my runaround has just been hit im not sure whos at fault, but as far as im concerned i was stationary and was hit.

 

i parked my car outside my friends house who only lives up the road. i was facing the oncomming traffic. i parked opposite his driveway about 2 metres behind another parked car.

 

i had to pick up 2 of my friends, they both came around and opened the door, as my car is a 2 door coupe, on of them had to sit at the back, so he pushed the fornt seat forward to get in the back, my other friend then pushed that seat back and sat inside as soon as he was closing the door a driver hit my car door pretty bad.

 

my door is scratched but no dents. the window shattered and hit my friend who was sitting at the back, luckily he was only slightly cut from the glass.

 

the driver was going quite fast and finally stopped about 15 metres after.

 

this was at 20:30, he said as my lights were on he and couldnt see my friend getting in. now there is no blind corner.

 

he said whilst my second friend was getting in i should have switched off the lights.

 

i called my insurance company who advised i go to a local bodyshop to get a quote. when i told the guy at the bodyshop he advised i go through kindertons direct and kindly phoned them for me, i spoke to them and they said they want the details of the third party and will call me when i get home.

 

has anyone dealt with this company? they are prepared to give me a hire car.

 

 

im third party so have to wait untill we find out the outcome which could mean i have to drive my main car everywhere.

 

should i go ahead with kindertons or wait till my insurance company gets a verdict.

 

i know mike groves here has dealt with kindertons.

 

help appreciated.

If you are parked offside to kerb facing oncoming traffic and you have your headlights on and your door opened you may not be fully to blame but certainly play a hughe part in the incident. At night you should park nearside to kerb and if you are stopped offside to kerb you should only have the sidelights illuminated when stationary. Common sense also says if your door is open and a car is coming - SHUT IT!

Technically this is an injury RTI as the passenger was cut by the glass and so you should report the matter to the police at the earliest opportunity and at least within 24 hours. I doubt that the police will investigate it though as the injuries are very minor and there are no independent witnesses. IMHO it will all come down to insurance companies deciding who is at fault.

I do sympathise- however it really does irritate me when people pull up on the wrong side of the road and leave their lights on and continue to blind traffic.

 

For some reason it does not occur to them to just leave side lights on and that their dipped beams will dazzle oncoming traffic- police told me at one time that vehicle should face away from traffic when parked so reflectors indicated vehicle position.

 

Regards

 

Dave

 

Hear Hear! The key thing here is thr driver said he was blinded by lights. This is a MAJOR bugbear of mine! Parked cars facing oncoming traffic who leave main beam on.... If you had had side lights on he might have seen the door! it's in the highway code i'm afraid and if i was the other driver i'd be relying on this as my defence...

here is somthing mike groves wrote about this company

 

get the police report, and phone this number

Kindertons accident Management

01270 500 900

 

ask to speak to jane, they will take on your case if they believe you were not at fault, it will bypass your insurance solicitors and they WILL sort it out quicker because of mounting costs. you also get a hire car, this helps speed the process of having your car repaired because the insurance company resent paying 50quid a day. You will be asked to pay a small fee (under £10) which means you are insured against them loosing the claim,

 

 

My accident, I had my car back within 14 days fully repaired and a bill of 3.5k paid for.

 

they only take on your accident if they beleive you are not to blame, and paying the 10quid insurance mean you are covered in case they cannot reclaim the balance paid within 12 months.

was it a fiesta?