Hit & Run, Cloned Plates - Insurance

[ducatiman]

Last Saturday while in a Supermarket Carol's Van was hit by a car coming out of a parking spot................the 2 guys got out of the car and asked Carol if they could sort this out without going through the Insurance Companies. Carol refused as she correctly stated that she didn't know what damaged had been done. With that the 2 guys jumped back into the car and then quickly drove off hitting another car in their escape. The owner of the other car actually worked at the Supermarket and she got the security team to look at the camera's. Apparently the security had been following these people around the shop due to their strange activities.

The police were informed and a number plate was given......................On Monday we got a phone call from the police stating that the 04 Fiesta was using cloned plates so impossible to trace, the ANPR would be updated with this registration hopefully to catch later.

The item I am really pissed off about is the insurance company......................it was a hit and run and the driver was using cloned plates and the chances of catching this scum very little. We could claim but because the Insurance company cannot recover the losses we would be penalised. If we had another claim in the year then Carol's NCD years would drop from 13 to 3 and we would loose the Protected no claims.................none of this our fault. After the incident I contacted my Insurance Company about the R8 and again a similar situation, if the insurance company cannot recover the losses you loose................So this could be the same for the insurance cover on a lot of specialist cars................maybe worth a check

Carol was not injured but we have decided to foot the bill ourselves................ Who the f***k puts cloned plates on an 04 Fiesta..............scum that need eliminating !!!!!!