wallingd
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(Not me.)
A recent factual scenario follows.
Elderly man (early 80s) driving home from country village during recent sudden & heavy snow flurry. Very careful all the way home with little traffic. Reaches home & pulls on to drive. Approaches garage door. Car starts to slip slightly. Brakes gently applied. Accelerator pressed accidentally instead. Car careers into garage, damaging bumper + both front wings + ripping solid wooden garage-door frame from its fixings. Car (non-Merc) is worth £1500 tops. Total repair bill to car estimated at £1800. Insurance covers everything - garage door £200 excess + car also £200 excess - due to owner saying damage is due to "vehicle hitting the building". So car avoids being a write-off. Reality is of course the accelerator was pressed due to the driver muddling his pedals up. Scares the life out of passengers & has back-seat-driven to such an extent has had drivers shouting at him to shut up. Also critises a former IAM observer.
Discuss.
A recent factual scenario follows.
Elderly man (early 80s) driving home from country village during recent sudden & heavy snow flurry. Very careful all the way home with little traffic. Reaches home & pulls on to drive. Approaches garage door. Car starts to slip slightly. Brakes gently applied. Accelerator pressed accidentally instead. Car careers into garage, damaging bumper + both front wings + ripping solid wooden garage-door frame from its fixings. Car (non-Merc) is worth £1500 tops. Total repair bill to car estimated at £1800. Insurance covers everything - garage door £200 excess + car also £200 excess - due to owner saying damage is due to "vehicle hitting the building". So car avoids being a write-off. Reality is of course the accelerator was pressed due to the driver muddling his pedals up. Scares the life out of passengers & has back-seat-driven to such an extent has had drivers shouting at him to shut up. Also critises a former IAM observer.
Discuss.