A City cab driver entered my property in error, before driving his cab off my drive and onto the grass. As there had been heavy rain and flooding, the grass was soft and the cab got stuck. This resulted in my friend and neighbour having to tow him out. As the cab driver had damaged my front garden, necessitating the filling and re-turfing of the damage ares, I requested his insurance details, which he withheld. This surprised me, as had i accidentally damaged his cab, I’m sure that he, and City Cabs, would have claimed off my insurers! As a result, I have been in touch with the Enforcement Officer at Edinburgh City Council, who is responsible for licensing black cabs in the city. He told me that the cab driver should have given me his insurance details, and that he had been admonished for failing to do so. To show good will, I suggested that the driver make a modest donation to a nationwide charity that I have been raising money for, and that would be an end to the matter. The Enforcement officer has just got back to me to say, “in regards to compensation the driver did not express any intention to compensate you for the damages caused by his vehicle. I can understand this can be quite distressing, unfortunately I am not in a position to demand the driver provide any compensation. If you would like to take it any further in terms of getting compensation for damages then I would encourage you to make a claim through civil courts or contact the police. It seems that I have now have no choice but to escalate this by contacting the police in order to get the cab driver’s insurance details.
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