Aibu to claim for this?

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Im writing this from the childrens ward of our local hospital after myself, 1yo ds and my dog were hit by a car today whilst crossing at a zebra crossing.
The driver said he didnt see us despite my buggy being bright turquiose and being in the middle of the bloody crossing!! By luck my ds was in an icandy peach which has taken the brunt of the impact resulting in a back wheel coming off and the chassis being totally buckled. He was spun about 3mtrs down the road and ive never been so scared in all my life. He has cuts and bruising to his head but seems okay otherwise. I have tissue damage to my foot and my dog is in shock from what happened.
I genuinely dont know how i feel there are so many emotions going through my head. All i wanted was a bacon roll for my lunch from my friends snack van and this happened. Its certainly been an eventful tuesday thats for sure.
My dad said as much as it isnt nice ive to claim for what happened and also the consultant said id have grounds to as well. However i dont know if i do would it not be a long process if even there is grounds?

aprilanne, I'm glad you are rich enough to be able to write off the loss of an expensive bit of equipment. And did you miss the bit where the OP had been up all night by her baby's bed in hospital?
Or are you being deliberately unpleasant?

Yeah its just a buggy that happened to save my son so damn right i want compensated for it as now im having to get another buggy due to a careless driver

of course you need someone to talk to no problem .if it was about the accident you have all my sympathy .but its just the compensation bit that seems a bit strange

sorry i was not being deliberately unpleaseant .i just thought it strange .to be worrying about material things at a time like this .

aprilanne- that's uncalled for.

I am sure the OPs baby is getting good loving care, but what is the OP to do while he is perhaps asleep for hours.

I was hurt in a RTA a few years ago and I remember the shock and the huge turmoil of feelings I was going through.
The shock, the upset, the anger, feeling vulnerable, assaulted, powerless.
Being able to do something positive as the OP is doing right now is maybe exactly what she needs and helps her feel she is taking some power and control back in this horrible situation.

There is no "right thing to do" and I think you are being very insulting to suggest that the OP has her priorities wrong.
Should she be sitting weeping by her son's bed while he sleeps? I have no doubt that her son is the most important thing right now, but that doesn't mean that she can't sort out other things too.

It possibly makes the OP feel better knowing that she is not just a victim but an individual taking some control.

She has a baby and no pram.

Not really strange. She was probably wondering, amongst every thing else, how she was going to afford a new buggy for her baby. Especially as the buggy she owned was expensive. I was wondering whether my car would get replaced when an idiot driver smashed in to me once and put me in hospital. Luckily it did. And I got compensation too

aprilanne so is something catastrophic happens in your life you stop thinking about "material things".
So if your parent dies then you don't cook for your kids or change your tampon or let the cats out?

Oh bugger off April, it's not "strange" at all. She's sitting there on her own in a hospital, at night, with nobody to talk to, running over everything that's happened earlier that day and the problems this could cause her. And simply asked if she'd be able to claim for a new pram rather than having to fork out hundreds of pounds of her own for something that a careless driver, with insurance, damaged.

april what would you of liked me to do other than worry about the fact my buggy is now a wreck thats with the police and i have no buggy? Perhaps the fact ive not long found out my dog has shoulder injuries on top of my and my sons injuries? Because focusing on replacing my buggy is distracting me from thinking about the horror of what happened yesterday. So ill just keep on thinking about that and to hell with everyone else

ok fair enough .i was only commenting as a mother who watched her baby fight for his life through meningitis .said baby is now an adult with severe difficulties but i obviously dont know anything about sitting in hospital beside my seriously ill child .fair enough i stand corrected

sorry i was not being deliberately unpleaseant

And yet you managed it brilliantly. Well done.

Planey purely being practical here, but I cannot recommend a snufflemat highly enough when your dog is on restricted excercise. It will help heel him occupied and stimulated, which means he's less likely to be clingy while your attention is on your son

Thanks for that wyldfyre ill look into one

OP, what an awful thing to happen!
YANBU to claim, start a list and write down every extra expense this driver has caused you as it happens, from taxis if you can't walk well for a while, new buggy, hospital parking etc, time off work, vets bills and whatever. This was not your fault in any way and being injured is bad enough without being out of pocket. That's what insurance is for.
Do you have cover on your household insurance for someone to handle the claim for you?

I totally agree about about the claim culture when people are in a minor bump and claim for whiplash that didn't happen..But in this case then yes you absolutely should..He was driving dangerously and ran into you and has wrecked your buggy. only on mn would people say not to!

If you had been in a car, you would have claimed from his insurance. So do exactly that. Some of the comments are ridiculous. This is exactly what car insurance is for. Your item(s) were damaged and his insurance will sort it out.

sorry i was not being deliberately unpleaseant - yes you fucking were. How was your post anything but unpleasant? Suggesting she has her priorities in the wrong order after she'd spent all day caring for her injured son and he was FUCKING SLEEPING?

MNHQ where the fuck are you??

i hardly said anything offensive just giving my opinion .so hardly a MNHQ matter i have heard a lot worse said on some threads at least i am not swearing .

Shame on you april
Deeply unpleasant post and a frankly pathetic attempt at an apology for it

wow, there's some really shitty and incredibly ignorant comments on this thread!

Avoid any DM sad face hurt feelings claims
No! Why the hell should she only claim for material losses?
OP, you claim for everything. Every single penny of out of pocket expenses AND compensation for the trauma that the driver's negligence has caused you.

I hope your recovery is quick and full.

i hardly said anything offensive just giving my opinion .so hardly a MNHQ matter i have heard a lot worse said on some threads at least i am not swearing .

its just a buggy maybe get your priorities right
That is incredibly offensive and it wasn't just giving your opinion, you were telling her off and implying that she cared more about a buggy than her child. Really nasty.
But you didn't swear, so that makes it ok?

Im at some of the comments i recieved in fact im downright fucking furious tbh. How utterly shitty can some people be to pick on not just me in the situation i am in just now but anyone that is having a bad time and rip them to shreds? Its just plain nasty and very much not needed. Im just glad the majority of posters were kind and didnt treat me like a money grabbing arse like some posters did

Oh just ignore them op. Hope you are all ok.