Personal injury on unadopted road

[thebraketester]

Evening all.

I wasn't sure where to post this.

Someone close to me tripped up on an (from what I can gather) unadopted road. They did themselves a number, having tripped up on a very well disguised speed bump and broke 2 ribs and shoulder. Is there a point of liability in cases like this or is it a case of c'est la vie? How can I get total clarification about the status of said road?

Thanks.
TBT

[Badda]

Liable for what?

[JimM169]

Think you're going to need to give more info

If the road is unadopted / private is public access allowed ie should they have even been there

[Badda]

JimM169 said:

Think you're going to need to give more info

If the road is unadopted / private is public access allowed ie should they have even been there

Unadopted is not private. Quite within their rights to be there but I’d suggest if you trip over a speed ramp, there’s only one person to blame.

[thebraketester]

JimM169 said:

Think you're going to need to give more info

If the road is unadopted / private is public access allowed ie should they have even been there

Yes, it is not a private road as such, it is a public right of way.

[thebraketester]

Badda said:

Liable for what?

If you walked along a public path and fell down a manhole which had rusted (not visibly) though, whose fault would that be? *disengage devils advocate mode.


Sadly no compo face photo.... I am asking purely out of curiosity more than anything.

[Badda]

thebraketester said:

Badda said:

Liable for what?

If you walked along a public path and fell down a manhole which had rusted though, whose fault would that be? *disengage devils advocate mode.


Sadly no compo face photo.... I am asking purely out of curiosity more than anything.

To counter that, if you walked along a track and tripped over a stone, whose fault would that be?

[geeks]

thebraketester said:

Evening all.

I wasn't sure where to post this.

Someone close to me tripped up on an (from what I can gather) unadopted road. They did themselves a number, having tripped up on a very well disguised speed bump and broke 2 ribs and shoulder. Is there a point of liability in cases like this or is it a case of c'est la vie? How can I get total clarification about the status of said road?

Thanks.
TBT

How well disguised was it to cause that level of injury? Did it get up and give your friend a kickin while they were down for good measure? :hehe (hope they make a speedy recovery)

[Monkeylegend]

What is the point of a disguised speed bump?

[Snow and Rocks]

How exactly can a speed bump be disguised well enough to be invisible to a pedestrian?

Sounds like they need to pay attention to where they're going and take some responsibility for their own actions.

[reggie747]

Snow and Rocks said:

Sounds like they need to pay attention to where they're going and take some responsibility for their own actions.

Hahahahhaah......and stay off the sauce....

[JQ]

My mum did exactly the same but broke both shoulders as she had her hands in her pockets and swan dived to the floor. Hope your mate recovers well, mum was immobile for several weeks but recovered fully.

It never crossed her mind to sue anybody as she accepted she wasn't looking where she was going and tripped on a rock.

[thebraketester]

Snow and Rocks said:

How exactly can a speed bump be disguised well enough to be invisible to a pedestrian?

Sounds like they need to pay attention to where they're going and take some responsibility for their own actions.

They have done. This is purely a thread of curiosity.

Dark, unlit road with no white markings to suggest a speed bump. Very easy to make them “invisible”.

[Badda]

thebraketester said:

Snow and Rocks said:

How exactly can a speed bump be disguised well enough to be invisible to a pedestrian?

Sounds like they need to pay attention to where they're going and take some responsibility for their own actions.

They have done. This is purely a thread of curiosity.

Dark, unlit road with no white markings to suggest a speed bump. Very easy to make them “invisible”.

Come on, if you walk on a dark, unlit road and trip over you really shouldn't be thinking about liability.
This sort of thinking gets my goat!

[thebraketester]

Badda said:

thebraketester said:

Snow and Rocks said:

How exactly can a speed bump be disguised well enough to be invisible to a pedestrian?

Sounds like they need to pay attention to where they're going and take some responsibility for their own actions.

They have done. This is purely a thread of curiosity.

Dark, unlit road with no white markings to suggest a speed bump. Very easy to make them “invisible”.

Come on, if you walk on a dark, unlit road and trip over you really shouldn't be thinking about liability.
This sort of thinking gets my goat!

Your goat is easily got.

[dave123456]

thebraketester said:

Badda said:

thebraketester said:

Snow and Rocks said:

How exactly can a speed bump be disguised well enough to be invisible to a pedestrian?

Sounds like they need to pay attention to where they're going and take some responsibility for their own actions.

They have done. This is purely a thread of curiosity.

Dark, unlit road with no white markings to suggest a speed bump. Very easy to make them “invisible”.

Come on, if you walk on a dark, unlit road and trip over you really shouldn't be thinking about liability.
This sort of thinking gets my goat!

Your goat is easily got.

Not really. I’m sorry to say but if you think of what is wrong with our country a lot of it boils down to the lack of accountability and personal responsibility that you are inferring here.

Apologies for not agreeing with you, or maybe taking this thread in the way you intended, but your OP is unfortunately an example of a way of thinking that is causing a bigger and more widespread problem than compo for tripping over.

[Snow and Rocks]

thebraketester said:

They have done. This is purely a thread of curiosity.

Dark, unlit road with no white markings to suggest a speed bump. Very easy to make them “invisible”.

A torch might be a good investment if you're a bit unsteady on your feet and want to go wandering down dark unlit roads.

Expecting all "hazards" to have white markings is likely to result in no end of mishap!

[thebraketester]

dave123456 said:

thebraketester said:

Badda said:

thebraketester said:

Snow and Rocks said:

How exactly can a speed bump be disguised well enough to be invisible to a pedestrian?

Sounds like they need to pay attention to where they're going and take some responsibility for their own actions.

They have done. This is purely a thread of curiosity.

Dark, unlit road with no white markings to suggest a speed bump. Very easy to make them “invisible”.

Come on, if you walk on a dark, unlit road and trip over you really shouldn't be thinking about liability.
This sort of thinking gets my goat!

Your goat is easily got.

Not really. I’m sorry to say but if you think of what is wrong with our country a lot of it boils down to the lack of accountability and personal responsibility that you are inferring here.

Apologies for not agreeing with you, or maybe taking this thread in the way you intended, but your OP is unfortunately an example of a way of thinking that is causing a bigger and more widespread problem than compo for tripping over.

Thanks for your input.

[Arrivalist]

In the old days we called these events accidents and just leaned from them.

[thebraketester]

Arrivalist said:

In the old days we called these events accidents and just leaned from them.

They have.... but it piqued my curiosity, hence the wording in my OP