Claiming For Damage Made By Speed Humps

[aaronabbott]

while my car was being sorted by dr tony at the wim meet a few people including me noticed some damage to the passenger side sills which were dented by the local speed humps which are falling apart,i never knew it was that bad.

my cars lowered by 40mm and i can only say it happened on the way to our football training when i pick up 3 people but i cant see that the car being lowered being a problem(can it?)

how do i go about claiming for damages and who do i claim against?

can post some pictures so people can seehow bad the speed humps actually are

azz

[Scorps01]

It will be tough, how do you prove it was the speed humps, and which ones?

[Steve ( West Mids )]

No chance, as scorps says you can't prove it was the speed humps or which omes. Also you can't prove that you weren't driving too fast, also you have lowered the car so this will contribute.

[dave1]

Which humps do you suspect of causing the damage? What type are they....full width or the ones like a square on both sides of the road.

[aaronabbott]

It will be tough, how do you prove it was the speed humps, and which ones?

the speed humps are made up of 9 squareish pieces kind of bolted to the road theres approx 5-6 of them along a 200m stretch of road outside a school and most of them have pieces missing and some arent bolted down at all so they bounce up and i think thats whats caused the damage its hard to explain,ill get a couple of photos in a bit of them,at least its a case of neglect

[Scorps01]

As far as the councils concerned the damage could of been caused by anything, you'll have to prove it and the WIM meet was 2 weeks ago when it was pointed out to you and you cant say for sure if it was those s/humps, and your just contemplating approaching the council.

[aaronabbott]

cheers scorps ive just been up there and apparently they were fixed on thursday morning

oh well worth a try

[dave1]

I don't think I've seen any of the type you describe. Are these local ?

[aaronabbott]

I don't think I've seen any of the type you describe. Are these local ?

yeah in willenhall/binley by the willenhall social club

[dave1]

I'll look next time going that way. The description doesn't fit any I'm familiar with.

[shake]

you cant win this.... council will not pay out if the car has been modded and in your case lowering may of caused it.