Horrid car crash this morning, really horrid experience. My car is at the point of no return.
BUT the police managed to push it off the road so that it was no longer causing an obstruction, and they arranged for a recovery company to collect. They NEVER asked me if I had my own recovery. And actually the driveway opposite where it had been pushed to belongs to a farmer I know, so it could have just gone there until I figured out what to do.
What is worse is that this will cost me £300 minimum, (not fully comp so it is my cost) and obviously that will increase everyday. If it was more like £100, I would not be so totally pissed off, but it seems insane by anyones' standards.
I have since made a complaint and a policeman called me this evening and agreed that there is a 'line' that the police at the scene should have asked, something like 'Do you have your own recovery to avoid paying for ours'. He also agreed that it is excessively expensive, but has to talk to police who were there, and despite making sympathetic noises, he did not suggest it is not my responsibility to pay.
But my car was taken without my consent!!! It was not blocking the road, which is the only time when the police would have to get it recovered. It will HAVE to be paid, to get it out of there and stop the charges (that is complicated in itself), but should I try and claim some/all of this back from the police!? They were the ones that had my car taken away unnecessarily.........