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Dp has just run some bloke over

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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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SnugglySnerd · 15/01/2017 10:13

Your poor dp. I wonder if the big group were chasing him or something? It seems strange that they wouldn't want to involve the police or call an ambulance if there was a chance their mate was injured.

user1484226561 · 15/01/2017 10:14

which strongly suggests your DH was driving quite slowly

no, he has admitted driving at 30mph, which is likely to be considered too fast if its taken to court, 30mph is the MAXIMUM for optimum conditions, not in the dark, in the rain, etc.

This is no scam, the pedestrian had a good chance of being killed.

The driver needed to have called the police immediately, or gone straight to a police station, if he felt at risk.

He is now in a position of having to explain why he didn't, and the most obvious assumption is going to be it was to avoid being breathalyzed, particularly s the story bout needing milk at 1 am is odd, to say the least.

The pedestrian could be badly hurt, fractured skull, broken neck, etc all things that may not be immediately apparent, and should have been checked for, BEFORE he moved.

The driver was responsible for reporting it immediately, calling an ambulance and police, and making it very clear he wanted the pedestrian to stay still and be checked.

januarybooze · 15/01/2017 10:15

Oh get off your high horse Reality.

It was 1am. There was a large gang of men, one of which had punched the poor chap. We don't know whether it was a safe place to stop. He was in shock. He did call the police. He has done nothing wrong and you're a twat for kicking the poor guy when he's had such a nasty expensive.

januarybooze · 15/01/2017 10:15

Experience*

This would be a different situation if he had hit him at a zebra crossing or just wasn't concentrating.

Reality16 · 15/01/2017 10:16

Oh get off your high horse Reality. LOL

Miserylovescompany2 · 15/01/2017 10:16

I hope your Dp is ok? I'd imagine he's in total shock. Not only by the collision with the bloke, but, the subsequent punch in the face he received. Shock does all kinds of things to the body, it's difficult to make judgements without thinking in a clear or rational way. The bloke who was hit will also have adrenaline surging through him, which could mask an injury!

Very strange that they didn't want the police alerted?

Emmerdalefan · 15/01/2017 10:16

Can't believe he didn't phone there and then tbh. He could still get done for leaving the scene .

user1484226561 · 15/01/2017 10:17

my uncle broke his neck in a road accident last year, and it was not apparent AT ALL. Luckily he was ambulanced off to hospital on a stretcher and in a neck brace ( protesting he was fine, and wanted to go home..) and his neck was broken in two places. If he had been allowed to walk off, his spinal chord would have been totally unprotected, and who knows what would have happened. As it was, he was in a head brace for 12 weeks.

Sparklingbrook · 15/01/2017 10:18

There's some very perfect people on this thread. Hmm

Emmerdalefan · 15/01/2017 10:18

I suspect the bloke was on drugs or something dodgy if he didn't want the police involved .even if they flees the scene your dp should have stayed by the vehicle and called the police. It will most likely be on cctv so police will be able to see what happened. I do hope your dp is ok though

JanuaryMoods · 15/01/2017 10:21

But where was the concern for the poor guy who got hit by the car?

Better phrased would be "where was the concern for the guy who ran into the car?"

Reality16 · 15/01/2017 10:24

Better phrased would be "where was the concern for the guy who ran into the car?" not really. That just indicates fault as being a factor in whether or not there should be concern for the man Confused

Sparklingbrook · 15/01/2017 10:27

I think you had to be there. Speculation not helpful.

exWifebeginsat40 · 15/01/2017 10:28

it's astonishing to me that, having literally just run someone over, your DH didn't think he might need to let the police know. or that you think it's ok to act this way and to just pretend nothing happened.

yes, your DH was assaulted. as a previous poster has said, though, this is a separate incident.

running someone over and not reporting it? leaving the scene of an accident? not good, legally or morally.

JanuaryMoods · 15/01/2017 10:28

I have more concern for the poor man who tried to do the right thing and got punched. Less concern for someone who runs into the road and then refuses an ambulance.

Scattymere · 15/01/2017 10:30

I hit another car once, man got out and went mental at me being pregnant and scared, I drove away. I did later call the police but seriously, they couldn't have cared less I left the scene. Stop worrying the OP and acting as if her husband was involved in a hit and run - he wasn't.

JustHereForThePooStories · 15/01/2017 10:31

I didn't realise that MN ran the British Jessica Fletcher society.

SuburbanRhonda · 15/01/2017 10:31

Better phrased would be "where was the concern for the guy who ran into the car?"

We don't know whether he ran into the car but we do know he was hit by the car, so no, not better phrased.

thatdearoctopus · 15/01/2017 10:32

It will most likely be on cctv

Not everyone lives in London. Or in an episode of 24.

dowhatnow · 15/01/2017 10:33

I have more concern for the ops DH too but I wouldn't want him to get into trouble for fleeing the scene. He needs to go through the right process in a timely manner.

JanuaryMoods · 15/01/2017 10:35

Leaving the scene of an accident isn't a crime of itself. Before mobile phones existed people would have to leave the scene to contact an ambulance or the police if there was no one else prepared to do it.

That happened to us. Driving home very late after a weekend away we turned into the main road and there was a crowd of young men on the pavement. One of them pushed another into the road and we hit him. We were only doing 5 - 10 mph. We stopped and the man and his friends said he was ok but we insisted on calling a ambulance and drove home to do that. We also phoned the police. We went back to the scene to discover no one there. A couple of the men were still around and said the others had hailed a taxi and gone home.

So we went home and phoned the police and the ambulance again to explain what had happened.

So we left the scene twice but the police were fine about it. Took a statement and no further action.

limitedperiodonly · 15/01/2017 10:36

I didn't realise that MN ran the British Jessica Fletcher society.

With observational skills that poor you'll never get your Nancy Drew: Girl Detective virtual tin star JustHereForThePooStories Wink

Teepish · 15/01/2017 10:36

Ops partner is shaken after a very shocking experience and there are people coming on to criticise his actions. Fucks sake.

thatdearoctopus · 15/01/2017 10:39

Yep. That's MN for you. Along with fixating on the apparent weirdness of going out for milk in the middle of the night.
Because that's the main issue here, of course. Hmm

JustAnotherPoster00 · 15/01/2017 10:40

30mph is the MAXIMUM for optimum conditions, not in the dark, in the rain, etc.

You cant drive at 30mph in the dark? What?!?!? Hmm

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