Lumps in the road, making a claim

Lawrie9 · Post by **Lawrie9** » 15 Jul 2008, 7:43am

Don't bother making a claim as you are taking cash out your own pocket and things like social services and schools that need it much more. The compensation culture is crippling the country. Deal with it and move on.

UrbanManc · Post by **UrbanManc** » 15 Jul 2008, 3:04pm

Lawrie9 wrote: The compensation culture is crippling the country. Deal with it and move on.

Wrong .... incompetent council's/government are killing cyclists

"Deal with it and move on" , What an horrendous , nasty , trite Americanism that is .... you're not the national local authority spokesman are you, their motto ..... ignore all responsibility. :evil:

tomba · Post by **tomba** » 19 Jul 2008, 5:32pm

#1 for get over it! - why is someone else always resonsible? - you have eyes use them - gee how arrogant

UrbanManc · Post by **UrbanManc** » 19 Jul 2008, 5:40pm

tomba wrote:#1 for get over it! - why is someone else always resonsible? - you have eyes use them - gee how arrogant

First post Tomba ? , lets hope they get better .

If you want to live your life in ignorance ( with a Trisha Twist ) then that’s up to you , you'll be saying " Speak to the hand cos they face aint listening” next .

Pathetic terms like "get over it " are in my opinion offensive and typical of over invasive Americanised 'yoof' culture .

patricktaylor · Post by **patricktaylor** » 19 Jul 2008, 6:10pm

And let's remember what Sam said:

samuelhardman wrote:I don't want to sue them, as I said before I don't want to make a big thing of it. I was simply wondering if there is a standard procedure of complaint. Even if I just get the road fixed I'll be happy.

More than reasonable.

AlanD · Post by **AlanD** » 19 Jul 2008, 6:16pm

Can we all calm down please, we are all supposed to be friends here.

It is entirely plausable that Sam could not see the bump in the road. It is also possible that traffic conditions may have constrained his movement.

Checking with my Lady, who works for a Council Authority, she tells me that it is not necessarily the case that payments for such claims comes out of the Councils pot and 'robs' services. This comes under the remit of the Highways Dept, for which there should be insurance.

I am all in favour of individuals taking personal responsibility for their actions, but there has to be a limit to how far that can reasonably go and the Highways Dep't does have a duty to maintain the road.
Alan

UrbanManc · Post by **UrbanManc** » 19 Jul 2008, 6:23pm

Alan D wrote: not necessarily the case that payments for such claims comes out of the Councils pot and 'robs' services. .
Alan

Its also the case that council's have liability insurance that they HAVE to pay for.

Claims force premiums up, but local authorities couldn't get much higher.

The reason why our roads are in an horrendous condition is because only a tiny percentage of the public ever make a fuss and council's find it easier to pay off ( through insurance ) those that do instead of addressing the conditions of our roads.