Foreign lorry driver hit our car

I was hit by a romanian lorry a few months ago and still haven't heard anything from the other drivers insurance company. I ended up having to pay a £650 excess on my insurance to get my car repaired which it doesn't look like I'll end up getting back and I'll lose my no claims. I even got the drivers details, the company he works for etc. and I called the police who came to the scene of the accident and gave me a crime reference number. It goes to show that even if you are careful and get all the foreign drivers details, you still don't have much chance of getting your money back! We seem to have no protection against foreign drivers!

Are you sure you know what country that vehicle came from? That plate looks as if it could have been Dutch or Portuguese, I can't remember offhand how the number sequences go.

In response to Sarah
On Tuesday of this week I was on my way to saisbury ,when at a bridge I stopped to let a foreign lorry driver through as it was a narrow road,he proceded to take the whole drivers side of my Toyota celica with him but failed to stop so I turned the car around followed him and managed to put my car in front of him to enable me to get his details.
At this time both vehicles were stopped, as I was about to get out of the car he rammed my car in the rear removing the rear spoiler and crushing the back quarter pannel,he then swerved around me mounting the grass vergr at the junction he then proceded down onto the by-pass ,I dialed 999 from my mobile guess what yes you got it the police were not interested and would not attend the incident. I managed to get his trailer number yellow plate OG-39-LR OR OJ-39-LR this was passed to my insurance and the police, I was then informed by the police to report to the nearest station with thr relevant documents which I did asap filed a police report got a crime number only to be told that the vehicle number was not registered or registered internationally for insurance. My car has been uplifted by my insurance company for assesment yet I will have to pay the excess and loose 26 years no claims for a non fault accident why. when will the powers that be in this country wake up to the real issues out there these drivers have to be stopped he could have killed me its just a good job my kids were not in the car
Karl

Report untaxed vehicles at (you do not have to give your name):-
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/UntaxedVehicle
If enough people do this maybe we can reverse the Dross Zone situation.

I am a lorry driver and I want to say something about that "Foreign lorry driver hit our car", and that is that lorry driver can not see you if you are in dead angle so if you are driving in same speed as lorry is then there is no way to see anyone. It does not making any difrent if driver is foreign or not. Car drivers just dont tink about dificitalities that lorry drivers have when driving. Tell me then ho is selfish then lorry driver or driver who do not think of thet what he was lerning at driving school. Just think about it.

This is terrible what happened. It is a shame that the truck driver did not look in the mirror. Anyway, I am in the same situation with an English lorry. I am Polish and we were driving to London few months ago. English van driver hit us and I have never received any Penny to repair my car. The same stupid EU regulations apply to Polish drivers. The driver of the van never reported the accident to his insurance company in UK and we were left with nothing. Honestly, there shall be any regulations between UK and Poland, because this is unacceptable.

if you know the registration of the lorry, you should be able to claim from the motor insurance bureau (mib.org.uk)

you have been lucky in Southampton there are polish registered cars being used as Mini cabs and I can't imagine they have ANY insurance
even the police have trouble getting information from Polish insurance companies and usualy advise that you are wasting your time tryingIt's high time we had similar rules to others in Europe whereby the vehicle is impounded untill insurance or court cases are sorted
We realy are becoming the Dross Zone of Europe

Just read the following -

Why is it people ALWAYS bring politics into it.

When in an accident involving a lorry, ALWAYS get the police involved.This way your sure of one thing, The LAW on your side. foreign drivers HAVE to have the correct papers, if not their screwed. -
My husband rang the police who said as no one was seriously injured they would not attend. Not even a crime number. We did not know the information we should get but even if we had there is little hope of recompense. The public need to be correctly informed of what to do and then everyone involved needs to stick to it.

Found your article whilst looking up how to trace a foreign lorry. My husband stationary at lights when hit side on by 'eastern european' lorry driver who changed lanes. Our car might be written off. He has given false name and apparently we should have asked for his cab details, the number plate we have is for the trailer. If anyone else has this happen, get name of driver, company name, trailer number plate and country sticker and cab number plate and country sticker. Apparently plate we took could be registered to four countries. No hope of finding him for either car claim or personal injury. Sympathy to anyone else in this position.

"We need to take down the 'Britain For Sale' sign, withdraw from the EU asap and tighten up all the regulations about foreigners in this country"

Too late for that. Britain has already been sold to Europe. Pathetic and sad what one government has done.

I have seen these foreign drivers trying to load containers at the docks.All you have to do is back into a box area its simple. When the stradel carrier pulls up behind you get out of your truck and watch your container get loaded and give the thumbs up to the driver so he knows the box is sitting ok on your trailer. You dont chase the stradel carrier across the dock trying to get under it and bring the docks to a stand-still. Its simple foreign drivers are not trained to dvla standards.Left hand drive trucks should unload at dover and be put back on the ferry back to where ever they come from they can`t drive blind spot my ass.

To all british racist pigs - don't blame Polish drivers for their driving skills (which in my opinion are on a high level), but better have a look what you (native britons) are doing on roads!!!
Best regards!
polish driver 22-Nov-2007 20:50
Polish driver we are not british racist pigs.But if you dont like it go home don`t let us british racist pigs give you a better life style. Theres a old saying "when in rome" in other words "shut up"