Bit of advice required please

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Thu 21 Aug 2003 08:43
Bit of advice required please - corblimeyguvnar
Driving down the motorway yesterday minding my own business, noticed a donk in a gte doing the normal boy racer thing, tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic etc, passes me but pulls into middle lane. Cautiously I overtake and the donk pulls straight out, I hit the brakes hard and swerve to avoid, luckily there is a big space between lane 3 and the barrier or I would have been a goner. We touched, nice big white paint scratch down my wing, lump out of the passenger door.
Pull into middle lane, indicate to go off at next junction, donk slows down too, as I pull off he floors it and is gone, no way am I going to catch him.
Question 1 - Is there any point in reporting to the Police?, in fact should I?, do I have too?, I suspect he will have no insurance etc, doubt if the motor is even registered in his name.
Question 2 - anyway of tracing him (in the unlikely event that the motor is registered), I got the reg ?
Luckily mine is a company motor so I am not going to cop it for repairs but would like to get some kind of revenge!
Cheers



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Thu 21 Aug 2003 08:57
Bit of advice required please - daveyjp
You need to report it - if you don't and he does (despite your preconceptions about him) the police will be after you. When you report it the police will do a PNC check while you wait to see if the reg corresponds to the vehicle. The incident may even be on CCTV.
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Thu 21 Aug 2003 09:00
Bit of advice required please - corblimeyguvnar
I had 2 passengers as witness, suppose this helps me though?

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Thu 21 Aug 2003 11:03
Bit of advice required please - corblimeyguvnar
Cheers for the advice, been to the old bill, filled in all the forms, those places give me the creeps!

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