Paying to replace a damaged bollard

Mickey666

The OP is clearly in the wrong.  THEY caused the damage and have no right to tell the owner how to get it repaired.  The owner has offered a settlement price, as is their right.  If the OP doesn't like it, hand the whole thing over to their insurance company to deal with.  But please, don't start playing hard-done-by because the person whose property has been damaged wants proper recompense. 

I suspect the OP wants to avoid an insurance claim possibly affecting his renewal premium.  That's fair enough, in which case, pay the lady's settlement offer and move on.  But decide quickly because if I was that lady and was being messed about by the OP then I'd be calling the OP's insurance company or, if he hasn't disclosed it yet, I would be calling the police to report a car accident by an uninsured driver.

The OP screwed up - at least do the right thing!

onlyfoolsandparking

The_Rainmaker said:

onlyfoolsandparking said:

With the attitude she's got I wouldn't be paying anything.

What attitude?  Some plank knocks the bollard over and then says 3 bolts and we're done.  I don't think so.

If i was her I would have asked for car insurance details by now.

Pay the money.  

How are they a plank when they did the decent thing and knocked on the door, you sound like her!!

The_Rainmaker

onlyfoolsandparking said:

The_Rainmaker said:

onlyfoolsandparking said:

With the attitude she's got I wouldn't be paying anything.

What attitude?  Some plank knocks the bollard over and then says 3 bolts and we're done.  I don't think so.

If i was her I would have asked for car insurance details by now.

Pay the money.  

How are they a plank when they did the decent thing and knocked on the door, you sound like her!!

Hitting a stationary object. 

And you make it sound like personal responsibility is optional......hmmm.

onlyfoolsandparking

I'm guessing your the type who has never made a mistake, personal responsibility?? don't make me laugh!, the OP DID take responsibility by knocking on her door, another person  may have just drove off so i guess I'm right then, personal responsibility IS optional    

burner03

You did the wrong thing by freeing up OP. Should have just driven away laughing maniacally.

The_Rainmaker

onlyfoolsandparking said:

I'm guessing your the type who has never made a mistake

You guess wrong.

AdrianC

onlyfoolsandparking said:

I'm guessing your the type who has never made a mistake, personal responsibility?? don't make me laugh!, the OP DID take responsibility by knocking on her door, another person  may have just drove off so i guess I'm right then, personal responsibility IS optional    

Now the OP needs to take that personal responsibility all the way through, by not weaselling about paying for the damage they caused through their careless incompetence.

The owner of the damaged property is being kind enough to offer them an alternative to an insurance claim.
Pay or claim. They are the choices.

Hermione_Granger

onlyfoolsandparking said:

How are they a plank when they did the decent thing and knocked on the door, you sound like her!!

You refer to what they did as the "decent thing".
Most people would simply call it what it was which was complying with their legal obligations.

Car_54

Hermione_Granger said:

onlyfoolsandparking said:

How are they a plank when they did the decent thing and knocked on the door, you sound like her!!

You refer to what they did as the "decent thing".
Most people would simply call it what it was which was complying with their legal obligations.

Did he have a legal obligation? The bollard was privately owned, which implies that the impact was not on a a road or public place and so the Road Traffic Act did not apply.

Hermione_Granger

Car_54 said:

Hermione_Granger said:

onlyfoolsandparking said:

How are they a plank when they did the decent thing and knocked on the door, you sound like her!!

You refer to what they did as the "decent thing".
Most people would simply call it what it was which was complying with their legal obligations.

Did he have a legal obligation? The bollard was privately owned, which implies that the impact was not on a a road or public place and so the Road Traffic Act did not apply.

Just because bollards are privately owned doesn't mean that access to them can't be on a road or public place. Many houses and properties have privately owned gates and bollards at their entrances:

If I was to drive into those bollards, would it class as private land where insurance was not required?