Driving too close to kerb

[muchlovex]

My partner was knocked over last week. She was standing on the pavement, near the kerb when a car hit her and knocked her flying to the ground.

The police are not prosecuting the driver as they say it is not an offence to drive close to the kerb.

Witnesses said to the police that my partner was on the kerb. My partner is determined she was on the kerb, however the police are saying that she said that she crossed the road This is totally untrue.

The driver said that she appeared out of nowhere and stepped onto the road.

My partner is adamant that she did not cross, not step onto the road. She was on the kerb.

Does anybody know the law with regards to hitting a pedestrian who is standing on the kerb.

Apparently she was hit by the wing mirror of the vehicle.

TIA

[yooplay]

as far as i am led to belive there is no law to hitting a pedestrion on the kerb if they are driving to close to the kerb. the fact that it was only the mirror and not the actuall car i dont think you would be able to prosecute them. i know a wee bit of this because it happened to one of my freinds and he got told there was nothing the police could do. but it is a totally diffrent story when people get knocked down by the whole vehicle. hope this information is useful

[Toureman]

Typical useless police.

[funkymoped]

just out of curiosity.

if the car was fitted with road legal "towing mirrors" would the law still be on the side of the driver ??

[wee-janine]

toureman the police do not make the law they just enforce it. Surely it is the driver that should be facing peoples wrath not the police.