LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by mav
Kieran was 2 at the time of the accident....
It's his insurance company that pays (DIRECT LINE) not him, he paid with 8 months in jail and 5 year driving ban...
If i see him i could quite happily kill him though 
only 8 months? i wish theyd take into consideration the pain caused to people rther than just the name of the bloody offence, i bet he only got charged with drink drivin or somethin
|
mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
well thats another story, kieran my son (2 years old) did in the back in his car seat, wife in the front did..But I am really ashamed to say me in the back i did not  .....
not nice and I always wear a belt in the back now too, i will not move my car until rear passengers are belted up aswell.
|
All Torque
Member
Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
User status: Offline
|
^^ he had insurance and a liscence. the only thing he did wrong was drink and drive. maybe speeding?
|
mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
quote:
Originally posted by mav
Kieran was 2 at the time of the accident....
It's his insurance company that pays (DIRECT LINE) not him, he paid with 8 months in jail and 5 year driving ban...
If i see him i could quite happily kill him though
only 8 months? i wish theyd take into consideration the pain caused to people rther than just the name of the bloody offence, i bet he only got charged with drink drivin or somethin
got charged with drunk and dangerous driving...
yeah should have been more but just lucky he got jailed at all you know the system...
|
horizon
Member
Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Milton Keynes
User status: Offline
|
Suppose its a Lesson to learn, but you never want it to Happen, Still good to see you were okay without a Seatbelt.
|
mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
^^ he had insurance and a liscence. the only thing he did wrong was drink and drive. maybe speeding?
he was insured fully comp, was his car..
thing that done him was to
DRINK ALL DAY
GET IN HIS CAR AND DRIVE
he was on totally wrong side of road we did not have a chance to avoid him...
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
yeah actually, the state of this country 8 months is a long time isnt it
|
mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by horizon
Suppose its a Lesson to learn, but you never want it to Happen, Still good to see you were okay without a Seatbelt.
yeah sure is mate...always belt up in the back, i have learned that lesson the hard way...
I had cuts and bruises all over body etc....still got scars onlegs and arms...
|
mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
yeah actually, the state of this country 8 months is a long time isnt it
yeah TBH i didn't expect jail...fine and ban and community service what i was thinking, jail was a bonus..
Also he worked for 'relaince' at time of crash you know the ones that transport prisiners, so hopefully he got raped inside.
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
we can only hope...
|
All Torque
Member
Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by mav
quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
^^ he had insurance and a liscence. the only thing he did wrong was drink and drive. maybe speeding?
he was insured fully comp, was his car..
thing that done him was to
DRINK ALL DAY
GET IN HIS CAR AND DRIVE
he was on totally wrong side of road we did not have a chance to avoid him...
No i mean he was fully insured and had a liscence and his own car. just drinking made it all go wrong.
It shows how well crumple zones work too, head-on impact at 40mph 
|
mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
yeah mate i get you aye...drink was the factor, he was more than4 times the limit
the police were well impressed by the fiats crumple zones
he was 50-60 we were 30-40 combined speed to be 100 mph plus..don't know how they work that out?
|
All Torque
Member
Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by mav
yeah mate i get you aye...drink was the factor, he was more than4 times the limit
the police were well impressed by the fiats crumple zones
he was 50-60 we were 30-40 combined speed to be 100 mph plus..don't know how they work that out?
4 times! how many units/pints is that?
the combined speed is like the average speed between both vehicles inst it  so around 50-60mph?
|
horizon
Member
Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Milton Keynes
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by mav
quote:
Originally posted by horizon
Suppose its a Lesson to learn, but you never want it to Happen, Still good to see you were okay without a Seatbelt.
yeah sure is mate...always belt up in the back, i have learned that lesson the hard way...
I had cuts and bruises all over body etc....still got scars onlegs and arms...
Always belt up, wherever i the car 
|
mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
alltorque thats what the police told me for crash force etc?
Dunno how many units but he had been drinking all day etc..
aye horizon best mate, always belt up in front/back
|
STEvieXE
Member
Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
User status: Offline
|
good luck with it mate
|
abdus
Member
Registered: 23rd Feb 06
User status: Offline
|
You can still go through the civil court for a claim.
anyway, good luck mav, hope everything turns out fine
[Edited on 06-07-2006 by abdus]
|
RichR
Premium Member
Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
quote:
Originally posted by mav
yeah mate i get you aye...drink was the factor, he was more than4 times the limit
the police were well impressed by the fiats crumple zones
he was 50-60 we were 30-40 combined speed to be 100 mph plus..don't know how they work that out?
4 times! how many units/pints is that?
the combined speed is like the average speed between both vehicles inst it so around 50-60mph?
no its the combined speed; its the velocity of advance between the vehicles - ie the rate at which the gap is reduced
if you think about it; for the seicento to sustain the damage it did if it was stationary - the vectra would have had to do in excess of 100mph to have the same impact speed
Bloody lucky though - all of you. Is Keiran okay, did he come away with any major injuries?
|
mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
Kieran was shook up and bruises thats it, was in his seat..thanks god...
They said the impact was like hitting a wall at 100 mph..? the police that is..`
civil claim ? we have not accepted the 8k...
|
RichR
Premium Member
Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
User status: Offline
|
yeah thats the point; the impact speed is the combination of both vehicle speeds -in your case
40+60 = 100 mph
if you had been stationary the vectra would need to do 100 mph to have the same impact speed hence 0+100 = 100mph
thats why they say its like driving into a brick wall at 100mph
|
mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
cheers thought it was something like that..
just have to wait on lawyer getting back to us now...took them 11 months to make that offer..
But karen stilll getting treatment though so..........
|
DaNnY_LaD
Member
Registered: 30th Nov 05
Location: Walkden,Manchester
User status: Offline
|
Good luck tho mav...8k is alot of money to turn down..But i guess its pennys for what ur misses is been and goin throu...Would u think it wud go to court if u argued for more compenstion..
|
Liam
Member
Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Stafford
User status: Offline
|
Thats a diabolicle(sp?) offer after all the things you have said in this thread, its a joke that they have offered such a silly amount, imo. especially after what happened with your wife
|
Kyle T
Premium Member
Registered: 11th Sep 04
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
Not alot of money, probably the fact that you most probably caused the most amount of injury by not wearing a seatbelt
Still not your fault - and would have liked to have seen a stricter punishment.
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
|
horizon
Member
Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Milton Keynes
User status: Offline
|
What kind of money are you thinking about? - 20k+ ?
|
