Tyre blew out on my car when away with work

Jackmydad

In November1972 (I remember because it was just before my birthday) the engine on my old Beeza combo, "blew up" on the way to work.
Does anyone think I have a claim against my employer at the time for a new BSA M21 engine?

Senseicads

Were you commuting to work? or where you driving on business for your employer? If the former, then no. If the latter then (statute of limitations aside) then I would have said yes.

photome

Deleted_User wrote: »

You won't be able to claim off your employer for a new tyre but what you can do is stop doing shizzle for your employer using your car. Unless your employment specifically requires you to use your own car.

I used to run around doing shizzle for my employer at 30p a mile. I stopped when it was starting to knack my car up taking heavy stock to other locations etc.

I had to google shizzle.

had never heard it

[Deleted User]

photome wrote: »

I had to google shizzle.

had never heard it

If they wanted me to go 200 miles to a conference they can bloody well pay for a train ticket!

Richard53

Senseicads wrote: »

If it was a company vehicle, or a hire vehicle that had been provided to the employee do you think they should be responsible for that tyre then blow out then??

If it was a company (or hired by the company) car, then the employer obviously would cover it. But, as has been pointed out above several times, the mileage allowance the employee is paid for using their own car is usually well over the actual fuel cost to account for the additional wear and tear. I would have said that a tyre failure is part of the general running cost of a car and therefore covered by the mileage payment.

Muscle750

Do you want them to pay to replace the other three tyres as well while theyre considering it? Plus of course you have done no wrong in driving a car on the public highway in a unsafe condtion..................NOT !
End of the day you gonna make yourself look rather silly i think if you try to claim.

molerat

45p per mile allowance, 15p per mile fuel cost, 400 x 45p = £180, 400 x 15p = £60, £180 - £60 = £120 for car wear and tear on that one return journey. Tyre paid for !

Car_54

The correct advice was given several days ago in the very first response, albeit with a bit of finger trouble:

"No. It'll make you look lie and idiot if you try to claim for the cost of the tyre."

Any claim will expose potentially career-limiting levels of stupidity and/or criminality.

Warwick_Hunt

Car_54 wrote: »

The correct advice was given several days ago in the very first response, albeit with a bit of finger trouble:

"No. It'll make you look lie and idiot if you try to claim for the cost of the tyre."

Any claim will expose potentially career-limiting levels of stupidity and/or criminality.

I can't see it being criminal.

arcon5

Senseicads wrote: »

I think I am on the side of the OP here unlike everyone else on here it seems.


I think that there is a reasonable expectation here that as long as the tyres were maintained that you don't really expect a tyre to blow out. If the OP hadn't maintained the tyres then all bets are off like. As it happened "on duty" as it where, then I would expect my company to pick up the bill for the tyre. The only sticky wicket I could see is if they have a specific exlusion in their expense policy, my company doesn't, but if they did then I don't actually think I would drive my car in the first place. If it was a company vehicle, or a hire vehicle that had been provided to the employee do you think they should be responsible for that tyre then blow out then??

If it was a company car then the car wouldn't also be used every day for personal and commuting use. Also an employer wouldn't pay a fuel allowance as they'd pay for fuel at cost instead.

Ops car is used for personal and business. So if ops tyres already done say 20k miles then had a blow out on works time why would work replace the tyre they've contributed a disproportionate amount of wear too in the first place?

And even if they was maintained, the issue wasn't caused by the employer then was it. But by foreign objects in the carriageway or manufacturing defect.