Can I claim off council for damage to car?
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Caught my splitter on a sleeping policeman, no way I can get over it without scraping.
Not done much damage really, just a little chunk out my splitter. Will be getting it mended anyway.
Car is completely standard, not modified.
Do you reckon I can claim off the council for the damage?
I know of people claiming new wheels for pothole damage etc?
Cheers
Not done much damage really, just a little chunk out my splitter. Will be getting it mended anyway.
Car is completely standard, not modified.
Do you reckon I can claim off the council for the damage?
I know of people claiming new wheels for pothole damage etc?
Cheers
It's not rediculously low. I'll look into it.
Thanks guys.
I'm not one for the claim culture, but if i'm going to pay f
k knows how much for road tax, the last thing I expect it for my standard car to be damaged from the road. If someone damaged my car in another way, I'd probably try to find compensation - why should I have to pay for someone elses actions? But thanks for your input Frosted.
Thanks guys.
I'm not one for the claim culture, but if i'm going to pay f
k knows how much for road tax, the last thing I expect it for my standard car to be damaged from the road. If someone damaged my car in another way, I'd probably try to find compensation - why should I have to pay for someone elses actions? But thanks for your input Frosted.This might help: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1025/regul...
Councils seem to be able to get around the required specs for speed bumps, by dipping the road on which it's placed. This keeps the height down compared to the rest of the road, but makes them actually worse than they should be because your car falls into the dip before hitting the bump..... I used to think it was a coincidence, but now im convinced it's a loop hole.
lyonspride said:
Councils seem to be able to get around the required specs for speed bumps, by dipping the road on which it's placed. This keeps the height down compared to the rest of the road, but makes them actually worse than they should be because your car falls into the dip before hitting the bump..... I used to think it was a coincidence, but now im convinced it's a loop hole.
Or localised subsidence from all the cars and buses pounding the speed bump all day?An issue I have with speed bumps is them (due to their height/severity) only being safe to go over at 20 miles per hour, but leaving the speed limit at 30.
If they want you to go over at 20, they should also (or instead) lower the speed limit to 20. If they say the speed limit is 30, I expect the standard of the road in optimal weather/traffic conditions to be safe to go along at up to 30 .. not up to 20! If a normal family car (not a lowered/sports car) is damaged by going over a speed bump at a speed lower than the speed limit, I would expect the council to take the rap for it!
If they want you to go over at 20, they should also (or instead) lower the speed limit to 20. If they say the speed limit is 30, I expect the standard of the road in optimal weather/traffic conditions to be safe to go along at up to 30 .. not up to 20! If a normal family car (not a lowered/sports car) is damaged by going over a speed bump at a speed lower than the speed limit, I would expect the council to take the rap for it!
mcsnaga said:
An issue I have with speed bumps is them (due to their height/severity) only being safe to go over at 20 miles per hour, but leaving the speed limit at 30.
If they want you to go over at 20, they should also (or instead) lower the speed limit to 20. If they say the speed limit is 30, I expect the standard of the road in optimal weather/traffic conditions to be safe to go along at up to 30 .. not up to 20! If a normal family car (not a lowered/sports car) is damaged by going over a speed bump at a speed lower than the speed limit, I would expect the council to take the rap for it!
+1If they want you to go over at 20, they should also (or instead) lower the speed limit to 20. If they say the speed limit is 30, I expect the standard of the road in optimal weather/traffic conditions to be safe to go along at up to 30 .. not up to 20! If a normal family car (not a lowered/sports car) is damaged by going over a speed bump at a speed lower than the speed limit, I would expect the council to take the rap for it!
I remember reading somewhere that councils must not place obstacles that make the road impassable and a council that did so had to remove the humps. It's a while ago but you may be able to Google it.
10 Pence Short said:
Not to mention the large increase in noise and noxious pollution as vehicles are forced to slow and accelerate away...
Is no-one capable of negotiating these wretched things at a constant speed a-la that 'they' require you to go? Personally I pick a speed that is comfortable (typically 15-20mph)and keep to that speed until clear of the things. Never been 'forced' to slow down and accelerate away to the next one yet...
ETA I've never yet seen a road with speed bumps that didn't also have some reduction in the speed limit applied also...not saying they don't exist just that I've never seen one.
Edited by oldsoak on Wednesday 21st December 12:49
oldsoak said:
10 Pence Short said:
Not to mention the large increase in noise and noxious pollution as vehicles are forced to slow and accelerate away...
Is no-one capable of negotiating these wretched things at a constant speed a-la that 'they' require you to go? Personally I pick a speed that is comfortable (typically 15-20mph)and keep to that speed until clear of the things. Never been 'forced' to slow down and accelerate away to the next one yet...
Another concern is that in areas with speed bumps, it is usually because of other hazards (schools, shopping centres, etc.) - so is the best way to deal with this adding another hazard that takes attention away from the main hazard!? Lunacy.
NiceCupOfTea said:
oldsoak said:
10 Pence Short said:
Not to mention the large increase in noise and noxious pollution as vehicles are forced to slow and accelerate away...
Is no-one capable of negotiating these wretched things at a constant speed a-la that 'they' require you to go? Personally I pick a speed that is comfortable (typically 15-20mph)and keep to that speed until clear of the things. Never been 'forced' to slow down and accelerate away to the next one yet...
Another concern is that in areas with speed bumps, it is usually because of other hazards (schools, shopping centres, etc.) - so is the best way to deal with this adding another hazard that takes attention away from the main hazard!? Lunacy.
I just take issue when folks whinge about slowing down and speeding up when travelling at a constant rate that allows safe passage over these devils' spawn' gets you where you're going just as fast with less 'pollution.
ETA speed bumps are usually the product of people ignoring a lowered limit.
eybic said:
For some reason I am able to do just under 30 over the "cushions" near me, most other cars only seem able to do about 10-15 though. Even when driving other cars I have to slow to about 15 to be able ot get over them without sending struts through the bonnet.
Depends on the car , my non splitter car can travel at 30mph over speed bumps without any issues , I see loads of people going at 5mph though . I believe in choice , and like you wouldn't buy summer clothes for the winter and expect to be warm I wouldn't understand why anyone would buy a sporty car and moan about potholes and speed humps . All I my opinion only oldsoak said:
Is no-one capable of negotiating these wretched things at a constant speed a-la that 'they' require you to go?
Personally I pick a speed that is comfortable (typically 15-20mph)and keep to that speed until clear of the things. Never been 'forced' to slow down and accelerate away to the next one yet...
Well, no. Of course one isn't forced, in the same way that one is rarely forced to drive a car at all Personally I pick a speed that is comfortable (typically 15-20mph)and keep to that speed until clear of the things. Never been 'forced' to slow down and accelerate away to the next one yet...
. What is forced (assuming it's safe to do so and all that) is to have to choose between speeding up after each bump and slowing for the next one, or driving at a constant speed that is considerably slower than if the bumps weren't there. When forced into that choice, it would seem to me that the vast majority choose the former. I do. It seems you choose the latter. I see very, very few people choosing that.oldsoak said:
I've never yet seen a road with speed bumps that didn't also have some reduction in the speed limit applied also...not saying they don't exist just that I've never seen one.
Not sure what you mean? Every speed bump I can think of that I regularly encounter is on a road that had a 30 limit before the bumps appeared, and still has a 30 limit. Mind you, quite a lot (but by no means all) of the speed bumps I regularly encounter can be driven over comfortably at 30.eybic said:
This might help: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1025/regul...
Apart from not allowing vertical faces to be more than 6mm high, those regulations don't appear to say anything about how steep the climb onto the speed bump is allowed to be. Would a leading face 100mm high and nearly, but not quite, vertical really be legal?saaby93 said:
orning Oldsoak
If thats the case shouldnt the limit go back up again if there's no safety issues?
Good morning...where the Sam Hill did you get that from?If thats the case shouldnt the limit go back up again if there's no safety issues?
Who mentioned anything about there being (or not being) any safety issues?
I said speed bumps were 'usually' the product of a lowered limit not being adhered to...I know locally to me this is the reason why they've been installed.
People today seem always to be in a hell fired hurry to get nowhere in particular and don't give a toss about anyone or anything else. These people are IMHO responsible for these speed bumps becoming more and more commonplace....that and local authorities pandering to the 'save the children and fluffy bunnies' lobby is why this septic isle is now littered with the darned things!
For the sake of not wanting a couple of minutes or so being added to our journey in adhering to a lower limit,we all must suffer these abominations on our roads.
There you've done it now...need to lay down and take a chill pill!
218g said:
oldsoak said:
I've never yet seen a road with speed bumps that didn't also have some reduction in the speed limit applied also...not saying they don't exist just that I've never seen one.
Not sure what you mean? Every speed bump I can think of that I regularly encounter is on a road that had a 30 limit before the bumps appeared, and still has a 30 limit. Mind you, quite a lot (but by no means all) of the speed bumps I regularly encounter can be driven over comfortably at 30.
I have never yet seen an area with speed bumps that hasn't also had it's limit reduced.
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