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Post by thebfg on Jul 26, 2019 20:41:09 GMT
I was going to add this to the other thread but i did not want to detract anything from it. This bridge has been repaired and the driver put through the courts. He wasn't ordered to pay for the damage. I know his insurance will not pay for his car due to being drunk but they should still pay out any 3rd party liability. One wonders whether CRT claimed back the costs, there is certainly no mention in the article. This the road bridge at the top of caen hill flight. www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/17789265.driver-second-crash-devizes-bridge-court/
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 20:49:11 GMT
Is it crt who foot the bill or highways?
Seems rather a dodgy situation if boat license payers are funding repairs of public road bridges.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 20:53:06 GMT
Drunk?
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Post by thebfg on Jul 26, 2019 20:53:48 GMT
Well the cost quote was from CRT. It was railings. I suppose its their bridge. I wouldn't imagine they would deal with the surfacing though.
Interesting question and I'm only guessing of course.
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Post by thebfg on Jul 26, 2019 20:58:27 GMT
Well. Who else runs away from a scene of an accident and then hands himself in when sober,
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 22:34:07 GMT
Well. Who else runs away from a scene of an accident and then hands himself in when sober, Was he done for drink driving?
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Post by thebfg on Jul 26, 2019 22:46:51 GMT
Well. Who else runs away from a scene of an accident and then hands himself in when sober, Was he done for drink driving? I don't know, he ran away and handed himself in the next day. I just answered the question. Why else would he do a runner? I do believe it was mentioned at the time but obviously could not be proved and are merely allegations and not mine either. He wouldn't have been charged with fleeing the scene of an accident, because he handed himself in the next day which would count as reporting it within 24hours.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 22:51:07 GMT
Was he done for drink driving? No. he ran away and handed himself in the next day. I just answered the question. I do believe it was mentioned at the time but obviously could not be proved. If he handed himself in the next day, he would still have had a blood test. That would have still held alcohol from the night before. Timings from that test would have given the police any evidence needed to prosecute for drink driving.
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Post by thebfg on Jul 26, 2019 22:52:52 GMT
No. he ran away and handed himself in the next day. I just answered the question. I do believe it was mentioned at the time but obviously could not be proved. If he handed himself in the next day, he would still have had a blood test. That would have still held alcohol from the night before. Timings from that test would have given the police any evidence needed to prosecute for drink driving. Yes and no. Maybe he waited until complely sober, maybe he wasn't drunk at all
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Post by thebfg on Jul 26, 2019 22:56:09 GMT
Isent that normally used to prove alcohol levels after someone claims they drank after driving? the hip flask defence.
I take it back, he was charged with fleeing a scene.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 22:58:41 GMT
Isent that normally used to prove alcohol levels after someone claims they drank after driving? the hip flask defence. Not any more. These things are pretty accurate now. They can get the timings pretty precise.
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Post by thebfg on Jul 26, 2019 23:03:35 GMT
Isent that normally used to prove alcohol levels after someone claims they drank after driving? the hip flask defence. Not any more. These things are pretty accurate now. They can get the timings pretty precise. Just to reinforce my point. I only answered donkeys question asking what else would they run away for? I wasn't really alleging he was drunk. They are accurate, but how accurate if he has no alcohol in his system at all? Maybe drugs? Maybe he was just scared and in shock and walked legitimately walked home. What else would make him run?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 23:22:40 GMT
Not any more. These things are pretty accurate now. They can get the timings pretty precise. Just to reinforce my point. I only answered donkeys question asking what else would they run away for? I wasn't really alleging he was drunk. They are accurate, but how accurate if he has no alcohol in his system at all? Maybe drugs? Maybe he was just scared and in shock and walked legitimately walked home. What else would make him run? It takes about an hour for your body to break down 1 unit of alcohol, but this can vary, depending on your weight, your age and gender. The process can be very precise using the data they have now. If he had no trace of alcohol in his blood, then maybe he had an accident and could do little about it at that time of day and just buggered off home. Whichever maybe it was, the lack of prosecution for drink driving suggests it was not one of the maybes. (Just saying) 😊
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 23:27:46 GMT
I once rolled a car into a field late at night having hit the hedge, hadn't had a drink, just lack of concentration. Anyway, I got out, cursed a bit, walked home, and went back the next day to sort it. These things happen, and unless someone is injured, there is not a lot else that can be done.
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Post by thebfg on Jul 27, 2019 10:23:19 GMT
Mmmm. He might have been drunk or high or he might not have been, don't let a lack of prosecution get in the way.
No doctor available. He may have handed him self in up to 24 hours later. They had enough to nick him on anyway.
It's not always black and white with the old bill.
Interestingly he was convicted of leaving the scene of an accident.
Anyways we could allege anything about him.
I posted the link to discuss the repair.
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