Hi guys just wondering whether anyone has had a similar experience to this. Think it is a pertinent point considering the statistics on road deaths and how 25% are non-nationals. Makes you wonder how many non-lethal accidents are as a result of people driving with what seems like diplomatic immunity. See below
2 years ago I was driving into to vicar street to collect my girlf from a Tommy Tiernan gig. I was indicating to pull over and I heard a screech of brakes and looked in my mirror to see a frightened face and felt a car slamming into my ass. I pulled over to get out and the car drove off and sped off but....... wait for this Clubman ............I took down the reg. Which was difficult because passers by ran over to give me misleading info.It was a red jetta with a louth numberplate. Just as I got out a guarda car was passing so I flagged them down. I explained what happened. People came up to guard and told him the car had gone through pedestrian lights at "around 70".He went off to his car and came back and told me it was a non-national from Cherry orchards. Thought it was strange he would tell me this. He said he would follow up. A week went by with no word so I rang him and he said "I'm just back from week of nights I'll follow it up tommorrow" So another week passed and I rang him and he told me the car is sold on, it belonged to a romanian woman. She says a guy known to guards who is banned for dangerous driving was driving. He called to him but he denied he was driving. I said I saw the driver's face in the rear view mirror. He had a big moustache and I probably would recognise his eyes. He said that he would have to round up alot of romanians for an ID parade and this wasn't possible. I said what can I do. He said I'll give you a report so you can claim off the uninsured drivers fund. Cheers I said and that was that.
I happen to know a girl whos father was killed in a hit and abandon car and it took them 6 yrs for compensation to be paid so as you can imagine as I wasn't hurt I didn't follow up the insurance claim.
Can you imagine if that had been me who rear ended someone and drove off while being banned for dangerous driving!
2 years ago I was driving into to vicar street to collect my girlf from a Tommy Tiernan gig. I was indicating to pull over and I heard a screech of brakes and looked in my mirror to see a frightened face and felt a car slamming into my ass. I pulled over to get out and the car drove off and sped off but....... wait for this Clubman ............I took down the reg. Which was difficult because passers by ran over to give me misleading info.It was a red jetta with a louth numberplate. Just as I got out a guarda car was passing so I flagged them down. I explained what happened. People came up to guard and told him the car had gone through pedestrian lights at "around 70".He went off to his car and came back and told me it was a non-national from Cherry orchards. Thought it was strange he would tell me this. He said he would follow up. A week went by with no word so I rang him and he said "I'm just back from week of nights I'll follow it up tommorrow" So another week passed and I rang him and he told me the car is sold on, it belonged to a romanian woman. She says a guy known to guards who is banned for dangerous driving was driving. He called to him but he denied he was driving. I said I saw the driver's face in the rear view mirror. He had a big moustache and I probably would recognise his eyes. He said that he would have to round up alot of romanians for an ID parade and this wasn't possible. I said what can I do. He said I'll give you a report so you can claim off the uninsured drivers fund. Cheers I said and that was that.
I happen to know a girl whos father was killed in a hit and abandon car and it took them 6 yrs for compensation to be paid so as you can imagine as I wasn't hurt I didn't follow up the insurance claim.
Can you imagine if that had been me who rear ended someone and drove off while being banned for dangerous driving!