Pull up to the bumper. Not by Grace Jones

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Q:I was driving home this evening and the driver of the car behind me, pulled up so close behind me it was rude!

Then he did it again, and again. In fact the whole duration he was behind me he kept doing it. Now this wasn't an aggressive gesture, there hadn't been any road rage, just this doddery old coffin dodger was... well, rubbish really!

Anyhoo, got me wondering about the legal aspects, if I had rolled back slightly into his car? Whose fault? mine? well yes, but no... He was unreasonably close, but is there a legal definition for 'too close'? Being an honest chap I would probably admit to rolling back, but if I was clever about it, I should say nuffin and it would be more plausible if the driver behind had driven into the vehicle in front...

Any thoughts?

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A:I had a disco go into the back of me with a fantastic crunch!

He denied hitting me, his wife and 13 yo daughter both told me to do something rude (G F Y!) and drove off without giving details. I got his index and rang GMP. They told me I could only act against him if there was damage to the car. I had it serviced the next day and the main dealer went over it with a magnifying glass and couldn't find anything.

But isn't that wrong? The guy who drove off had no idea whether any damage had been caused or not (therefore did not know if he was obliged to swap details), so why does he get away with driving off?

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Because, no harm done, now go away you silly man and let us catch people driving 34 mph in a 30 zone... miles from anything at 5 in the morning in good visibility and good driving conditions...

If he had done it to a plain clothes policeman in an unmarked police car, would he get away with it?

A:A friend of mine is a car dealer, this young couple with broken english wanted to know if the bank cheque is acceptable to buy the car they're interested in. Couple of days later they arrived with the cheque from the DHSS, they drove off without licence, tax & insurance. I give up.

My mum's friend has a head on crash at the traffic light junction last year and wrote the car off. Wasn't her fault but lost out because they didn't have insurance and couldn't speak english. The police could do nothing about it, human right ain't it

When they come over in this country do they not have to have UK driving licence ????

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A:I was hit by a brand new Audi A8 some years ago, the guy who hit me was very keen to be on his way.

1) becuase I suspect he'd had a dram or five
2) becuase it turned out the car wasn't his, and he wasn't insured.

When I pressed him about paying for the repairs, he bleated that he had to pay for the Audi's repairs, and he'd nearly lost his job over the matter. As you can imaging I empathised with his dilemma (NOT) anyhow grumblings about involving the old bill, extracted a cheque from him tout suite.

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Well, it will hopefully sort itself out. When your mate sold them the car, they will have had to give him an address to sort out the V5. The DVLA will send them a letter saying "either tax it or register it off-road. Then they will find out they need insurance to tax it. Then they will find to get insurance they need a licence.

Either that or they won't give a monkey's and drive it anyway, pleading that their old country is politically unjust if they get stopped.