Kid's football smashed screen. Who pays up?

[Rabid-Dog]

Mustn't laugh but my neighbour's car windscreen has just been hit by some young lads playing football in the street.
He approached them and asked for names, but he got the predictable double finger salute.
He knows the parents of one of the kids.
I told him to put it down to experience and pay for a new screen himself.
If he starts visiting the lad's parents, he could upset the local friendly atmosphere.
Am I right or wrong?

[r5gttgaz]

Rabid-Dog said:

He could upset the local friendly atmosphere.

Do you live on a council estate or what?

[Killer2005]

If the kids can't pay for it, their parents definitly should

[eldar]

must have been a hard kick to smash a windscreen!

[Vipers]

Assuming he has cover with his car insurance, should cost about £50 I think, so not too much for the kids parents to cough up.

[EDLT]

You can ask the parents to pay for it, but I don't think they will.

[toothlessjim]

The kids parents should deffenitly pay for it. He didnt cause the damage so why should he fork out?

[noodleman]

He should admit that his windscreen was already damaged.

A football would not break a windscreen otherwise.

[Munter]

noodleman said:

He should admit that his windscreen was already damaged.

A football would not break a windscreen otherwise.

I'd say that depends how far it's fallen from. I'd say a football kicked hard and go high enough to fall onto a screen and crack it.

[BOF]

Safer parking it between the opposition goalposts at the next England game...

BOF.

[a boardman]

hope it is not one of the new astras with panoramic windscreen.

bet the insurance companies are changing the windscreen excess with them.

[Globulator]

Munter said:

noodleman said:

He should admit that his windscreen was already damaged.

A football would not break a windscreen otherwise.

I'd say that depends how far it's fallen from. I'd say a football kicked hard and go high enough to fall onto a screen and crack it.

Say or seen??

Parents for the excess, if they have any decency. Very very odd it cracked though, hit from the outside the shape generally protects them.

[crazypav]

Personally, I'd do everything I could to locate the lttle sh*t then send him the bill in the first place.
If he can't / won't pay as the case may be then look into using https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/csmco2/index.jsp
and claim the money back off the "parents" of the little darling...
Makes claiming funds so much easier on line...

Not that I'm like that of corse....

[Globulator]

Rabid-Dog said:

he got the predictable double finger salute.

ok, tell me more..

Rabid-Dog said:

If he starts visiting the lad's parents, he could upset the local friendly atmosphere.

There appears to be an anomaly in the forks, Luke.

[Hooli]

see the parents of the lad he knows. dont accuse their lad, just ask if he's mentioned it to them. if the parents arent scum they'll question the lad & find out who did it & then you'll have a set of parents to pay up for it.
of course he shouldnt have to pay for it himself if others broke it.

[L1OFF]

I don't believe a football kicked by a kid could break a car windscreen.

[fluffnik]

Rabid-Dog said:

Am I right or wrong?

Entirely wrong. Parents should bear all the costs their kids incur.

[CaptainSlow]

ok to all the doubters whether it's possible...not sure if it is different strength glass but whilst at school I kicked a football through one of the teacher's rear windscreens. I didn't kick the ball hard but it did get a bit of loft on it. It was a result of scoring a goal against one of the shorties in the year. I still claim he should have got to it.

[EDLT]

Rear windows aren't toughened to the same extent as windscreens.

[Chrisgr31]

[quote=a boardman]hope it is not one of the new astras with panoramic windscreen.

bet the insurance companies are changing the windscreen excess with them./quote]

Strange you should mention it. I had to have a chip repaired on mune last week and Autoglass wanted £10 from me as a compulsory excess now being charged by Direct Line.