It always seems to the the case that another car ploughs through another hedge or wrecks another sign, and once the cars are dragged out backwards (causing more damage) its the rest of us footing the bill, if its public property, or a farmer/landowner if it isn't. Its like wrecking everything by the roadside is considered just one of those things - so I wonder, can we change that by embarrassing our highway authorities into giving a damn?
I mention this because after this rather shocking bit of road carnage I've just put this FOI in. My bottom line is that whoever did this should pay, and I (as someone who pays council tax) shouldn't. I wonder how far I'll get with it?
And I just wonder, if we ALL put in FOI to find out who pays whenever we see some road carnage caused by yet another motorist who 'lost control' etc. could we get to a point where its normal for motorists to pay for their damage?
That's bad. At the least it should come out of their insurance. If their insurance goes up as a result then that's fine, nothing brings about a bit of care like higher premiums!
ReplyDeleteLikewise I saw this come up in London this week - Twenty's Plenty... Honestly you couldn't make it up sometimes.
Sometimes? Ever :)
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