The Jinx
If you dont know just before christmas I had someone drive in to me on the exit of a roundabout. There wree 2 left turn lanes and this guy in a van swung wide on the exit of the roundbaout in to me (he was in the n/s lane, me in the o/s lane). He wouldnt admit full liability claiming I veered in to his lane, and no fvcker stopped to act as witnesses.
After getting another threatening letter from the 3rd partys uninsured loss recovery company yesterday demanding I fork out £200 for his excess, I rang my uninsured loss recovery team this morning.
They told me theyve just had confirmation from his insurer that they dont wish to go through the courts so theyre coughing up for everything! WOOHOOO!
They tried it on 2weeks ago saying that as there were no witnesses they wanted to go 50:50. Obviously my re-iteration of the evidence I submitted was enough to persuade them I wouldnt admit to any liability.
I drew up a junction plan at work on CAD and used vehicle tracking software with the exact vehicle geometries in to show what wouldve happened and what damage would have occurred had his story been true and vice versa, along with photo evidence showing the kerbing marks on the traffic island and corresponding marks on my alloy.
Just goes to show that a well reasoned arguement and not giving in is the way forward.