View Full Version : would you sue for a diesel crash?
timwilky
03-09-08, 11:34 AM
see local rag (http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Biker-threatens-to-sue-over.4450357.jp)
I hope this guy does sue.
8am diesel spill reported and cleaners dispatched.
12:30 truck overturns on spill associated with the original report
1.00 biker off and hurt on same spill
It is only by hitting authorities where it hurts in their pockets that they will take action to prevent subsequent claims happening.
There are those who argue that by suing you are removing revenue from authorities to spend on services and they will only increase taxation to recover this anyway. To which I say rubbish. hit them to educate them.
Hopefully the councils will then start to pursue those vehicles spilling the stuff in the first place.
Alpinestarhero
03-09-08, 11:36 AM
I would, if it wasnt done right
did they put out any signs to warn? leave any dust to act as a visual warning?
missrubberduckofdeath
03-09-08, 11:40 AM
If the diesel spill was still there 5 hours after being reported then that's not on. That is so dangerous. So yes if that had been me I would probably want to sue them. I hope that guy does.
custard
03-09-08, 11:44 AM
hell yes!
as timwilky said - hit them to educate them.
In this situation... Yes.
ArtyLady
03-09-08, 12:07 PM
Absolutely I would - we pay enough road tax and the duty of care lays with the Highways agency to make sure the road surfaces are safe - as for us being on two wheels - eggshell skull rule springs to mind (those who have studied Law of Tort will know what Im on about).
CoolGirl
03-09-08, 12:49 PM
Absolutely I would - we pay enough road tax and the duty of care lays with the Highways agency to make sure the road surfaces are safe - as for us being on two wheels - eggshell skull rule springs to mind (those who have studied Law of Tort will know what Im on about).
Highways Agency are responsible for the fabric of the road itself - local authority are responsible for cleaning up. Anyway, yes, should sue esp if it's been reported.
some may recall that we had the mother of all diesel spills on my road and beyond about a year ago (caused by sending double deckers down a little road with speed humps) - it took 4 days for the council to deal with it cos they didn't have the right sort of absorby stuff:rolleyes:. It's a miracle no=one got hurt (but I did warn my 2-wheeled visitors about it)
SoulKiss
03-09-08, 01:07 PM
hell yes!
as timwilky said - hit them to educate them.
I dont quite think thats what Tim said, but I'm for it - save the cash payouts and just HIT the guys responsible.
With Hammers
K - what hammer would you recommend?
I dont quite think thats what Tim said, but I'm for it - save the cash payouts and just HIT the guys responsible.
With Hammers
K - what hammer would you recommend?
It would depend on the level of disability you would like to inflict - Maximum would obviously be anything from the 7 range (Sledgehammers) ;)...
... but a swift and accurate impact from a 4a (light Jewelers Hammer) to the front of the shin would be more painful and leave less evidence behind. :twisted:
ThEGr33k
03-09-08, 01:41 PM
I agree he should. British roads are a joke considering the amount of tax! SOOO annoying!
Highways Agency are responsible for the fabric of the road itself - local authority are responsible for cleaning up. Anyway, yes, should sue esp if it's been reported.
some may recall that we had the mother of all diesel spills on my road and beyond about a year ago (caused by sending double deckers down a little road with speed humps) - it took 4 days for the council to deal with it cos they didn't have the right sort of absorby stuff:rolleyes:. It's a miracle no=one got hurt (but I did warn my 2-wheeled visitors about it)
That was quite a spill... I remember it well;)
Gordon B
04-09-08, 01:43 PM
This guy doesn't seem to get much sympathy from the LEP readers (see comments below the story)
So its true that ALL people from Lancashire are grumpy, sorry, opinionated:p
northwind
04-09-08, 01:51 PM
I'm not sure... Reading the story it looks like they cleaned the reported one but missed another one down the road? That's not good but it's not the same as just not bothering with spills, or cleaning them poorly. But it doesn't sound quite right, since surely if there was a spill that caused a crash with an overturned vehicle, the police would have attended that crash and should have marked it or cleared it? (traffic cars carry spill clearance stuff, or at least they do up here)
I very nearly lost it on an oil-slick a few years ago. A head-on accident had been cleared leaving the contents of at least one car's sump on the road. It was night and cold, so all police officers were huddled in their Astra while they compared notes. To mis-quote Red Dwarf:
"The thing about the road at night, right, one of it's features is that it's black. Used oil, right, is black"
Very nearly lost that, there wasn't a whole lot of traction...
I was not amused...
Jambo
timwilky
04-09-08, 02:24 PM
I'm not sure... Reading the story it looks like they cleaned the reported one but missed another one down the road? That's not good but it's not the same as just not bothering with spills, or cleaning them poorly. But it doesn't sound quite right, since surely if there was a spill that caused a crash with an overturned vehicle, the police would have attended that crash and should have marked it or cleared it? (traffic cars carry spill clearance stuff, or at least they do up here)
From my understanding a spill was report and a single point cleaned not the whole spill which continued some way down the stretch of road.
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