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Motorway maintenance vehicle debris caused cracked windscreen

tir21
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I was following a motorway maintenance vehicle and some gravel/grit came off the back and hit my windscreen

Are these vehicles under one company I could claim off. I didn't get the registration

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  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    You got no hope
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    tir21 wrote: »
    I was following a motorway maintenance vehicle and some gravel/grit came off the back and hit my windscreen

    Are these vehicles under one company I could claim off. I didn't get the registration
    That happened to me a few years back. Just put it down to one of those things and possibly if I was further away from the lorry it wouldn't have happened. Could quite have easily been a car throwing up a stone.
  • straighttalker
    straighttalker Posts: 773 Forumite
    How are you meant to identify the vehicle if you didn't get the reg?
  • tir21
    tir21 Posts: 1,071 Forumite
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    straighttalker wrote: »
    How are you meant to identify the vehicle if you didn't get the reg?

    It was a motorway maintenance vehicle
  • DUTR
    DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite
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    tir21 wrote: »
    It was a motorway maintenance vehicle

    See post #2.
  • unforeseen
    unforeseen Posts: 7,464 Forumite
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    You would be surprised at the number of vehicles that carry 'Motorway Maintenance' stickers that haven't been within 10 miles of a motorway or the companies have never had any connection with motorway maintenance tasks.

    Case in point. Local housing estate being built has numerous vehicles, including diggers, with that sticker on them
  • societys_child
    societys_child Posts: 7,110 Forumite
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    Most wind screen breakages on motorways are caused by something thrown up by other vehicles. I've never heard of anyone being able to claim from them, and you don't even know who this was.
  • AdrianC
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    tir21 wrote: »
    I was following a motorway maintenance vehicle and some gravel/grit came off the back and hit my windscreen

    Are these vehicles under one company I could claim off. I didn't get the registration
    Yes, there is a company you can claim off.

    Your insurance.
  • Marvel1
    Marvel1 Posts: 7,508 Forumite
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    If I saw one of them, I would keep my distance or quickly overtake (when it's safe).
  • mattyprice4004
    mattyprice4004 Posts: 7,492 Forumite
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    tir21 wrote: »
    It was a motorway maintenance vehicle

    Ah yes, that clears it up. There's only one of those in the entire UK.
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