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Over 15 years dealing with these types of claims. There is no proof that the Lambo was speeding.
Of course there is proof
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What’s the braking distance at 30mph?
Over 15 years dealing with these types of claims. There is no proof that the Lambo was speeding.
Absolutely this.
Most accidents are not caught on film like that. I wonder if the police will look at any CCTV evidence from the surrounding streets to judge if the lambo driver was speeding in the minutes leading up to the crash. If nobody was injured I guess not?
Of course there is proofYou can clearly hear his acceleration on the video and it took him 100 ft to stop.
What’s the braking distance at 30mph?
Of course there is proofYou can clearly hear his acceleration on the video and it took him 100 ft to stop.
What’s the braking distance at 30mph?
On a completely separate point, but with your insurance expertise in mind, it doesn't seem right (if proved to be completely the Mazda driver's fault) that the Mazda insurer has to cough up for the repair/replacement of such a ridiculously expensive car. Is there (or if not perhaps there should be) a limit to the pay out, and if someone still wants to drive such expensive cars on our roads, then they pay (or get additionally insured) anything over and above that reasonable limit even if not their fault?
Doesn't matter what he was doing in the minutes leading up to the crash though, it is what he was doing at the time of the crash. By all accounts the car is well known in the area and the driver acts like a complete knob but that won't have a bearing on deciding liability. The Mazda driver pulled out without checking that it was clear. It could have been a motorcyclist or a cyclist but on this occasion it was a £300k sports car.
Over revving does not constitute speeding, he could have been in first gear!!! Also, how did you get to 100ft? Suggest you look at the video again!
On a completely separate point, but with your insurance expertise in mind, it doesn't seem right (if proved to be completely the Mazda driver's fault) that the Mazda insurer has to cough up for the repair/replacement of such a ridiculously expensive car. Is there (or if not perhaps there should be) a limit to the pay out, and if someone still wants to drive such expensive cars on our roads, then they pay (or get additionally insured) anything over and above that reasonable limit even if not their fault?
You are assuming he had his foot on the brake pedal from the point of impact and assuming that a loud engine noise means he was accelerating. He could have been coasting and revving in neutral for all we know.
As I said there is no PROOF that a Court would accept to show he was speeding and even IF he was, the other car should not have pulled out in front of him!
So what you are saying is that I can drive around at 40 mph in a 30mph, and if someone misjudges my illegal speed and pulls out, I can crash into them and tell them it's their fault.even with conclusive video evidence.
Plenty of proof here for the insurance companies to make up their minds on this.
How do you know with absolute certainty what speed he was going?
Over revving
This might help give an example of how he was driving:
Flooring it and slowing down, again and again.
The Mazda driver was caught out by the Lambo playing silly buggers on the road.
It took him 100 ft to stop even when aided by the 3 cars he hit.
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All the evidence is stacked against the Lambo driver, though I am sure we will find out in due course.
Because standard stopping distance at 30mph is 75 ft. He travelled 100 ft even after smashing into 3 cars. Newtons third law of motion "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" Even when he flew into the air the upwards motion would have lessened the forward motion.
Then also bearing in mind that this Lambo can break from 60mph to 0 in 108 ft, his 30 mph to zero should have been something like 40 ft.
So it's all down to physics really and you either see it or you don't.
So what you are saying is that I can drive around at 40 mph in a 30mph, and if someone misjudges my illegal speed and pulls out, I can crash into them and tell them it's their fault.even with conclusive video evidence.
Plenty of proof here for the insurance companies to make up their minds on this.
I hope you're not a lawyer as I can't see you having many successful cases!!!
The video you use to suggest he is flooring it and slowing down again and again merely shows him waiting at a zebra crossing, accelerating away and then stopping ahead, possible for traffic. Accelerates once and stops once. Defeats your supposition that it is again and again!!
The clearest evidence about liability is the fact that the Mazda driver emerged from the side road into the path of the Lamborghini!!