I had by car damaged by a farm animal recently. Was driving into work recently coming up to a bad bend in the road whish you can only take at 30-35 miles per hour ,the bend is a 90 degree bend you cannot see around the corner,about 30 metre up from the road is a lane way(open) with no fence on the right hand side.As I was leaving the bend noticed a cow coming out of the laneway and a farmer after it, so pulled on the brakes. The cow ran into the side of my car . The farmer came over and ask did i not see anyone stopping traffic at the bend .i saw no-one and told him, he walk off then in the opposite direction. I notice someone else moving the cattle (the farmers son ) i ask where the farmer was going he said to get the cow as it had gone off in the opposite direction. so i sat in my car waiting for him to return he had got into hes jeep and drove after the cow. next thing i seen the cow coming down the road no sign of the farmer, 5 minutes later the farmer started driving down the road and drove right passed me.
At this point i rang the police explain what had happened , told the police i had the reg number of the farmers jeep .The police arrived take down all the details by the time i drive off again its been an hour since the accident, and no sign of the farmer returning.
A few days later the police return my call and say they have located the farmer involved and he has admitted that the animal that ran into my car was hes.
I was then inform by the police that this was a civil matter as the farmer had a different story then me and that the police could do no more.when I ask the cop had he got the farmers insurance details he said no.
The cop then told me the farmers name and phone number and said he was difficult to deal with. So I rang up the farmer explaining who I was and ask him to pay for the damages got nothing but abuse from him so told him I would be claiming my money back thru the courts
I am very confused about this if the farmer is admitting that the animal is hes and the animal ran into my car on a secondary road is it not the cops job to get at least get the insurance details.
I am now force to go to the small claims court as the damaged done to by car is around 880 euros
Could some one please give me advice in relation to the gardas job in this matter and me going to the small claims court in relation to this.
At this point i rang the police explain what had happened , told the police i had the reg number of the farmers jeep .The police arrived take down all the details by the time i drive off again its been an hour since the accident, and no sign of the farmer returning.
A few days later the police return my call and say they have located the farmer involved and he has admitted that the animal that ran into my car was hes.
I was then inform by the police that this was a civil matter as the farmer had a different story then me and that the police could do no more.when I ask the cop had he got the farmers insurance details he said no.
The cop then told me the farmers name and phone number and said he was difficult to deal with. So I rang up the farmer explaining who I was and ask him to pay for the damages got nothing but abuse from him so told him I would be claiming my money back thru the courts
I am very confused about this if the farmer is admitting that the animal is hes and the animal ran into my car on a secondary road is it not the cops job to get at least get the insurance details.
I am now force to go to the small claims court as the damaged done to by car is around 880 euros
Could some one please give me advice in relation to the gardas job in this matter and me going to the small claims court in relation to this.