can i get money off the council?

[chill]

ok here's the go...

i missed the airport turn off comming from the north. pulled ova just b4 the exit.. then i hit a fuken hard HAT on the side of the road.
this casued my bike to skid... and then drop!

who's liable for this incident??
can i get money off the council for this???

any1 got advice would be much appreciated!

thanks

[Barrabob]

Cant offer you advice on this chill but it sucks when you drop a new bike, got any pictures of the bike and the witches hats.

People have been known to sue councils and win but i am no leagle eagle.

[greeny]

You ran into a hard hat
and this is the councils fault how?

Bummer to hear about the bike though

[Nanna10r]

If your prepared to pay a busload of coin for a top Solicitor & get jerked about endlessly you may scare the repair bill outa them.
Take it on the chin mate it sucks to Drop em, but it happens.
Brett

[ZX10R King]

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.

[MrStompy]

sorry to hear you dropped your bike.

I can understand how p!ssed off you must be.

I rode over some small piece of metal sh!t on the road recently (too small to see in time) and it punctured my rear tyre cost me $300 for a new one and got me pretty damn mad.

I wanted to sue as well but like Ponti said it will probably cost you more for the legal help than for the repairs.

Maybe repair the bike and send the receipts to the council requesting they pay up.

You never know they might be stupid enough to pay it

good luck with it anyway.

[balanse]

ZX9R King wrote

just take it as a learning experience

I agree - looks a bit like the "not my fault - someones gotta pay me" syndrome at work.

All part of the slow march toward Austmerica. Sometimes, when things go wrong, it's because we f*cked up..

Sorry

[Lainie]

I really don't think the council will pay out anything after all the hats are their nice and bright for that reason for people to see and aviod something. I hope for you they do but in the end trying to get something outta them will end up costing you more I feel.

[aardvark]

You need to prove that the council knew that hard hat was there, and that they were somehow negligent in their failure to remove it. And that just aint gonna happen.

[mick_dundee]

I agree - looks a bit like the "not my fault - someones gotta pay me" syndrome at work.

All part of the slow march toward Austmerica. Sometimes, when things go wrong, it's because we f*cked up..

Sorry

Yup, had a low side myself about 3 months or so ago I guess, wet night, metal drain centre of the intersection, didn't see it but wore it as I consider it my own stupidity, although if I go by Jason's post the council will obviously know that drain lid is there and wet metal is really lousy for traction....

Tohught about it, too hard basket I reckon and damage is visible, superfcial but not like she's unrideable.

[mrmina]

mate i've tried to get money off the coucil before.

i got the application form 6 weeks after i wrote the letter and the investigation went on for 13 months. Believe me i was on the phone almost every day.

they are very lazy people.

[bonester]

I got nearly $5000 out of the Brisbane council after riding my ZZR1100 through roadworks in Waterworks Road. They dug a trench diagonally across the road with a 20mm lip that was sharp. When I rode through it, it bent both my wheels and tore my rear tyre, deflating instantly. Wobbled down the road, but didn't drop it. When it got towed by a 'professional' motorcycle towing company, they dropped it off the back of the trailer.
Bought a disposable camera and took LOTS of photos of bike and trench. Anywho it took three months, and a good legal letter (my brother is a solicitor) and I got my money. Three months without my bike sucked- I only had one bike at the time. Luckily the driving school I worked for loaned me a GS500 occasionally during that period.
Take photos and see how you go. Good luck.

[Stereo]

Was the cone on the road itself? was it market beforehand? If not... I would probably give it a go...

Although you should really keep a closer eye out for fluorecent orange witches hats

[chill]

Was the cone on the road itself? was it market beforehand? If not... I would probably give it a go...

Although you should really keep a closer eye out for fluorecent orange witches hats

it wasn't a flourescent witches hat mate.

if u's all read carefully... it was a HARD HAT. the 1's that construction people use.
white hard hat... those turn offs are marked with a lotta white paintings and also white lil bump's with light reflectors.

[mike-s]

thats what i read it as, then i thought "wtf is a hard hat doing on the road? must be the name for something they have in qld"