Car damaged by snowplough
Discussion
A couple of weekends ago my Mountaineering Club was staying in a hut near Feshiebridge.
It was the weekend just after the heavy snow and when we arrived on the Friday night we had to search for a parking space off road, we found one which had been ploughed as part of a driveway/forest drive, and with the person whose driveway it shared's permission we got parked OK.
On the Saturday we took the car out and when we returned parked in the same place.
When we returned to the car about 4 hours later, snow had been bulldozed up against the car, to the extent that the car doors wouldn't open.
There was a tractor going round with a snowplough front and a dozer blade rear, we think it was likely him who was near the car.
It turns out that there is a dent on the sill which will cost my friend £140 to get repaired - 4 month old car.
Is this snow clearing likely to have been arranged by the council, when I think back there is no way the plough needed to go so close to the car, its just bad driving, even if its to report it to get him to take more care in future it would be worth doing.
It was the weekend just after the heavy snow and when we arrived on the Friday night we had to search for a parking space off road, we found one which had been ploughed as part of a driveway/forest drive, and with the person whose driveway it shared's permission we got parked OK.
On the Saturday we took the car out and when we returned parked in the same place.
When we returned to the car about 4 hours later, snow had been bulldozed up against the car, to the extent that the car doors wouldn't open.
There was a tractor going round with a snowplough front and a dozer blade rear, we think it was likely him who was near the car.
It turns out that there is a dent on the sill which will cost my friend £140 to get repaired - 4 month old car.
Is this snow clearing likely to have been arranged by the council, when I think back there is no way the plough needed to go so close to the car, its just bad driving, even if its to report it to get him to take more care in future it would be worth doing.
You will probably find that the forest track you were parked on was actualy an access road to a farm or steadings and the farmer was not very pleased you had parked there, especialy as he was in the process of trying to clear the snow.
Ploughing round parked cars is not the easiset thing to do so your friend is lucky that the damage is not more severe. I think you would have a grievance if the car had been parked on a public road or layby but not if it was on someone elses land and possibly causing an obstruction.
Ploughing round parked cars is not the easiset thing to do so your friend is lucky that the damage is not more severe. I think you would have a grievance if the car had been parked on a public road or layby but not if it was on someone elses land and possibly causing an obstruction.
Just for clarity, the car was not causing an obstruction, it had been parked where it was at the suggestion of the householder, whose driveway came off of the off road parking.
To help form a picture, this was an area of hardstanding about 30m wide x 20m deep, with a driveway leading off it.
The car was parked just off the main road at one corner, so not obstructing anyone and also no need to go so close to it.
Unfortunately my friend was unaware of the dent until she found it in daylight once home.
To help form a picture, this was an area of hardstanding about 30m wide x 20m deep, with a driveway leading off it.
The car was parked just off the main road at one corner, so not obstructing anyone and also no need to go so close to it.
Unfortunately my friend was unaware of the dent until she found it in daylight once home.
munroman said:
Unfortunately my friend was unaware of the dent until she found it in daylight once home.
Sadly, that is always the case. I would have said it was unlikely that snow would have dented a sill without denting everything else, and if a plough had hit it, you would have known about it.It's the same when people put a car into a garage. It is generally the only time they bother to check for damage, discover there is a dent from months ago, and blame the garage.
Either which way, I can guess the council's response when the call comes in saying "you dented my car, but I didn't report it at the time"......
Edited by northo on Wednesday 17th March 22:11
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