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Surely driving without due care and attention? You're supposed to drive to the conditions, so if a light was out he should have slowed?
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FFS... Is there no justice in this world?!MISS T said:The legal side of it is, the driver has never been charged due to a street light being out so therefore lighting was poor
He should have, but unless he was driving above the usual speed limit (i.e. 30 mph I presume) then the driver has not broken the law. I had the same when a driver knocked me over in extremely wet conditions - he was going at the speed limit, and skidded into me (apparently). The only thing you can do is go through the civil claims court.tek-monkey said:Surely driving without due care and attention? You're supposed to drive to the conditions, so if a light was out he should have slowed?
Agree with your post and just wanted to say that even if he was within the speed LIMIT doesn't mean he is not in the wrong.ODB_69 said:even if he was going correct speed
Unfortunately, according to the law, it does mean he is not in the wrong - I know, it's poo...gk141054 said:Agree with your post and just wanted to say that even if he was within the speed LIMIT doesn't mean he is not in the wrong.ODB_69 said:even if he was going correct speed
Thanks Dawn, I am sat here in work near enough in tears of sadness at the thought of what Becky and her daughter went through and then I am near enough shedding tears of happiness that they are both still here to tell the tale and are looking on the brighter side....dawn12 said:hi my name is dawn beckys best mate at this time tomr it will be a year on since i seen my best mate and her little girl liein in hospital fight for there lifes i no tomr we both be sheading sum tears but tears of joy that thay both pulled though and still here a year on i spend nearly every day with them both and lets say thay have come so far its so brill to see them like this i like to say happy christmas and a happy new year to her and i no next years going to be a better one for them i sure love u both more than anything xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Excellent. It really is heart warming to read all the sentiments in this thread. It goes without saying that my thoughts are with Becky and Catherine, and I hope they have a wonderful Christmas, love from Stafford Forumwmrcomputers said:I pointed this thread outto Becky today and she had a read through it. I think she's intending on joining the forum, so it will be nice for her to get chance to respond to people.