where i live there is so many pot holes and my car is wrecked can i get the council to pay for the damage?

Answer 1

not a hope but why should we pay road tax at all

Answer 2

If you have irrefutable proof that these potholes have caused damage to your car then you could have a case.
The question to be asked though is,How long have the potholes been there and how long has it taken you to complain about them? Have you at any time complained about the state of the road? If not why not? If a pothole has appeared over night then the council have not had reasonable time to deal with it. If it or they have been there for weeks then they have had reasonable time provided that it has been brought to their notice. There are so many imponderables that such a legal action could be delayed for years and in the end the council could be exonerated. You would have a legal bill to settle which might include the council's. Happy New Year.

Answer 3

Anything is possible. This case depends if you are an ethnic offering nothing to the country or a single mum. Then of course they would fix it & pay much compensation. All seriousness it could take yrs but they probably wouldn't pay the damage as hard to clarify the road as the reason. However they may deem it fit to repair the road after a survey thus stop any further damage. Demand someone on site the definning step they cannot hide behind ivory walls that way.

Answer 4

I've seen cases where a person who's car was damaged had the county settle for more money than the damage was worth. Why would they do that? The person brought a civil action and the county figured that the legal and court fees would be more expensive than was worth. Instead they settled out of court for an amount big enough to get the person to move for dismissal.

Now... if the damage was your fault (i.e. let's break my car and get the city to buy me a new one), that's a different story. As I understand it (and I'm not a lawyer, and this isn't advise), courts can refuse to hear cases against government entities. (Imagine if Iraqis could file civil suits against the Federal Government. It'd bankrupt us.)

Answer 5

get a friend to go to the council & ask for a 'pothole in the road form' (sorry dunno what its called) and go down the street and list all the holes, they may have to use one form per pothole. then photocopy all the filled in forms & take them to the council offices. hand in the original forms & show them that theyve made copies.
then after a fortnight/month go to the council & say that you have driven your car down this road & your car has become damaged as a result. They will try to say that they are not responsible & you have no legal footing as they were not informed prior to this & "thank you we will fix it now that you have bought this to our attention". get them to give you a signed letter saying that you have no rights, then go back with the forms your friend has that are signed & dated from an earlier time.
say that IF YOU DONT GET OFF YOUR FAT FUCKIN ARRSE IM GONNA SUE YOU TO FUCKIN DEATH YOU DICKBREATH!!!!!. that usually works for me.
merry xmas.
P.S. this is not a joke

Answer 6

It really depends on where you live and how the council responds to problems like this.

Where I am, I have been told that if you have given the council sufficient notice about the problems and they haven't done anything about it, then you can sue them for damage done to your car.

But really, how many people are going to take on the council ?

Answer 7

hmmm no but if they are a certain size sumthing may b able to be done , research what the legal law is on size of pot holes .....there must b a limit

Answer 8

You'll be lucky. The stock response is that you should be driving according to the conditions. You clearly haven't been if you've wrecked your car.

Answer 9

you have no chance they will duck out somehow

Answer 10

no chance.can you imagine if we all sued them for that.