! I hate it when we look after our cars and drive responsibly just for someone like that to spoil it for everyone.

I had a similar experience a few years ago when young Novaman cut me up and tried to turn a single lane into a dual carriageway. I took the defensive approach, held my line and wedged him against the armco. I was driving my Defender at the time fitted with chunky great tree sliders so no problem for me. As luck would have it Mr Plod was only a few cars back so I left Novaman trying to explain his manoeuvre to the law and why he had no tax or insurance! John
07 HSE Narvick Black
Land Rover Series One
Triumph Rocket 111 (sadly gone!)

dunroof wrote:

Never ever heard of a NIP being used in those circumstances. Not enough info to caste an informed eye on it. Hope you had corroboration and, or you leave yourself open to a malicious counter complaint.

No matter what allegations he comes up with, he has failed to report the RTC. The circumstances of the RTC won't make any difference to the fact he hasn't reported it or stopped. Saying he did not know he had to report it isn't a defence.

He could try saying he didn't notice a collision or he could deny being involved full stop. No witnesses but there is a CCTV camera facing away from the point of impact that would have seen us drive past seconds later. The camera is fixed so it won't have filmed the collision. LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

I think we all need to invest in these inboards camera things the someone has on here!!

Of course it need not have been the owner, could have been nicked and the thief was in the process of making his get away, hence the erratic driving?, this is where you need front, rear and side cameras.
Pity you werent driving an Eddie Stowbart.

one of our van drivers had a minor scrape with a car on the motorway recently where a car pulled into his lane, the car driver pulled up on the hard shoulder and our van driver did the same but some distance further down. Our guy looked at the van and only damage was a tyre swirl mark on the bottom plastic. Thinking the other car was undamaged and was at fault anyway he drove off and thought nothing else about it............. until our company received a 'request for name and address of driver' for the offence of 'failing to stop and give details'.

Sounds like Mr Saxo driver will be receiving the same in the near future.

landy19840 wrote:

I think we all need to invest in these inboards camera things the someone has on here!!

To get back to the original question
Yes the door moldings are cheap and easy to fit - they come off amazingly easy, park in deep mud, open door, close door. Molding falls off and you drive over it, again! Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

Don't know if this is any good to you Doc..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FREELANDER-2-LOW..._500wt_922

With the recent run ins just lately perhaps this would be more useful

Doc, is this what you need ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-LEFT-FRO..._500wt_922

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ad210358 wrote:

Doc, is this what you need ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-LEFT-FRO..._500wt_922

Dunroof, thats vague of course. Plenty of variables such as the driver could be over the limit or not looking but taken purely at face value it is something the driver can do little about and should call the emergency services. It's late and I haven't done any digging so at this point I don't know what covers hit and run incidents.

It could also be implied that the driver didn't get in his car and drive off until the emergency services had cleared up the scene.

The only exceptions I can think of to failing to report in my type of incident could be valid reasons such as checking yourself in at hospital and being advised to stay in which incidentally takes you past the 24hr deadline for reporting. Although if the injuries were that bad an ambulance and police would probably be involved at the scene. What I said earlier is basically accurate though. LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey