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minijess · Apr 13th, 2008, 02:22 PM

Well i went out for a drive in my ONE this afternoon with my dad to the MINI garage to get an ipod cable and on the way home we were on a dual carraigeway and i had to change lanes so i looked in my mirror signaled and checked again was totally clear because the lights we had gone through had changed so i started moving over and all i see is my wingmirror flying off i steered away from it and i was in soooooooooo much shock because when i had looked there was nobody atall behind they were all behind the lights so this guy must of come from the corner and just zooomed ahead and was obviously not looking at the road maybe at his phone or something right into me. so anyway we stopped at the side of the road and this guy got out and looked at his van (yes a white van driver, always be weary) and started blaming it on me i was shaken so my dad just dealt with it but the guy was refusing to give any details saying his van was fine and it was my fault and its only my car thats damaged eventually my dad got his details.

so i decided on the way home that im not going to go to my insurance because its my word against his, he is blaming me, no witnesses and im only 17, still a learner so i will lose out on my no claims and my premium will go up and i will have that accident on record for 5 years.

I dont know if i want to drive again because i keep thinking its my fault until i think well no there was nobody there and the fact of it is if i had pulled out and he was there if his full attention was on the road he would of braked.

all i wanted him to do was admit it was his fault becuase it has really knocked my confidence im not gonna get insurance involved or get him to pay i simply wanted him to say ok i wasnt paying attention.

anyway its done and i cant change the past but i think i may need a new driver side door panel because it is badly dented and scratched and i will need a new wing mirror we are going to call mini first thing tomorrow does anybody have any idea how much it may set me back?

i think if i get it fixed it might make things better but i am just gonna stick with walking for now

Jess

Apr 13th, 2008, 02:22 PM	#1
minijess MINI2 Regular Join Date: Nov 2006 Local Time: 04:16 AM Posts: 281 Offline	Accident Well i went out for a drive in my ONE this afternoon with my dad to the MINI garage to get an ipod cable and on the way home we were on a dual carraigeway and i had to change lanes so i looked in my mirror signaled and checked again was totally clear because the lights we had gone through had changed so i started moving over and all i see is my wingmirror flying off i steered away from it and i was in soooooooooo much shock because when i had looked there was nobody atall behind they were all behind the lights so this guy must of come from the corner and just zooomed ahead and was obviously not looking at the road maybe at his phone or something right into me. so anyway we stopped at the side of the road and this guy got out and looked at his van (yes a white van driver, always be weary) and started blaming it on me i was shaken so my dad just dealt with it but the guy was refusing to give any details saying his van was fine and it was my fault and its only my car thats damaged eventually my dad got his details. so i decided on the way home that im not going to go to my insurance because its my word against his, he is blaming me, no witnesses and im only 17, still a learner so i will lose out on my no claims and my premium will go up and i will have that accident on record for 5 years. I dont know if i want to drive again because i keep thinking its my fault until i think well no there was nobody there and the fact of it is if i had pulled out and he was there if his full attention was on the road he would of braked. all i wanted him to do was admit it was his fault becuase it has really knocked my confidence im not gonna get insurance involved or get him to pay i simply wanted him to say ok i wasnt paying attention. anyway its done and i cant change the past but i think i may need a new driver side door panel because it is badly dented and scratched and i will need a new wing mirror we are going to call mini first thing tomorrow does anybody have any idea how much it may set me back? i think if i get it fixed it might make things better but i am just gonna stick with walking for now Jess