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Dp has just run some bloke over

224 replies

calamityjam · 15/01/2017 01:00

Dp has just gone out to find a petrol station open 24 hours for milk for the kids in the morning. He was doing 30 in a 30 zone when a bloke literally bolted out of nowhere in front of the car. Before Dp had a chance to see him, he had hit him and he flew across the road and crumpled in a heap. Dp obviously stopped and jumped out to check he was ok and was joined by the bloke's young mates, one of them puched dp in the face. The bloke insisted he was fine and urged dp to go home. He is now home and a nervous wreck. What do you think he should do? phone the police?

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Northernlurker · 15/01/2017 09:42

Hope you are ok this morning op. Did the police attend?

Finola1step · 15/01/2017 09:43

How did it go with the police/

Sparklingbrook · 15/01/2017 09:47

Blimey. That all sounds really horrible. I also think that one of the other 14 could have called the police.

Plus having being punched in the face you wouldn't exactly be thinking straight

Hope you and your DP are ok this morning OP.

SuburbanRhonda · 15/01/2017 09:49

I'm also impressed that the OP's DH stuck around for ten minutes after the incident in the company of 15 adult males, one of whom had just punched him.

charliethebear · 15/01/2017 09:51

I'm suprised the man was able to walk away with no injuries after being hit at 30. Its also not his fault his friend punched your DP, it doesn't hurt to give him some sympathy Confused
Hope the police turned up and it was all sorted.

exLtEveDallas · 15/01/2017 09:55

DH was hit by a car that was probably going about 30mph. The impact was enough to smash the wing mirror off the car and crack the windscreen. DH - minor bruises only. The hospital said it was probably because he was drunk and 'looser'. That was dashing out between parked cars trying to make it to another pub for closing. Idiot man!

DesolateWaist · 15/01/2017 09:56

I'm sure one of the guys 14 or so friends would have been able to call the ambulance and police, especially as OPs partner was a bit busy with the 'victim' and being assaulted and all.

Exactly. I'm sure that at least one of those people will have a phone on them.

JoyfulAndTriumphant · 15/01/2017 09:58

I absolutely do have sympathy for drivers who hit pedestrians - particularly where the pedestrian is at fault. What a thing to have to live with.

SuburbanRhonda · 15/01/2017 09:58

That's assuming the other 14 were actually the injured man's friends, and that he wasn't being chased by them.

I think assumptions are dangerous when someone has been hit by a car and that phoning the police is the only correct response.

StewieGMum · 15/01/2017 10:00

Legally you have to report an accident and leaving the scene is an offence. HOWEVER, the police are not stupid. They understand how shock impacts individuals very differently. What someone online would do is irrelevant to someone who has experienced a shock of this magnitude. Humans have 3 normal reactions to such events (freeze, flee, fight) and no one can predict how they would react in such a moment. It is utterly ridiculous to suggest you would do better in such a situation IF YOU HAVE NEVER experienced such a trauma.

RubyWinterstorm · 15/01/2017 10:00

How stressful! Hope everyone is ok

RachelRagged · 15/01/2017 10:00

*Can we not worry the OP any further. They are obviously in for a sleepless night without worrying about husband being in trouble for leaving the scene.

I'm sure they'll understand he was in shock and I'm surprised he didn't leave the scene sooner if he was punched in the face.*

Well said , I agree with all your post.

OP, your poor DH done nothing wrong , he done it RIGHT in fact by leaving his car, checking the man and even staying with him after being punched in the face . Poor sod .

RachelRagged · 15/01/2017 10:01

Aggh bold fail ^

Sara107 · 15/01/2017 10:03

Obviously the driver didn't expect someone to launch out onto the road in front of him, but, I think he could have been a bit more alert to the situation. He can hardly have failed to notice a group of 15 people on the pavement - so it's not like the bloke appeared suddenly on a deserted street. And a large group of young men in the middle of the night it's a fair assumption that some or all will be drunk and something unexpected might happen. So I would have slowed down and be watching out for them - like when you're passing young children on the pavement. Even though everything looks fine you never know when they might make a sudden dash or wobble off their bike onto the road in front of you.

Reality16 · 15/01/2017 10:03

I also think that one of the other 14 could have called the police. see that's where the problem is - one of the other people COULD have phoned the police. The person who hit the man had a RESPONSIBILITY to phone them.

Sparklingbrook · 15/01/2017 10:04

If I had gone out for milk and I had hit someone in the car then got punched in the face by one of a group of 15 men I think my normal thought processes would desert me TBH.

exLtEveDallas · 15/01/2017 10:06

The person who hit the man had the RESPONSIBILITY to phone them

And he did, so the issue is?

SantaClausMortificado · 15/01/2017 10:08

This all sounds very odd to me - I realise this is going to sound a bit conspiracy theory - but you don't think it was some kind of scam do you?

As in person "throws themself" on bonnet of slow moving car, says don't call the police, few days later gets in touch claiming whiplash/injury/blah blah blah and asks for "compensation". Or trying to provoke a retailiatory assault - when the rest will say driver started it.

What sounds weird to me about this are the following factors together:

  • guy appears out of nowhere on the bonnet.
  • is basically fine (which strongly suggests your DH was driving quite slowly - in which case a pedestrian could have avoided the car)
  • presence of a group of "mates" (why would there be a group if one "bolt" out of nowhere - they are either walking together or they aren't)
  • Saying not to call the police (this is VERY odd)
  • "friend" punching driver in the face (again Very odd in context)
NicknameUsed · 15/01/2017 10:09

"He didn't phone the police at the time because the bloke asked him not to"

It sounds as if this group might have been up to no good if they didn't want the police involved. Maybe they are already known to them.

I hope you manage to resolve this easily.

FutureMrsRanj · 15/01/2017 10:09

Nothing like a bit of support,and it's great hearing about what so many would have done right in the same situation,I'm sure that the OP finds it really useful if her DHs time machine is working. I hope you both got some sleep OP and feel a bit better this morning.have the police been round yet?

MoreThanUs · 15/01/2017 10:09

There was a whole section on Jeremy vine last week about leaving the scene of an accident. Might be worth a quick listen to. You have 24 hours to get in touch with police, but obviously the sooner the better.

For anyone reading this, if you ever find yourself in this situation, I would stay on scene and phong police / ambulance immediately. By the morning the 'victim' and their mates may have changed their story...

BewtySkoolDropowt · 15/01/2017 10:11

According to this there is a 7% chance of death at 30mph.

www.roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/1191.html

limitedperiodonly · 15/01/2017 10:13

It happens. I was pulling up to lights when suddenly someone being chased fell heavily onto the front wing of my car. There were about about 15 blokes in the street milling around me. I didn't know whether it was a serious fight or drunken horseplay that had got out of hand. There was no way I was going to stop find out so I went through the red light. When I got home there was a dent from his head. I called the police and they took details and said they'd be back in contact if they needed to. They told me I'd done the right thing under the circumstances. They didn't call back.

Reality16 · 15/01/2017 10:13

Nothing like a bit of support, oh I agree wholeheartedly. But where was the concern for the poor guy who got hit by the car? Even in the OP they were dismissive of him. 'Some bloke' well do you know what 'some bloke' is a person. A son, husband, father maybe. What his mate did does not in any way lesson the original incident where the OP husband hit him with his car.

MoreThanUs · 15/01/2017 10:13

The Jeremy Vine peice is on Thursdays episode on listen again, 35 mins in. Lists a few mitigating factors which might be helpful.

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