Being a Transport Manager myself, this probably won't be over and done with quickly. He is probably only insured 3rd party as it's a heck of alot to insure a fleet fully comp, and therefore the company will argue and argue it as they won't want to have to pay there own repairs.

Our car got hit by a bus outside our house. I came back from work, had a huge stand off with bus driver, he fessed up. Bus Co auth work in 3 days.....i also called an old interfering git in Jesus sandles a .....but got the result we needed!!

I meant to say "I will now make another brunch of photos" Vadim A.

NickM wrote:

Our car got hit by a bus outside our house. I came back from work, had a huge stand off with bus driver, he fessed up. Bus Co auth work in 3 days.....i also called an old interfering git in Jesus sandles a .....but got the result we needed!!

 Vadim A.

BIG DJ wrote:

Being a Transport Manager myself, this probably won't be over and done with quickly. He is probably only insured 3rd party as it's a heck of alot to insure a fleet fully comp, and therefore the company will argue and argue it as they won't want to have to pay there own repairs.

Talked to Paul from LPR today and he offered a Land Rover Service which finds out the details about the accident and if they decide it was not my fault, they pay the expenses and then deal with the other party to get the money back!
My insurance was not so helpful, I need to pay my insurance excess first (which is a lot of money, do not even want to mention it). They then deal with the accident etc etc. On the other hand their brokers can fix my car, but they will use their own garage to do that. I am not too keen on doing that.

For now I am waiting for the call from LR.

Any advice? Vadim A.

Just remind them that it has to be a LR approved bodyshop to still validate your LR warranty

The excess can't be that bad? £2K?

From how you've described it, it's not clear if the van was parked up when you tried to move in front of it or just stationary because of the traffic. If he wasn't parked but just stationary/slow because of the traffic then I think you'll be getting the blame as you tried to get over to his lane while he will just say he couldn't see you down below him as he moved forward while staying in his own lane.

Damage doesn't look too bad in the photos and should be no problem for a good LR approved shop to get perfect. Nothing will be on your car's record so unless you tell a prospective purchaser, they will be none the wiser.

eddiek62 wrote:

From how you've described it, it's not clear if the van was parked up when you tried to move in front of it or just stationary because of the traffic. If he wasn't parked but just stationary/slow because of the traffic then I think you'll be getting the blame as you tried to get over to his lane while he will just say he couldn't see you down below him as he moved forward while staying in his own lane.

Damage doesn't look too bad in the photos and should be no problem for a good LR approved shop to get perfect. Nothing will be on your car's record so unless you tell a prospective purchaser, they will be none the wiser.

NickM wrote:

The excess can't be that bad? £2K?

3k  Vadim A.

Ady 555 wrote:

Just remind them that it has to be a LR approved bodyshop to still validate your LR warranty

Sorry to read this Vadim

When I had an incident in my 1st RRS with a tanker truck in 2006 I phoned the company who owned the truck....................... the driver had not reported the incident to the transport manager, driver got big s t from above. Worked out well for me as the transport manager was a customer at the same dealership as me for his fleet of RRS company cars for the directors. They were even more pleased to help because I didn't get on the phone shouting and screaming at their staff, told them that i was going to pay for my repairs myself and then I was told that I should present a copy of the bill to them and they would make a contribution. Imagine my surprise when I received a cheque for the entire cost of the repairs. The photos etc are posted somewhere in the forum in 2006!

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Sounds like you have a case if he was parked up. I'm not sure how tacograph's work exactly but I would have thought that it would show that he was parked up prior to the crash and then moved off. I would think that puts the onus on him to check that it's safe to do so.

£3K excess

I thought I was getting shafted when they asked me for £800!!

Tales of woe like this make me think that a 'Black Box' is a good idea.Some seem to record on impact but surely there are some that record through the front drivers view and record over and over until you need a playback?
If Vadim had one then he could he could prove that he was not at fault then £3k and a lot of would be avoided.
Any one got one or know of a system?