Hit by a car

thesultan

A car reversed into my parked car. Small dent on the wing. Parked in the bus parking space. Would I still be covered?

DesperateDan

No idea but I always thought if you were parked in the middle of the M50 and someone did that it's still their fault

biko

I hope you took their details so you can contact the other driver's insurer?
If in doubt, ring your own insurer, they will tell you what to do.

punisher5112

If it's not bad they may just pay, what did the other driver say, hate people that block bus bays.

Makes my job to getting passengers on or off much harder especially those that can't walk or have other special needs.

Bus stops are 24 hours and nobody other then a bus can use.

kirving

DesperateDan wrote: »

No idea but I always thought if you were parked in the middle of the M50 and someone did that it's still their fault

In 99% of cases, the moving car is liable, but Dangerous Parking is a 3 penalty point offence for a reason.

Stopping in the middle of the M50 (when not gridlocked) will get you a dangerous driving charge at best, and very likely killed.

Irish Steve

thesultan wrote: »

A car reversed into my parked car. Small dent on the wing. Parked in the bus parking space. Would I still be covered?

Were the hazard warnings on? If they were, according to urban legend :rolleyes:, the vehicle's invisible, so it can be parked anywhere.

thesultan

It was raining and car spaces were full and people used the bus lane. No buses at that time..

thesultan

The spaces in the car park were full. It was lashing and people parked in the bus lane. The bus wasn't coming for another hour.

DonalK1981

punisher5112 wrote: »

If it's not bad they may just pay, what did the other driver say, hate people that block bus bays.

Makes my job to getting passengers on or off much harder especially those that can't walk or have other special needs.

Bus stops are 24 hours and nobody other then a bus can use.

Bus lanes and bus stops being 24 hours when the bus service isn't running 24 hours doesn't make any sense.

punisher5112

DonalK1981 wrote: »

Bus lanes and bus stops being 24 hours when the bus service isn't running 24 hours doesn't make any sense.

Bus stops are 24hour. Some bus lanes are too.

A bus stop is exactly that a bus stop, not a taxi stop or rank, not to pull in to run shop or whatever it's for buses only.

Johnny Sausage

thesultan wrote: »

It was raining and car spaces were full and people used the bus lane. No buses at that time..

if other people drove off a cliff would you copy them doing that also?

elperello

DesperateDan wrote: »

No idea but I always thought if you were parked in the middle of the M50 and someone did that it's still their fault

Kevin Irving wrote: »

In 99% of cases, the moving car is liable, but Dangerous Parking is a 3 penalty point offence for a reason.

Stopping in the middle of the M50 (when not gridlocked) will get you a dangerous driving charge at best, and very likely killed.

Just to clarify, it is illegal to stop on any motorway.
The hard shoulder is only for breakdowns/emergencies.
If you do have to stop in an emergency or breakdown get out of the car and over the barrier while waiting for assistance.

DesperateDan

Kevin Irving wrote: »

and very likely killed.

Thanks Kev I wasn't recommending it