Council road boss claims for car damage and told to go away
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-2487054...
Good or bad?
At least he tried to find out what it was like being a normal motorist
Good or bad?
At least he tried to find out what it was like being a normal motorist
Well he's sort of right, regardless of his job he still pays council tax and thus has the same rights as any other taxpayer.
As for people saying its his fault that the fault in the road was not addressed, do they honestly think he is solely responsible for deciding what roads are maintained and how? He would obviously have a team of surveyors and engineer's who decide what sections of road are repaired and when.
He's likely just the guy who sits and budgets all day and tells the Engineer's how much they can spend on the roads.
As for people saying its his fault that the fault in the road was not addressed, do they honestly think he is solely responsible for deciding what roads are maintained and how? He would obviously have a team of surveyors and engineer's who decide what sections of road are repaired and when.
He's likely just the guy who sits and budgets all day and tells the Engineer's how much they can spend on the roads.
dave7692 said:
He's likely just the guy who sits and budgets all day and tells the Engineer's how much they can spend on the roads.
Should have given them more money / asked them how it could be better spent / quit if he wasn't up to the job then. I'd think it was his responsibility to maintain the roads, but responsibility doesn't seem to mean much in this day and age. The claims handlers seem to agree at least.0000 said:
dave7692 said:
He's likely just the guy who sits and budgets all day and tells the Engineer's how much they can spend on the roads.
Should have given them more money / asked them how it could be better spent / quit if he wasn't up to the job then. I'd think it was his responsibility to maintain the roads, but responsibility doesn't seem to mean much in this day and age. The claims handlers seem to agree at least.The days of Councils having vast maintenance budgets that they actually struggled to spend are long gone as apparently the money is "needed" elsewhere.
AJB said:
So if the managing director of a company has their personal car hit and damaged by one of the work vans in the company car park, they shouldn't claim on insurance - they should resign instead...?!?
There's a difference between someone else's happenstance and your systematic failure. Given what the roads look like around much of the country I wouldn't be surprised if him hitting a pothole was the latter. If he's been getting the vans and his car to line up against each other in a Top Gear style football match, then no, I think he shouldn't claim on insurance.AJB said:
So if the managing director of a company has their personal car hit and damaged by one of the work vans in the company car park, they shouldn't claim on insurance - they should resign instead...?!?
As others have said, strange non-story.
I think the point they were making is that it was his responsibility to make sure the roads are in an acceptable condition in the first place.As others have said, strange non-story.
Councillors set overall policy, and council officers expedite that policy. I doubt he had any influence on the claim, and actually he was making a symbolic gesture to his team to say "Get your backsides in gear and sort it out".
It would have been worse (IMO) for him to use undue influence to get his local road resurfaced, and actually he did exactly the right thing.
It would have been worse (IMO) for him to use undue influence to get his local road resurfaced, and actually he did exactly the right thing.
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