Accident caused by traffic cone?

harveybobbles

When behind a 4x4, van or lorry I generally leave a bigger gap than I normally do so that I can see what's going on infront of them.

If you were following at a safe distance you would have been able to see the cone and react in time.

harveybobbles

ben1191 wrote: »

i dont understand why you all have to get offensive and jumped up either on a forum where ive just asked for some advice,i know the person who rear ends is always at fault.

We're not on the offensive. We're just giving you our view of what happened.. If anything, if's you who is getting on the offence as you don't like what you are being told (accident is your fault)

ben1191

I know its my fault... i was following about 30ft behind?when somebody slams on their breaks and my car isnt braking effectively,that safe distance becomes a bit pointless,the distance i was driving was what i beleived to be safe,i could see infront of him,as i came around the bend the other side was lined with those tarmac lorries and you couldnt see a thing,thats when i began to slow down to increase the gap and he then slammed the brakes on and ive told you the rest.

"No doubt the OP wont bother to come back." thats not on the offensive,where is the need for that?

Also if the vans on lease Hire then they dont repair the parts,they pay for it when they return it,in this vans case it looked like it had rolled down a mountain anyway.

A rear door is £70 for one of those.i should know i have the same van...

ben1191

google.co.uk/maps/place/301+Seven+Mile+Ln/@51.2607553,0.3646352,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47df49f8f7d8b115:0x8919716390e9a[/url] thats the spot it was on,i had similar distance gaps to those cars that are there.as you can see as you come around the corner,the lorries on the otherside would have taken all my vision up. (i was heading downhill)

ben1191

also,i spoke to a body shop man who i collected a bonnet and headlights off today,showed him the picture of the van and he said "id just pop that out and you wouldnt know"....

Iceweasel

Everything is just peachy dandy then.

Iceweasel

Yes - I'm very sorry I failed to answer your question from post #1

where do i stand on the matter of the road cone?

You could offer to repair or replace it - I don't expect they cost too much.

Anything else?

specialboy

Have you been in touch with the highways agency with regards compensating them for damaging their traffic cone?

societys_child

ben1191 wrote: »

only posted on advice about the traffic cone,not for you all to tell me what i already know.sarcastic bunch of retards the lot of you.

god forbid i be human and make a mistake.atleast ill learn from it unlike you morons who post 15,000 times on a forum.Nice life.

Nice to met you too . . .

What I don't understand, is why you believe road traffic cones should be positioned on the footpath???

photome

societys_child wrote: »

Nice to met you too . . .

What I don't understand, is why you believe road traffic cones should be positioned on the footpath???

I thought that was odd to, dont think I have ever seen traffic cones on a pavement, wouldnt they then be pedestrian cones?

I was going to reply sympatheticaly but the OP lost me calling me a retard and a moron