Car Damage from Road Debris

BOWFER

born_again said:

BOWFER said:

Now this one today.
WHY DIDN'T YOU SEE THE STONE!!

Yes it's a statement of the obvious. But clearly the OP did not realise this as they started a thread on "any compensation avenues"
What happened to personal responsibility for making sure you are up to date with the highway code. Which as many users point out advises.

You should only drive at a speed at which you can stop in the distance you can see

Which has been there since I passed my test back in the 70's


Lets just be thankful it was not someone stood in the road...

What....?
You're seriously equating the inability to see a stone, with an inability to see a person?
Dear god.

ontheroad1970

BOWFER said:

born_again said:

BOWFER said:

Now this one today.
WHY DIDN'T YOU SEE THE STONE!!

Yes it's a statement of the obvious. But clearly the OP did not realise this as they started a thread on "any compensation avenues"
What happened to personal responsibility for making sure you are up to date with the highway code. Which as many users point out advises.

You should only drive at a speed at which you can stop in the distance you can see

Which has been there since I passed my test back in the 70's


Lets just be thankful it was not someone stood in the road...

What....?
You're seriously equating the inability to see a stone, with an inability to see a person?
Dear god.

To be fair, to cause the amount of damage described, the stone cannot have been small

BOWFER

ontheroad1970 said:

BOWFER said:

born_again said:

BOWFER said:

Now this one today.
WHY DIDN'T YOU SEE THE STONE!!

Yes it's a statement of the obvious. But clearly the OP did not realise this as they started a thread on "any compensation avenues"
What happened to personal responsibility for making sure you are up to date with the highway code. Which as many users point out advises.

You should only drive at a speed at which you can stop in the distance you can see

Which has been there since I passed my test back in the 70's


Lets just be thankful it was not someone stood in the road...

What....?
You're seriously equating the inability to see a stone, with an inability to see a person?
Dear god.

To be fair, to cause the amount of damage described, the stone cannot have been small

Unbelievable....

scrappy_returns

If it's was purely the drivers fault then why would it a be an offence to loose your not secured load (e.g. stone falling off truck) or to leave crud on the queens highway?

Sandtree

scrappy_returns said:

If it's was purely the drivers fault then why would it a be an offence to loose your not secured load (e.g. stone falling off truck) or to leave crud on the queens highway?

Because hitting a static object is one thing but a load of scaffolding flying off directly into the car behind is something else.

Secondly you are mixing up the civil law issue of liability and the tort of negligence with criminal law... the two are independent. Potentially blocking the highway with crud or making it unsafe to drive at the speed limit can be a criminal offence but doesn't make those that have an accident afterwards an innocent party.

The classic example is the drunk driver that falls asleep at traffic lights. The lights turn green and the car behind the drunk drives forward into the back of the stationary car. The drunk has committed a criminal offence but the driver behind is liable for the damage for hitting a stationary vehicle in the rear.

scrappy_returns

Sandtree said:

scrappy_returns said:

If it's was purely the drivers fault then why would it a be an offence to loose your not secured load (e.g. stone falling off truck) or to leave crud on the queens highway?

Because hitting a static object is one thing but a load of scaffolding flying off directly into the car behind is something else.

Secondly you are mixing up the civil law issue of liability and the tort of negligence with criminal law... the two are independent. Potentially blocking the highway with crud or making it unsafe to drive at the speed limit can be a criminal offence but doesn't make those that have an accident afterwards an innocent party.

The classic example is the drunk driver that falls asleep at traffic lights. The lights turn green and the car behind the drunk drives forward into the back of the stationary car. The drunk has committed a criminal offence but the driver behind is liable for the damage for hitting a stationary vehicle in the rear.

You are confusing matters, scaffolding failing off a lorry is treated no different to stones falling off a tipper truck.

born_again

scrappy_returns said:

You are confusing matters, scaffolding failing off a lorry is treated no different to stones falling off a tipper truck.

In either case you need to know who dropped them. A rock tends not to have a name on it. Scaffolding might. Also they need to catch them doing it...