Tar on Car: Council liable?

mikey72

I wouldn't have considered it as one either.
What's next, if you report a pothole to make a claim, you have to advise your insurer?

vaio

not 100% sure but insurers tend to have this sort of thing sewn up with the CUE database and questions about claims & incidents

Hit a kerb and claim off your insurance for a wheel and it goes on your record, hit a pothole and claim from the council insurer for a wheel and it goes on your record, generally I assume that any incident or claim that comes to the attention of an insurance company will end up on the database

cyclonebri1

I would have thought it rather minor and is it really worth the bother?, next time when they are out road marking they will probably paint the white/yellow lines without asking you to shift the car 1st, now that would be wierd nev.

vaio

Crabman

vaio wrote: »

not 100% sure but insurers tend to have this sort of thing sewn up with the CUE database and questions about claims & incidents

Hit a kerb and claim off your insurance for a wheel and it goes on your record, hit a pothole and claim from the council insurer for a wheel and it goes on your record, generally I assume that any incident or claim that comes to the attention of an insurance company will end up on the database

In that case, the local authority should make a payment that would cover the increased insurance premiums (as a direct result of the cause of action) for the following x years.

cyclonebri1

vaio wrote: »

Yep, that's it, something along those lines bum bum. Nevs car will be tarmac'ed all over next time:rotfl::rotfl:

epninety

Weird_Nev wrote: »

A car that's been showered with tar because of a poor road repair (wife saw them do the 'work') is not what I pay my rates for.

Maybe if the council didn't have to spend lots of time and money processing silly insurance claims, there'd be some money left to fix the road properly :mad:

harveybobbles

Petrol is best for getting tar off.

I think the Council will tell youi to claim off your own insurance - I tried this with white road paint a few years ago.

Now you have removed the tar from your car, there is no proof that the car in the picture is actually yours. Unless you included the reg number in the pic and perhaps a pic from far away showing your house and other surrounding areas.

They could aregue that you found a car in the same colour and just took a pic of it in the hope that you will ge ta cheque for a few quid.

I would have left the tar on and got them to inspect it first.

Even then you'd have to proove that the tar came from that very hole.

I'm guessing the reason for wanting to get the council to pay up is so that you can get the car resprayed in a propper colour...