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#Post#: 36458--------------------------------------------------
Green Card enquiry
DIR By: roythebus
Date: September 11, 2024, 10:26 am
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My partner was driving her car round a roundabout at junction 11
on the M20 in Kent a month or so ago and was side-swiped by a
foreign registered van. It was the other driver's fault and
details were exchanged. All the details from the other driver
were in Bulgarian. She has forwarded the details to her insurers
who are now apparently refusing to deal with the matter as she
wasn't given any Green Card details and wasn't aware that any
were required. she'd assumed all the details were on the form
given to her by the Bulgarian driver.
Luckily the damage wasn't serious, rear wing panel badly scraped
and fell off. I bought a bag of fixings and clipped it back on.
So what is the situation regarding Green Cards in the UK with
foreign drivers? My own insurance says I don't need one when
abroad.
#Post#: 36518--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Card enquiry
DIR By: 666
Date: September 11, 2024, 2:08 pm
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AIUI they're optional.
Anyway, your partner needs to ask her insurer what clause in
their Ts and Cs tells her to get the green card details. I've
never seen one.
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Re: Green Card enquiry
DIR By: The Slithy Tove
Date: September 12, 2024, 3:08 am
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Sounds like just an excuse to me. A few years ago a Spanish
lorry (with Bulgarian driver) sideswiped me - all his fault. The
only details I got were a copy of his driving licence* and what
looked like a normal insurance certificate. Insurance company
handled it all. It took an age, but they have whole departments
to deal with claims against foreign insurance policies.
*A Bulgarian driving license doesn't show an address, so things
slowed down somewhat because I had no address for the driver.
#Post#: 36562--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Card enquiry
DIR By: BertB
Date: September 12, 2024, 5:06 am
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Insurance Green card not required for someone from an EU country
to drive in the UK AFAIK.
Edit
--- Quote ---
> The UK is part of the Green Card Free Circulation Area
(GCFCA), which comprises all 30 European Economic Area (EEA)
countries as well as Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro,
Serbia and Switzerland. UK-based drivers do not need to carry
green cards for their vehicles when travelling to these
countries.
--- End Quote ---
This obviously works both ways.
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Re: Green Card enquiry
DIR By: roythebus
Date: September 12, 2024, 2:44 pm
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Is Bulgaria in the EU/EEA? I've lost track... The driver of the
other Bulgarian van who spoke good english dealt with my
partner, he was following the errant driver. The paperwork he
gave my partner was all in Bugarian script!
#Post#: 36703--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Card enquiry
DIR By: nigelbb
Date: September 13, 2024, 1:32 am
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--- Quote from: roythebus link ---
>
> Is Bulgaria in the EU/EEA? I've lost track... The driver of
the other Bulgarian van who spoke good english dealt with my
partner, he was following the errant driver. The paperwork he
gave my partner was all in Bugarian script!
>
--- End Quote ---
Yes.
HTML https://www.gov.uk/eu-eea#:~:text=Austria%2C%20Belgium%2C%20Bulgaria%2C%20Croatia,%2C%20Slovenia%2C%20Spain%20and%20Sweden.
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Re: Green Card enquiry
DIR By: 666
Date: September 13, 2024, 4:02 am
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--- Quote from: roythebus link ---
>
> Is Bulgaria in the EU/EEA? I've lost track...
>
--- End Quote ---
Roy, I think you're confusing us with Google.
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Re: Green Card enquiry
DIR By: ManxTom
Date: September 13, 2024, 10:36 am
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--- Quote from: roythebus link ---
>
> Is Bulgaria in the EU/EEA? I've lost track... The driver of
the other Bulgarian van who spoke good english dealt with my
partner, he was following the errant driver. The paperwork he
gave my partner was all in Bugarian script!
>
--- End Quote ---
There were two Bulgarian vans and two bulgarian drivers? Whose
details did your partner get?
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Re: Green Card enquiry
DIR By: 666
Date: September 13, 2024, 11:50 am
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--- Quote from: ManxTom link ---
>
> [quote author=roythebus link=topic=3102.msg36664#msg36664
date=1726170250]
> Is Bulgaria in the EU/EEA? I've lost track... The driver of
the other Bulgarian van who spoke good english dealt with my
partner, he was following the errant driver. The paperwork he
gave my partner was all in Bugarian script!
>
--- End Quote ---
There were two Bulgarian vans and two bulgarian drivers? Whose
details did your partner get?
[/quote]
I realise we're going even farther off-topic, but ...
The English-speaking Bulgar would have to have been
spectacularly stupid to give his own details. But not
impossible.
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Re: Green Card enquiry
DIR By: roythebus
Date: September 13, 2024, 3:13 pm
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As far as my partner is aware the english speaker gave the
details of the alleged offending driver.
It seems to me the insurance company don't think it's owrth
chasing. the damage was the rear offside wheel arch section was
scratched and knocked off, it's plastic and held on with plastic
clips. A bag of clips was about a tenner and an aerosol can of
Discovery black to match the OE spec is about £60. Insurance
excess is £300. Wing section maybe £65. Says it all really.
Put it down to experience, make sure next time it happens to get
the Green Card details. That's the problem with living almost
next to the M20 and the brexit lorry park AKA Sevington Inland
Border Facility.
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