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Originally Posted by Capri89 Well, can't say whether it was a right call for you to let the guilty go unpunished. Without any penalty such wrong doings are likely to be repeated. And one cannot always be lucky to escape with minor damages. |
Fair Point Capri89. I did get some money from the father that compensates for the no claims bonus loss and the coming year's insurance premium that will be higher
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Originally Posted by ph03n!x The most important thing - you and your wife are safe. This is one of those ugly unpredictableness of our roads showing it's face
But count your and your A6's blessings, this could have gone sideways in 9 different directions.
Curious though - if the father is so worried about his son's future, why the heck is he even allowing him to drive a vehicle without even a valid fitness/ 3rd party insurance? Is he at least compensating you? |
Total bad luck that evening ph03n!x. Can't be anything other than bad luck. And my wife uttered it the same evening that 'our car saved our lives'.
The son studies in an engg college on this road, and his house is about 35+ km away, and apparently he had gone off on a solo drive in that evening after an exam or so. Anyways, some cock and bull story.
And yes, I did get compensated. Took only the amount that is required, basis inputs from the dealer insurance person. Not one rupee more/less.
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Originally Posted by StopUnderrides Wrong choice. By not filing an FIR you are encouraging such behaviour to not have third party insurance. What if instead of hitting your A6 he’d have killed a poor pedestrain who could be the sole breadwinner ? Who would have paid compensation in that case? The father fooled you. If an uninsured car has an accident the person named in the RC gets involved in the case not the driver. |
Fully understand and i agree too StopUnderrides. The 'moment' is plain crazy. I somehow get into a zen/calm state when things go badly sideways and this moment was one of them. I believe that i can think clearly only if I gather myself quickly. For any injury/body harm, I surely would not have let go easily. Think of it, the ASI is someone whom I know and things can be easy for me and I could have got an FIR in no time.
Somehow, after 4 hours of the incident, and the brain starts resting slowly, conversations with the insurance and the SA calms you down a bit, the car reaches the Body shop and they were waiting for it to arrive and they tell me that its just the externals and nothing else. The father might have fooled me also, but I clearly had no energy to be spending any more minute that evening outside of home. I would have got home at 5.30 pm or earlier, but it took me about 10 pm to get home. Anyways, its a decision I took that night and thankfully, I have not had moments to regret that yet.
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Originally Posted by MT_Hyderabad What if scenarios are endless.
I think he took a good decision. Father's story could be a gimmick, but for FIR, the car would have to stay at PS for a week and other hassles.
Looking at the damage, it is better to solve things outside PS.
For the other part, just raising a complaint in the RTO against this vehicle will ensure that it doesn't burn any more rubber until it is deemed fit. |
Agreed. I didn't want my car to be left there. I didn't want the Police contacts to Tow my car. I feared more damage.
Aside - how does one raise a comlplaint to the RTO. I would gladly do that
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Originally Posted by TheRandomGuy Really sorry for this harrowing experience. If I am understanding the turn of events correctly your car might have saved that boy's life? If not for your car he would have fell into onto the lake on the other side?
Also, is this near the kaglipura lank bund stretch? That section is too scary and asking for trouble. |
True that. If not for my car, he would plunged into the dry land that used to be a water body decades ago. And yes, the same lake bund stretch. Many people, for reasons best known to them, end up accelerating at this stretch of 400 metres
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Originally Posted by binand I was thinking what I would do under such circumstances. Perhaps a self-determined, large enough to be a deterrent rupee amount to be donated into a reputed charity? Say in this case, "show me proof of deposit of Rs. 5 lakhs into PM-CARES or Karnataka CMRF within 1 hour or I register the FIR"? |
Guess what - He compensated me and when I reached home and told the wife, the first thing she said was to 'Donate' this money to a needy institution. The compensation in a few thousands, but still will keep me and her happy to donate.
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Originally Posted by warrioraks Thank god you and your wife are safe. Must be a harrowing experience. It’s difficult to even think straight during such ordeals, especially when one is at the receiving end for no fault of ours.
You not only saved the driver (20 year old kid?) from the crowd, but also showed great magnanimity in letting them go. We can just hope they learnt their lesson. |
Thank you!
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Originally Posted by Small Bot I'm not sure if it was the right decision to just let the person go without any consequences, but then again, I would concur that leaving your car in the police station is generally to be avoided.
I have seen loiterers around police stations steal tyres, ORVMs, windshield wipers etc from the cars that are parked there related to an accident. And there is no point arguing with the police, they'll just brush you off, or worse, make some snide personal comments about you fusisng about losing your car tyres when you could afford an Audi. Best to not trust others to take care of your car, especially when none of this was your fault. |
Exactly the reasons why I didn't want that to happen. I see that police station every day in my commutes and I see their yard that has so many rotten and dead machines
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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom This is a big problem with the system being complaint-based, rather than law-based. If an offence has been committed, the police should act, at least warning the offender, regardless of some other party complaining or not.
The only accident I had in UK in which police were involved, the other driver received a warning for driving without due care and attention. I had no say whatsoever in what they did or did not do. In fact I was quite surprised to get a letter saying that I was exonerated, but the other guy was "warned." (None the less, I certainly learned lessons from the event)
(And that's official. On record. Not just a stern word.)
(do they call it warned or cautioned? I forget. It was thirty years ago.) |
I truly wish we had a system that does it pro-actively. Eg. when the ASI came, I am sure he had the same access to the Vaahan portal that I had and he clearly could have looked up and taken action on his own. Sadly, no. And at 10 pm when we were departing, all he wanted was to ensure we talk it out and leave the premises
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Originally Posted by 100Kmphormore This incident must-have happened at Kaggalipura tank bund or Ravgodlu tank bund. I studied at Aps college on the same road and it was a daily affair seeing KL/TN vehicles crashing on the metal barrier and sometimes dropping into the lake below. I know emotions would be running high, for you seeing your expensive car damaged and for that rascal student who has the guts to drive like an idiot and trembling like an ass later without any idea of its consequences. Would have pursued it and made sure both father/son suffered. The father for handing over an irresponsible car to an irresponsible son and the son for rash driving. |
Same road. And this time, it was the Dayanand Sagar engg college student.
And what suffering is the question. I might probably suffer more of guilt. I don't know, but after a few hours at the spot and when things looked more clear and next steps were known, it helped me calm down and do what I did. Right or wrong, I don't know.