white_van_man Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 im a qualified flt driver too and what mike states is totally true..to the letter,.. ot to mention that he should have been driving in reverse into a public road..and if you want to get picky..no hi vis vest, no one warning oncoming traffic of the flt manouvering.. yep i can backup what you guys are saying, they don't have a leg to stand on there. the damage could of been a lot worse and someone could of been really hurt there! real shame about the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmetallica Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 pretty safe bet that is fooked ,pretty sure if on a public road without tax etc they are bang to rights and when moving around the forks need to be no more than 6 inches of the ground and tilted forwards ,ask gti.tom later as he may give you a better idea as 1pukkadea said forks should be no more than 6" of ground so them forks were well dangerous at that hieght.find out if the geezer driving has a certificate to drive the fork truck.used to be allowed to drive on a road certain distance without tax dont no if its changed.looks well bad.hope you get it sorted m8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRoG Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 That sucks man, sorry to hear that. My dad is a fork lift mechanic and he says if the fork truck was on the road it needs number plates and a tax disc (unless he was just loading?!?!). As others have said he should have really been going backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanton110 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Holy jesus.. be glad it's not like the guy next to my workshop.. He parked his brand new 911 outside to show it off and a delivery lorry backed over it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danposs86 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I'd have called the police there and then for this sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I see what you guys are saying ,but you know how funny insurers can be ,if there is a loophole to get out of paying a penny they will ,as at the time you had no mot or tax no matter what the reason, so best of british mark as I hope the company involved do pay in full steve, thats the only circumstance you can drive without tax / mot, so long as it was insured thats fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gti.tom Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I'll be very interested to hear what the insurance company say about this. The fork was being loaded onto the lorry. There was a guy in a high viz. Should car driver have seen and avoided the hazard? How fast was the driver going to mean it took him so long to stop (Hence so much damage), or turn away from the fork? Or did he take a corner too sharply? Or has the fork just popped straight out into the road as the car goes past? Best of luck with it all. Good you got some pics at the scene. Exactly why are they saying its your fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markt8 Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 they are saying its my fault because they are to$$ers, the police were rang but they wouldnt come out, got it logged though on there system. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny1107 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 thats a mess, lucky no one was hurt, could of been alot worse, good luck with the insurance claim hope you get everything sorted ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reid Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 the police wont come to an accident unless someones injured. or so they told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markt8 Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 the police wont come to an accident unless someones injured. or so they told me. Yeah thats what they told me, or they would come if the bloke wouldnt give me his details Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_ov_uk Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 you should have said you where injured, in the wallet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gti.tom Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 they are saying its my fault because they are to$$ers, the police were rang but they wouldnt come out, got it logged though on there system. Mark I was hoping for a little more than that to be honest mate. Again, why exactly did they blame you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markt8 Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 i was going around the lorry, at the time there was nothing there, when i reached the end suddenly there was a fork lift there, obviously forks are long so before you see the forklift itself the forks are in the side of the car. i was only doing about 25, you can see that the forklift was coming out at the time as the forks go further into the car as it goes from front to back. Basicly the guy was going forwards, going out and sharp turning in, thinking there was no traffic or even thinking he could get away with it even if there was. There was no orange lights flashing, the forks were obviously from the pics about 3ft in the air which they shouldnt of been till he was straightened up for the lorry to go onto it. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gti.tom Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Thanks for that mate. You still haven't said why they dont think it's their fault? Let us know what the insurance company say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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