Accident caused after third party parked on yellow line - Please Help

[misscerb]

Thank you for your insight.

[green_and_mean]

If you think the taxi driver is making a fraudulent claim then that is the point that needs to be addressed not his parking. I could be parked up in my car at the side of the road and be 5 times over the drink drive limit but that would not make it my fault if you hit me despite the fact I should have not been on the road.

[misscerb]

Thanks Green and Mean. Difficult to address it though.

[JimmySpangle]

Whether the taxi was parked legally or illegally is not relevant at all. Just because it shouldn't be there does not mean you can hit it.

 

However, it does throw up an important matter. Someone mentioned it was outside the taxi office. Don't they have CCTV? Could be VERY interesting to get hold of a copy.

 

The width of the road will be significant in this case. The taxi driver suddenly appearing and wanting insurance details smells bad to me. Get the CCTV footage and see.

[misscerb]

The accident happened in April of this year. And we were only made aware of the taxi drivers claim over a month later. Dont local councils erase CCTV footage after a month?

[lamma]

I don't see how a parked (stationary) vehicle could caused the accident.

[misscerb]

My sister collided with the vehicle in front of her and the taxi was parked on the opposite side of the road. The initial collision apparently then impacted his parked vehicle.

[lamma]

then the taxi is blameless. the thread title is misleading to say the least. how wide was this street ? how fast was the driver going ? just wondering how the accident 'got across the road'.

[sailor sam]

Hi,

 

Firstly as it has allready been pointed out, admitting liability at the scene can invalidate your insurance erspecially if there were witnesses present.

 

Secondly, you did not have to exchange details with the taxi driver. His 'claim' is against the driver who hit him. What I cannot understand is how the third party's car managed to get shunted into a car on the opposite side of the road. Have you enquired about this to the third party? It seems to me that the taxi was possibly damaged prior to this and the taxi driver is trying to pull a fast one. However, the fact he may have been parked ilegally is irelivent. In any event, he should not be claiming directly of your sister's insurance.

[My Real Name]

Whether the taxi was parked legally or illegally is not relevant at all. Just because it shouldn't be there does not mean you can hit it.

There is the notion of contributory negligence, which might impact the amount of damages awarded.

[green_and_mean]

There is the notion of contributory negligence, which might impact the amount of damages awarded.

 

Unless you parked in the fast lane of the M1 in the fog at night its very unlikely that being parked could be seen as contributing to an accident. A driver is meant to be driving at such a speed to react to most situations failing to miss a parked car is negligent in itself. If I parked in a staff only car park and got hit by another car the fact that I was not a member off staff could not be seen as contributing to the accident. A SYL is a prohibition on waiting but not loading, blue badges, alighting, police vehicles, refuse carts etc etc so it would be unrealistic to claim a taxi parked on the SYL was negligent and contributed to the accident but a blue badge holder in the same spot wasn't.

[My Real Name]

Unless you parked in the fast lane of the M1 in the fog at night its very unlikely that being parked could be seen as contributing to an accident.

I was thinking more along the lines of being contributory to the damage caused.

 

A driver is meant to be driving at such a speed to react to most situations failing to miss a parked car is negligent in itself. If I parked in a staff only car park and got hit by another car the fact that I was not a member off staff could not be seen as contributing to the accident. A SYL is a prohibition on waiting but not loading, blue badges, alighting, police vehicles, refuse carts etc etc so it would be unrealistic to claim a taxi parked on the SYL was negligent and contributed to the accident but a blue badge holder in the same spot wasn't.

Whether or not it's an applicable principle is up for debate. I'm just pointing out that the principle exists, and might be applicable.

 

Either way, I would counsel the OP to leave it to their insurers.

[letshelp]

Unless you parked in the fast lane .

The 'Fast Lane' Green and Mean, where is that?

regards

[green_and_mean]

The 'Fast Lane' Green and Mean, where is that?

regards

 

I did say at night, lol!