Kerbstone Claim

LABMAN

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https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/50%C2%B054%2758.0%22N+1%C2%B012%2730.2%22W/@50.9135499,-1.2147312,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

That area does not look difficult for reversing to be honest.

unholyangel

OP is that the obstruction you refer to? Or another one?

boliston

unholyangel wrote: »

OP is that the obstruction you refer to? Or another one?

I was wondering if the damage was done by driving over the drain but surely that would be plainly obvious so could be easily avoided?

It's also right next to two good passing spots.

unholyangel

boliston wrote: »

I was wondering if the damage was done by driving over the drain but surely that would be plainly obvious so could be easily avoided?

It's also right next to two good passing spots.

I thought the same, but its the only obstruction I can see that matches up with the details given by OP for at least a good few hundred metres up the road. But there doesn't seem to be any that match OP's description of just pass the home and 25m from a place they would have to reverse to in order to pass without going on the verge.


I was assuming it was the sharp edges + pressure caused by the weight of the car that caused the tyre to burst given OP was going 5mph, it must have been something pretty significant.

kurbstone

no this is not the spot i think it is in the other direction much further down on the left hand side just past the entrance to the care home when you look at the road you can see the tarmac is worn away and that is the part i was driving on when i passed the oncoming vehicle i was clearly not going off road or indeed on to the verge... how do you put an image onto this thread? i will show exactly the spot

I am not allowed to put links or images as a new user to stop clogging up posts?

kurbstone

The image and kerbstone you are pointing out would make sense of all the replies as that image and kerbstone is clearly visible and within the verge

and i would have definately not hit this one and would have reversed up as the road was safer to do so at this point.
the one i am talking about if you can locate it ? as i am unable insert images or links- is on the worn away tarmac road, and reversing back towards two entrances would have been unsafe there is is an entrance to the care home and an entrance to a farm field almost opposite each other if this helps pinpoint the location?

just down from these two entrances are two gulley funnel type drains if you go along the this road using google earth it tends to blur i had a better view if you type st annes lane shedfield into instantstreetview.co.uk the kerbstones can be seen better this was taken back in 2011

unholyangel

kurbstone wrote: »

no this is not the spot i think it is in the other direction much further down on the left hand side just past the entrance to the care home when you look at the road you can see the tarmac is worn away and that is the part i was driving on when i passed the oncoming vehicle i was clearly not going off road or indeed on to the verge... how do you put an image onto this thread? i will show exactly the spot

I am not allowed to put links or images as a new user to stop clogging up posts?

Try breaking up the link with spaces.

Or failing that....perhaps one of us can find the spot and post it.

By just past the entrance of the care home, do you mean driving from st annes lane to the A334 passing the sheffield lodge residential care home on your right?

kurbstone

yes the care home entrance is on the right hand side and a farm entrance to the left and in that direction to wards shedfield equestrian

wealdroam

This looks like it might be the place: www.instantstreetview.com/@50.916448,-1.207827,220.8h,0p,1z:



Let's now take a few paces back:



This second picture shows the gully (ringed), the entrance to the care home on the right and the farm gates on the left.
Both views are looking towards the A334.

If this is the site of the incident, then I cannot understand why the OP didn't pull in to that farm gateway to allow the vehicles to pass.
The road is quite straight at that point so the OP should've seen the approaching vehicle and allowed a sensible passing manoeuvre by pulling in to the gateway opposite the care home entrance.

kurbstone

Yes this is great, you have identified the the first kerbstone funnel gulley but i hit the second one further down on the left hand side you need to travel further down 20 to 40 yards maybe?

i didnt get a long measuring tape out to measure exactly how much further it is.... viewing in instanstreetview you can see it , and by the time you drive down to this exact spot you happen to engage an oncoming vehicle that would have arrived from the upcoming bend just beyond the point of passing one another.

two cars can pass one another at this point without hitting the kerbstone on that particular day back in march 2015 after some horrendous weather, the right hand side was rather muddy and the worn away tarmac road was filled with slushy mud and we had to then squeeze pass one another,

on a fine dry day two cars could pass one another without having to back up or hitting the kerbstone.. it is debateable about backing up at this exact spot as the entrance to the road is a little further down on the A334 there is a bend and backing up to the first kerbstones where traffic emerges from from the care home is also iffy?? if you drive down this lane the last thing you want to do is reverse... i have done so many times throughout my driving life but would not want too at this spot.. if i had done i would have avoided the damage to my wheel and tyre as you all have pointed out... in an ideal world of course.

as we slowed down to pass one another that is when i hit the corner of the kerbstone edge just on the edge of my wheel and you can see that the kerbstones are not so visible as the others shown?

I appreciate all the comments and feedback and still feel that i was not at fault for the damage to my tyre and wheel and that the kerbstones should have been repaired long before i hit them these pictures in Instantstreet view are from 2011 which means to me that they were never repaired in the last 4 years even though the highways agency say they were repaired back in 2014

if you look on google earth at this location you can see the kerbstones from 2013

i am also not a mathmatician and cannot work out the probability of how many times two cars would pass each other at the same time at this exact same spot ... the kerb stones have now been repaired and made in thier own words as reported in the inspection reports "made safe"
the inspection reports are freely available under the f.i.a and were scheduled for repairs back in 2014 and labelled as misaligned kerbstones i do not know what else i can do to prove they are liable or have been negligent.

if any one ever hits a pot hole and you damage your car or have an injury you have to do the same claims proceedure but make sure you have a witness a tape measure and a camera

my point is that they can always use the same answers they were not made aware of the issue before hand and they have a regular inspection routine therefore are not liable
again my witness was the RAC man and he agreed with me that the kerbstone should have been repaired and is a hazardous obstacle...

i feel i have proven that they said it was previously repaired and indeed it was not? i do hope i have given enough explanations now as to why i had this unfortunate accident ,

most importantly thank god the kerbstones are now made safe and hopefully anyone else that finds themselves in this exact same scenario on St Annes lane will avoid any such accident. then i would have at least done something to help my fellow drivers.