Result, but what next?

As some may remember my bike got smashed up in a car park
in Essex in June. Finally Essex police provided me with
the details of the driver and owner of the car. It took them
only three month. What should I do next? Ask the police to
prosecute, craft a careful letter to the owner myself or get
a legal bod to do so? Costs to repair the bike fully were
set at approx. £1100, I had £500 repairs done to get the bike
working again. This does not include the time I was without
any form of transport. Any ideas, pointers, jokes appreciated.

 

PeterT emerged from their own little world to say

I'd get a lawyer onto it. If they were cuntish enough not to volunteer
their details months ago then they will most likely not be too co-operative
now.

I'm assuming you did not claim on your insurance and do not want to involve
them.

However, you may have separate legal cover. If you claim on that policy it
will not count as a claim on your bike insurance so no loss of NCB.

Alternatively, some on here have used Rider Support
http://62.73.167.66/pngs/mainset.htm who will review your case and take
action if they think you will win.

 

wessie

That was on my mind too.

More or less my thought, as it would be a bit of a pian, as the insurance
is in Germany, and only TPFT anyway.

Worth looking into, ta.

I doubt the ambulance chasers will be interested, as nobody was sitting on
the bike when it was hit.

 

Contact the culprit & tell them you'll drop the criminal damage charges
if they pay you £1500 to cover the cost of repairs & out of pocket
expenses? It might scare them into parting with the cash.

 

PeterT says...

I'd give them a call anyway, IIWY. They're not quite ambulance chasers,
they dealt with my claim, and that of others round here very well.
Although, they did make an arse of Petrolcan's claim.

 

MattG

I'll have a browse and think of it I suppose.

 

Preston Kemp

I would consider it worth a try if I didn't have the sneaky feeling
that I'd be waiting a long time for that money, and I don't know if it's
legal anyway?

 

the cont known as MattG says...

I won't be using them for my next crash.