Road laws; i find this disgusting....

Chiz

Chiz

Chiz

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My girlfriend was in a bad crash a couple months back. She was on the dual-carriage way when someone was speeding behind her, clipped the back of her car and caused her to roll (and write off) her car. She was ok thankfully.

Anyways has now received a bill of £1500 for causing damage to a barrier and also for the closure of the road. She's contacted her solicitor to figure out whether or not she'll have to pay this.

I find this disgusting. If things went worse than what the were and she ended up badly hurt, not only would you live with your new injuries, you'd also be presented with a bill?

Disgusting!!

(I was not aware that this was the case at all!!)
 
Have you filed an insurance claim with the car that hit you? I would presume that if the other party was seen at fault, there insurance company would be footing the bill.

You might want to have this moved to Motors.
 
Yes it is usually the case, my friend rolled into a lamp post and had to pay for that!

However as it was someone elses fault that she had the accident in the first place, I think they should be the ones footing the bill.
 
Vix said:
Yes it is usually the case, my friend rolled into a lamp post and had to pay for that!

However as it was someone elses fault that she had the accident in the first place, I think they should be the ones footing the bill.
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And if not her own third party insurance should cover it, no?
 
Some moron driving a Tanker hit my car from behind, squashing it by about 2 ft. Lucky it was a larger car. My wife was preggas at the time and was rushed to hospital with bleeding. I was really shocked when I recieved a bill from the Ambulance service. Insurance did pay for it all though and it was the other party's fault.

My daughter is fine btw and now 18!
 
Hooray for red tape!

On paper she damaged the barrier and has to pay for it. I assume she has all the proof to show it wasnt her fault, it would go to court and I imagine she would win her case and not have to pay a penny.

What annoys me is that procedures and putting people in pigeon holes will now cost more than actually fixing the barrier, and the goverment or whoever will wonder why the department that takes care of all this paper shuffling are hemorrhaging money.

Yes, I agree that if she was injured badly a bill would be disgusting but thats the level of idiotic bureaucracy this country suffers with.
 
Well, he never had insurance to begin with so some 'government body' paid the bill.

She has claimed though and received monies for the totalled car and also for personal injuries. Then she's just received this bill from the council....
 
Her car damaged the barrier, therefore she receives the bill. Makes sense to me.

If the accident wasn't her fault then obviously she claims the money from elsewhere or from her insurance.
 
I got a bill for oil and fuel clean up etc when I binned my bike.

I sent the bill to the legal team that helped me claim against the 3rd party and as it was the 3rd parties fault, their insurance paid all related bills and supplied me with temporary transport.

Yeah, it sounds ridiculous, but it was someones actions that casued damage to council property. They have the right to claim as well as you do for damage to your property caused by a 3rd party.
 
She damaged the barrier as her car hit it - therefore, she has to pay. It's that simple.

BUT..

Her insurer will then reclaim the cost of meeting this claim from the driver of the car which was at fault. Thats how it works.
 
shauncr91 said:
'doh, missed that :(
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There there.
 
When I lived in Canada I was T-Boned by a lady trying to commit suicide. I ended up hitting a large concrete t\light pole at speed and destroying it.

I got charged with that. I find it amazing they don't use common sense in these situations and bill the person deemed at fault from day 1.
 
It would be a nightmare to administer - who determines who is at fault? What if there is a dispute over liability? I had a minor accident in July 2006 in which liability was disputed, and that was settled last week (in my favour), more than 2 years later.

The current system makes absolute sense - send the bill to the person who did the damage, and let them forward it to their insurer or claims management company for reclaiming from the reponsible party if necessary.
 
[TW]Fox;12653608 said:
She damaged the barrier as her car hit it - therefore, she has to pay. It's that simple.
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If I smashed your head through someone's window would you expect to have to pay for the damages? ;)
 
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