell him to buy a pushbike!

Re: DWDC, Driving w/o insurance, leaving the scene of an accident
 

He had no insurance that would have been his only way out.

Ch00

Re: DWDC, Driving w/o insurance, leaving the scene of an accident
 

It's the going back when he realised the extent of the damage that I considered admirable; not the settling outside insurance! :)

Madness: He's a keen cyclist anyway; looks like that's how he'll be getting to work from now on.

Re: DWDC, Driving w/o insurance, leaving the scene of an accident
 

If he can sit down on a cycle seat after his trip to prison......

Re: DWDC, Driving w/o insurance, leaving the scene of an accident
 

that sounds more like trying to get out of trouble more than doing the admirable thing.

If he truely cared about doing the right thing he wouldnt have driven off.

Re: DWDC, Driving w/o insurance, leaving the scene of an accident
 

I wouldn't be surprised if the ole' boy had his license revoked for a few months anyways so getting insurance in the short term isn't really going to make much of a difference..

Re: DWDC, Driving w/o insurance, leaving the scene of an accident
 

I suggest you pm ED asap and ask his advice, ( he's a solicitor in case you didn't know).

Daryl.

Re: DWDC, Driving w/o insurance, leaving the scene of an accident
 

Just deny it was him and that the van couldn't have been there as it had no insurance and that would be illegal.

He wasn't there, the person must be mistaken...

Joke, maybe, maybe not. We had someone claim we hit their car. Letter from insurance company and everything.

We we're like, yeah come and see the car then, its brand new, theres no damage, we live about 6 hours away from claimed accident, but sure, yeah, it was us.....

Nothing more was heard

Re: DWDC, Driving w/o insurance, leaving the scene of an accident
 

Seriously doubt he'll get jail time for that. Plenty of points/ban and fine though!

Re: DWDC, Driving w/o insurance, leaving the scene of an accident
 

That will depend mostly on whether "an example" is needed or not.

Personally I think he should, especially if its a mentioned in sentencing guidelines - it would be guaranteed to be on the front pages of the tabloids.

However in hindsight it wouldn't prompt the chavs to go get insurance - it would just have them go on about the in-justice.

Also on the other hand, no-one got hurt, so fine him, make him pay for the repairs and ban him for a couple of years is probably more relevant.