Accidents involving foreign registered cars

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Mon 7 Jul 2008 21:59
Accidents involving foreign registered cars - Steptoe
I have been working with lots of eastern Europeans for the last few weeks (don't ask).

They all drove cars registered in their homeland, even though some of them now live here permanently, and all could converse adequately. However what if I were to have a no-fault non-injury accident with one of these vehicles? I presume the driver would suddenly lose all ability to speak English, would not produce any insurance documents, or if they did these would be in Cyrillic script, and the police, very sensibly, would decline to get involved as no injuries had occurred.

Of course this scenario is why one should have comprehensive insurance but it would still be galling to have the miscreant escape scot-free, apart from the damage to his banger.

Has this happened to anyone and what was the result, apologies if the subject has come up before and I have missed it


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