concrete on road, car written off

hewhoisnotintheknow

hang on, was this a lump of concrete dropped in the road, or was it park of the road

withabix

What the OP has described is an 'elephant dropping', from a truck mixer.

They do this when they are full and driving too fast round corners, or setting off from traffic lights and junctions. It comes out of the back of the drum.

Bl**dy nuisance and the drivers should be banned from the road if caught doing this, because you will never, ever see one stop to clear it up.

Batching plants should also be prosecuted for this. THe Environmental Protection Act would cover this, as it is technicaly fly tipping of waste.

Was this NEAR a batching plant? You could try pursuing the company if it is obviously from their plant.

I would say that the highway authority also has a liability, due to their obligation to maintain the road.

panda976

i have taken photos and informed the council about the obstruction on the road, 2 days later when i returned to view the area in daylight,the road had been blocked with cones and signs saying road closed.

"elephant dropping" seems to be the perfect description for it, not sure what a batching plant is, but there are new houses being built in the next street.

withabix

Sorry, a batching plant is where they make concrete.

They often look a bit like....

panda976

went around to the area today where the concrete is, road still blocked off, there r new houses being built and there is something similar to the photograph thats been posted, only a smaller version.(batching plant).
insurance being very unhelpful, have offered me £2700 for the car which i bought for £5200 in nov 07

withabix

panda976 wrote: »

there is something similar to the photograph thats been posted, only a smaller version.(batching plant).

If it's on the housing development, it will just be a dry mortar silo (to batch mortar on site for bricklaying).

On-site batching plants are only put up on massive construction projects (or very remote ones).

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

panda976 wrote: »

went around to the area today where the concrete is, road still blocked off, there r new houses being built and there is something similar to the photograph thats been posted, only a smaller version.(batching plant).
insurance being very unhelpful, have offered me £2700 for the car which i bought for £5200 in nov 07

Never accept the first offer.

Premier_2

panda976 wrote:

... the claim being that i was at fault.
i am not happy about this ...

Who's fault do you think it was then that drove your car into the concrete?

panda976 wrote:

...insurance being very unhelpful, have offered me £2700 for the car which i bought for £5200 in nov 07...

Insurance will pay the current market value of the vehicle (based on it not having sustained the damage caused by the accident)

It's irrelevant what you originally paid, and used car prices have dropped significantly recently.

Have a look what a similar model astra on a 54 plate would cost - but don't be misled by extortionate forecourt prices at a main dealer; you can probably knock £1k+ off them - look in a price guide for typical average prices.

Brooker_Dave

panda976 wrote: »

went around to the area today where the concrete is, road still blocked off, there r new houses being built and there is something similar to the photograph thats been posted, only a smaller version.(batching plant).
insurance being very unhelpful, have offered me £2700 for the car which i bought for £5200 in nov 07

£5200 was top top money for an 04 Astra.

markelock

this is a hell of a lot of damage for 10mph? and expensive to fix to?

why not see how much they want for the car, take the £2700 and get it repaired, is that feasible?