Very overfilled car park damage - Are they liable?

TheOneWhoKnocks

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Hi all,

My company moved to a new office a few months ago and the car park has about 40 spaces and probably double the amount of cars owned by employees as you can see in the picture, this isn't the worst it's been at all.

The two rows at the right what and the row at the front our what we own, although when we moved we was promised 3 rows, but we found out after we moved we had 2. We've all complained daily and nothing has happened and our facilities manager doesn't seem to get the importance. The neighbouring company has 4 rows out of 6 and literally uses 2 full rows and no more. So there is spaces available to buy/rent or do something about but they haven't done anything to resolve it.

So today someone needed to get out and about 5 cars had to move to get out, this was about my 3rd time I needed to move my car today (it is often 6+ times a day!). I reversed out and basically cut the crap reversed into another car as it was hard to see as there was a sandwich van which conviently blocked my view of the car.

There is a decent amount of damage and for both cars it will be something like £800-£1000 to repair. I am incredibly angry that because I have to move my car, for someone else to get out because insufficient car parking spaces and that I have to spend £1000.

All my colleagues agree it was always going to happen at some point and it's amazing it's not happened before (well small damage has before but just the normal scratch etc) and I shouldn't have to move my car 5 times a day so someone can go out.

Do you think my company should pay/help pay for the damage?

I look forward to your responses!

Thanks

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Strider590

TheOneWhoKnocks wrote: »

So my question is my company liable for the damaged caused?

Depends on how quickly you want to be pushed out of the door.


To be honest it was like this at my last place of employment, the problem really was the people who lived under 2 miles away, all driving their cars to work (and not car sharing where possible). Could have cut the number of cars by at least 8 if not for them feeling the need to maintain their middle class appearances.

Torry_Quine

No your company isn't liable. You chose to move the car

Silver-Surfer_2

Torry_Quine wrote: »

No your company isn't liable. You chose to move the car

Some it up, op was careless and is therefore liable.

arcon5

So basically you repeatedly block vehicles in so have to move it time and time again and this time got complacent and damaged another car.

Get your insurer involved, let them pay.

Although to cause nearly £2k of damage you can't have been reversing with much care in the first place

angrycrow

Used to have a similar situation at my old building. The sensible people made the effort to arrive early to get a parking space. Then other people would arrive late and block us in. They were often stuck on phone calls so not available to move their cars when people needed to leave urgently. Used to drive me mad.

Why would you hold your employer liable for your accident. You parked in a position that is not a parking space blocking in other vehicles. Whilst then moving your car to let one of these vehicles out you failed to make adequate observations and collided with anouther vehicle. Why would this be your employers fault. This is one of those situations where you need to accept responibility for your own actions and stop trying to deflect blame elsewhere.

photome

Use public transport or park somewhere else

TheOneWhoKnocks

I totally understand that it is my fault for actually reversing into the car, I get that and don't blame anyone else for it.

The car park quickly gets filled up but I often get a space, yesterday I didn't happen to get one.

As a young driver I cannot even think of how much my insurance would cost if I claimed, so that is a no go.

But my point was that we shouldn't have to keep moving out cars, I live 20 miles away down the motorway and there is literally no public transport to the business park at all. They promised us adequate parking and it isn't, this has now caused an accident.

I am the one who drove into the car I accept that it is my fault, but I shouldn't have had to have moved it in the first place.

Any help will be very appreciated, and thank you for the people who have already answered.

peachyprice

TheOneWhoKnocks

Torry_Quine wrote: »

No your company isn't liable. You chose to move the car

So I should block in a girl who's dad was ill and taken into hospital?

peachyprice

How on earth do you cause £2k of damage manoeuvring in such a confined space. Did Mr Angry come to town?