Disclaimer: I live in France.
So, Tuesday morning, DH was driving to work in my car when a lollipop man signed for him to stop to let some kids cross. DH had to break obviously and the person behind slammed into the back of him, completely crushing the boot.
They pulled over, inspected the damage, couldn't find a form (constat in French, not sure what the English word is) so exchanged numbers and went on their separate ways.
Now the complicated bit.
We are buying a new car, it's been ordered with a delivery date of end of March. We are supposed to be trading my car in as a part exchange. Bearing in mind my car is pretty old and in need of a lot of work I would have thought the garage would be scrapping it.
The next complicated bit.
The car had just been through its MOT and there are a few things that need doing before it goes back again for a retest (contre-visite) in February.
Now it is beyond repair so it can't pass the MOT. So we will have no car between then and the delivery date of the new car, almost two months.
The dealership garage are no longer willing to part exchange because of the state of the car so we'll have to make up the difference.
The bit I want to rage about.
The man responsible for the accident is now refusing to sign the accident form. In France you legally have five days to do it, in this case by the end of tomorrow. He's already started to repair his car himself and as far he's concerned it's too late, we missed our chance. He was horrible on the phone, shouting and stuff before eventually hanging up (DH tried, then I had a go).
The frustrating bit.
DH only got the man's first name and his mobile number. No registration, address or surname
DH is going to the insurance tomorrow to see if anything can be done.
So, AIBU to ask you to help me make up suitable insults for this man? Not that I can use them IRL but it will deffinately make me feel better on here.