can i get money off the council?

[Nanna10r]

BE fugged thats' my Bestest Fugging hard hat What have you done to it Chill ?. It didnt look like that when i gently placed it on the Hard Hat Hook I installed on the back of my Truck.
I'm spewing someone owes me a New Hat .... I'll put you in touch with the "Hat Hook" manufacturer mate & you can sort out who's going to buy me a newie.
Cheers Brett

[chill]

i got a hole in my radiator once because some council roadworkers shoveled hotmix and stones into the middle of a main road when the lights went red. this was in the middle of traffic and there was no signage or any kind of real warning that i was about to drive over roadworks. all that crap flung up into my radiator and next thing i know there is a cloud of steam coming out from under my dash

anyway, i'd say that's a case of it really being the council's fault. i got another radiator for $50, so that plus the pain in the ass trip home, the trip to pick up the radiator, installing it, getting new coolant, and cleaning the shit off my bike wasn't so bad. in the end i cbf going to all the effort to get compensated by the council.

as for the hard hat, well u rode into it when it was easily avoidable... sure u want money, but it will have to come out of your own pocket in this case. the damage was really minor anyway, just live with it

fuck you mikk! hahaha

[YAPPA]

The Risk Assessment Officer from the Council (which is generaly a fairly high position) will take the RISK that you make the ASSESSMENT that you won't follow through with the claim cos it's a pain in the ASS...

But having said that... they will normally pay if you have a decent case. Just havta wait till ya grandchildren are due for their pensions to recoup the money...

Sorry to hear about the bike and good to hear you are ok, but fuck me, how the hell did ya not see a fuckin hard hat?

Cheers

Tape, we have an insurer & legal firm,you make a claim about x happened at x location, they send the location & details of the alleged incident to us, we go out & take photo's & give them info about what the road condition is like, if it's due for resurfacing, if there was any works in progress at the time etc. So we basically do the leg work for them & in return we get a cheaper premium. we then send it back with our OPINION only. It's then up to them based on the info given to decide if they will pay, NOT US!!! like you said, if we are at fault, they don't have a problem paying & it is usually pretty quick. I feel for chill cause hey I've been there & no one likes having a fucked bike........trust me I'm still going through the processes of a 15 fuken month crash repair that still ain't finished, but the reason i have insurance is in case I fuk up. In my crash I was to busy waving thanks & looking in my mirror to sum1 for lettin me pass, that when i got to the corner I went wide while using a bit of trailing brake & the rear touched the white line slipped then grip & started to highside me. Istood it up so i didn't get thrown, washed off as much speed as i could & said "geez that grassy spoon drain looks pretty good" Am I trying to sue the council cause thier white lines are slippery....NO. the chain of events started cause I was to busy waving & looking in my mirror to make sure the other rider had seen my jesture. Yes I crashed cause my tyre slipped on the line but all in all it was my fault & that is why I claimed on MY insurance, hopefully chill will get where I'm coming from[/b]

[YAPPA]

BE fugged thats' my Bestest Fugging hard hat What have you done to it Chill ?. It didnt look like that when i gently placed it on the Hard Hat Hook I installed on the back of my Truck.
I'm spewing someone owes me a New Hat .... I'll put you in touch with the "Hat Hook" manufacturer mate & you can sort out who's going to buy me a newie.
Cheers Brett

Brett you dickhead, i told you to get the deluxe hook with the velcro safety strap

[Gosling1]

its pretty cut 'n' dried really ........ You have to prove negligience on the part if the council / motorway owner. They have more money than you for lawyers, who will argue that you are at fault...........its all a load of shit, if your brother or your Dad are solicitors, then take the case up.

If they are not, its a total WOFTAM. Mainly yours.

Good luck.

[targanon]

Well Councils do pay if you can give them no way out.. I beat em on a traffic counter issue new rear tyre and a Nail.. they paid I got new rear tyre.

[Cougar :)]

1. If it's a council hard hat, you may get something,

2. If its someone elses hard hat or other debris, your're screwed.

1. Its still going to be hard to sue but if you have the hat plus pictures you've won.

[Neka79]

Maybe ask the council to pay for an eye examination?
I believe the airport turnoff sign is quite visible, unless ur going a squillion miles per hour, and to not see a hard hat would be quite hard aswell?

But yeah, just take it as a learning experience.

i liked this answer best...
sorry cobber...as stated by a few others, i think u were in the wrong....its another case of common sense gone nuts really...u ran into something..ur a fault..whether its a fixed object, a roo, or something else..its up to us as riders to not run into shit...

[chill]

thanks for all the replys guys.
well from what most of u's said my chacnes are slim in gettin some cash from the council.. so i guess i'll haev to live with my scratch marks
for those of you who think i am stupid and blind for not seeing this hard hat. i guess if it ever happens to you .. u'll know how i feel

[Neka79]

thanks for all the replys guys.
well from what most of u's said my chacnes are slim in gettin some cash from the council.. so i guess i'll haev to live with my scratch marks
for those of you who think i am stupid and blind for not seeing this hard hat. i guess if it ever happens to you .. u'll know how i feel

mate..didnt say ur stupid..just that maybe u werent observant enuf, or concerntrating...i bet ur pissed, ive binned bikes too for one reason or another...the amount of ppl i kno who have binned em on manhole covers,oil/diesel patches on the road, gravel etc...unfortunately as much as it sucks, theres not much we can do abt it..no1 wants to take responsibility for nething ne more...
good luck with it tho, hope it doesnt turn u off bikes...

[YAPPA]

M8, all I can say is sometimes ya just gotta say shit happens & drown ya sorrows in a bottle of scotch or three 1 more tip from me.....DON'T take ya bike to midtowns for a crash repair.....not unless ya want to be fucked around for at least the next 12 months

[mike-s]

they don't call 'em mid-clowns for nuthin.