who's Fault was it?? Why didnt the Traffic police Come?

[HOTwHEELZ]

I am hoping someone can help me, On the 19/6/09 i was involved in a minor bump outside my house, i was merging out of a T junction turning Right , both ways were clear i am edging forward gradually, using only the clutch {no acceleration} Now i am out of the junction, joing the Q if traffic then out of nowhere came a car, Now we made contact, the edge of my bumper on passenger side front came into contact with the back door passenger side and rear bumper on the back passenger side!! of the other car i telephoned the Traffice police to attend, coz noboby is taking liability for the crash & i say for that damage to be where it is, He clearly was on the wrong side of the road and travelling in exccess of 40mph, in a 30mph, NO seatbelt ...
This clearly aint my fault
Help

[sigma]

The traffic police didn't attend because they don't have the manpower to deal with every knock and bump that takes place. They will only attend in the event of a serious accident or when injury occurs.
The fact that the other driver was on the wrong side of the road was because he had taken action to avoid colliding with the side of your vehicle as you were across his line of travel. The not wearing of a seatbelt is totally immaterial to the .accident or it's cause and it's not clear that it wasn't your fault. His insurance company will say you were at fault.

[dzug]

hmm

you say both ways were clear

you say you were joining a Q if (of?) traffic

Doesn't add up

[paraffin]

I know from wide experience that the other driver will give a totally opposite version of how this happened.

Unless there are any independent witnesses it's your word against his. End of story.

You either agree a deal with the other driver or you put it in the hands of your insurance company as long as you have fully comp insurance.

You then put it all down to experience and move on with your life.

[chazza]

I can never understand the much overused (on this site) statement "out of nowhere came a car".

A car cannot come out of nowhere, it was always there, you just didn't see it!

[gouldc]

As a general rule, if you pull out of a side road, and a third party strike you, you will be held at fault.

Whilst I note your mitigating circumstances, all the other driver has to say is that he swerved to avoid a child - you will say I didn;t see the child, to which the response would be ''you didn't see the other vehicle either''.

Equally, speed will not be a point to argue over - you say he was doing over 40mph, yet you did not see him until the point of impact - if you did not see him prior to that, how can you comment on his speed? This would indicate that you had in fact seen him BEFORE the impact occurred, and therefore should not have pulled out.

And the police only attend if there is an injury or the road is blocked (probably is allegation of drink drive), but rarely in any other case.

This will in all honesty be noted as your fault