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I come up to a T junction and stop. I look left and right, there is a car coming from the right with his left-hand indicator on. I assume he's going to turn left into the road I'm exiting so I pull out...
I accidentally reversed into a car parked opposite my driveway whilst trying to reverse out of my driveway. Should the other car owner be held partly responsible for inconsiderate parking?
My son (just turned 18) passed his driving test in February of this year. We put him on the car insurance in June. Yesterday the police came round and said that there had been an incident in the local...
A post van pulled out in front of me whilst I was driving my coach. I had to stop abruptly, but it was in a narrow road. When she then proceeded to pass me, she scraped the side of my coach. Repairs have...
Both doors were replaced on our 2013 Ford C Max and now the alarm keeps going off at night. We get error messages for child lock malfunction, service required, drivers back door open (then the door jams...
If someone damages my car while it's in a car park (public/private) or on the public road and their insurance pays for the damage, do I need to declare this accident on my insurance renewal?
I was at a roundabout in the nearside lane which filtered left and straight ahead. A lorry was in the outside lane. I took off before the lorry to go straight across but my access and the car in front...
I recently hit a road closure sign while parking, it was on a path with angle iron legs sticking out. It went into the nearside fog lamp, then scratched the wing, door and wing mirror. I've never seen...
I ran out of fuel and was stopped on the motorway as far over as I could go (no hard shoulder). I was there for some time and was on the phone to the police inside my van when I was hit at over 50mph in...
I live in the country with narrow roads. The trucks that use the roads are so big that sometimes they drive across my half of the road, forcing me to avoid them. If one hits me on my side of the road,...
 

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