Thats right, 3 years for six lives. Surely so called ' professional drivers ' like this should be subject to bigger sentences to make them work that little bit harder on their concentration .
'Mr Rushton said Da Silva admitted in court he had seen the electronic signs warning the M6 was closed and said he reduced his speed "but could not explain how the collision happened".
Mr Rushton added: "The prosecution said that it was clear that for a period of around a minute, Paulo da Silva was not paying proper attention to the road and fatally hit the Stathams' van with his 40-tonne lorry."'
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Arnold Clark (see website) currently have £605 off the fixed RRP of a Fiat 500 1.2 Lounge, which works out much cheaper than even adding a few extras to the very basic £8100 Fiat 500 1.2 Pop.

This deal seemingly does not apply in conjunction with Fiat's PCP deal where the price then reverts to £9500 costing £146 for 36 months (£900 deposit) and a Guaranteed Future Value of £4505 on 8000 miles. Any dealer will offer you this. It still works out cheaper than a 6 year loan of £8895 though.

With the worsening euro exch rate the cost of Fiats and other imports can only go up.





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Monring All,

Just hoping somebody might eb able to offer some advice.

My Sister is currently at Uni, and is insured to drive my mothers Polo when she is home. During one of said trips home (18 months ago), my sister is alleged to have knocked somebodys wingmirror off along a narrow road.

The first we knew of this was a lteer from the Police saying she had been spotted at the scene. She responded to them, denying the claim.

Next a letter arrives fromt he Insurance company, detailing the claim and saying that they will be treating it as a fault incident. A quick phone call to the Insurance company revelas they have an independent witness and a picture of my mother rear numberplate. Whilst my sister still denies it, and a picture of somebodeys number plate seems scant evidence, my parents feel theres nothing more they can do, other than admit fault and let the insurance sort it out. Presume all is well and carry on as usual.

However, on saturday morning a letter arrives from Northamton County Court detailing a small claims court summons, for £1200! The claimant is after £690 for a hire car, and the rest is repair cost for the wing mirror.

Supposing my sister is guilty, my two main questions are these......

1) Why would you need £690 worth of a hire car for a smashed wing mirror on a v-reg golf GTI?

2) Whay have the insurance companies not settled between them, and why has it gone to small claims?

Thanks in advance

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Part of post snipped because it was no longer in context once I'd tidied up the thread - PG



I personally think ANPR is a great tool if it helps rid roads of uninsured drivers etc etc but I also feel it is a very reactive system. We let people buy and sell cars, drive cars etc and its only when they happen to pass through ANPR that they get caught and really, the fines etc are not a deterrent at all as can be seen with the number of repeat offenders.

There needs to be a better system of car ownership, the car is yours until DVLA know otherwise. That is supposed to happen just now but how many times do we see that a car has no registered keeper? Read more

how cheesed off am i?

there really must be something better than paint on steel for car exterior?

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