Sorry to hear this gods-envy, I know this is frustrating, more for the attitude than the money.
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Originally Posted by manaa45 i have been folowing up with this thread right from its first post and the title which mentions ( lady driver in brackets).
tell me one thing if the accident would have been caused by a male driver would this have been written in brackets particularly. |
I think the intention in specifying a lady driver has to do with who is perceived weaker on the road - not just a lady, but a smaller vehicle, a poorer looking person etc.
I had a guy in shoddy looking clothes and two women on board his rusty old scooter come and rear end my stationary Santro in a traffic jam, causing a dent on the freshly touched up car. All three on the scooter initially said their scooter did not even touch my car. When I insisted they changed tack and said they did not do it deliberately. And welcome to the crowd, who took the line the guy was poor and uneducated - I failed to understand what has education to do with not driving responsibly and then not shelling out money for the repair.
I asked the good samaritans who had free advice on the road to contribute for the cause of the poor man and no one was willing to do that! At the end, I moved out without taking a penny, but my intention was that the man at least should consider the pain in paying out the money for repair.
On another occasion, a man in his white car with his kids again rear ended my car. We pulled on the side and my bumper had some damage. He said he was sorry it happened but had no money at the spot. I could have insisted to go to an ATM etc., but he was courteous enough for me to let it go. he gave me his number and asked to call when I get it repaired. I called after 10 months just casually, never expecting a response, and he promptly transferred 1.2K into my account. I think it has more to do with egos than anything else.
On another occasion, an auto cut wildly from the left to overtake my car and then stopped before me at a traffic junction. A young lady in burkha sitting in the back seat turned around and started throwing abuses at me for no reason. I was startled and made some lip movements myself. But what is one supposed to do in some situations? - where the weak is always right.
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Originally Posted by GTO Legally, the driver of the other car is NOT liable to pay you any money for damage, irrespective of whether its her fault of not. Their insurance company is the one who will pay you. Thats precisely why third party insurance is mandatory in India. I think it was inappropriate to ask the lady to step out and pay you money. The best way is to exchange insurance, registration and driving licence details, register a police complaint and move on. |
Can some guru please enlighten what is the correct procedure to be followed step by step? Both parties going to the police station will only mean more argument at the PS. If someone were reasonable enough, you would never need to go to the PS in the first place, right? How does police decide who was right and who should pay?
Who should claim for third party damage from the offending driver - is it the aggrieved party? And should this be done after the police decides who was at fault? Will court be involved?