Taxi Driver Online

Kind of thing that's always a worry, particularly because you know there's little chance of recompense.

Maybe police are interested, but maybe just saying they're investigating for PR purposes.

And Just Eat's response deffo PR spiel


Norwich taxi driver left with £1,000 bill after hit-and-run



A taxi driver has been left with a £1,000 bill after a hit-and-run involving a Just Eat cyclist in Norwich.

Zsolt Horvath was near the pedestrian crossing in Unthank Road at the Park Road junction when the delivery cyclist crashed into the back of his car.

The 44-year-old got out to talk to the courier and to assess the damage but the alleged offender got back on his bike and sped away.

Mr Horvath caught the incident on his dashcam and reported it to the police and Just Eat.

“I think the big frustration for me is the fact there doesn’t seem to be any repercussions about this incident,” Mr Horvath said.

“If I had hit a cyclist with my car and drove off then I'd be in handcuffs by now.”

A spokeswoman for the Norfolk Constabulary confirmed an investigation is under way into the incident on January 2.

In a statement, a spokesman for Just Eat said they “expect all drivers associated with Just Eat to act responsibly and respectfully”.

"Many drivers delivering food to customers’ doors are employed directly by independent restaurants, but we also work with self-employed independent contractors across the UK,” he said.

"Regardless of this, we would expect all drivers associated with Just Eat to act responsibly and respectfully at all times.

"When we become aware of any practices that fall below the high standards we expect, we always take steps to address this."


Photo of the cyclist here, for what it's worth
https://archive.is/pEUdk/35a3fe0bd95f18 ... c93990.jpg

based purely on that photo that does not look like a £1000 repair !

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Certainly only looks like a broken plastic lens.

Thought there might have been some sort of bash or crease below that, but if it's like the one below then it's maybe just supposed to be like that, but hard to tell.

And, of course, any other damage might not be in the photo.

And, as per usual, the figure is likely to be inflated anyway, particularly if there's an insurance quote involved. Maybe he's including downtime for repairs as well, or whatever

And maybe he felt he had to take the car off the road, especially if there was no illumination in the affected area - many an LO would remove his plate for that

But the figure for what the repair could cost if the bill is minimised is very probably substantially less than the £1k in the article headline...