I was driving this morning, I had gotten in a turn lane to turn at a low speed. My passenger tires only touched the lane markers on the sides because I was already in the lane. However my front tires had a swell like an egg on it and a smaller swell on the back. These markers did not show up easily, they are white on wide white lane lines. I did not see the first three which are separated about 25' before the three at the front of the lane. The markers start when the lane starts, they stand about 3.5" off the ground and are about 7" wide. My tires had already started cracking in the rubber by the time I got to a tire shop about a mile away, the shop told me I was lucky they didn't blow before I got there. I learned this happens alot and this the City of Richardson Texas never reimburses anyone even though they know this is a know problem and that they continue to place more of them when other cities have removed them.
Does anyone know if I can get reimbursed for the damage.
2007-09-13 10:55:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Well, I guess I will start another forum probably wait a while try and gather more people and sue the city as a group. It's not that I need the money, just that those markers shouldn't be able to blow tires out. Luckily it only got the side cause if it had been in the middle my tires would have blown. I am not from here and didn't know they put large objects like that on the road.
2007-09-15 02:13:57 · update #1
There are taxes collected and set aside (supposed to be) for comprehensive damages like pot holes and road debris and the like. There is a flat fee for a flat tire from running over nails and other stuff on the road surface but any additional damages like from hitting a pot hole and having a tie rod separate has to be negotiated.
You may not collect the total costs of repairs but any reimbursement is better than none.
In your case, there may be no specific liability unless you can prove negligence on the part of the city or state and this would probably take a class action law suit if many people had the same problem at the same place in the road.
Your insurance might cover it under comprehensive. Worth a try.
Good Luck!
2007-09-13 11:16:39 · answer #1 · answered by CactiJoe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope, no reimbursement is possible. Just a few days ago, in the Houston Chronicle, there was a piece about Texas not paying for damages even when they are at fault. The article spotlighted a couple whose vehicle was damaged by a falling traffic light (there was no warning or accident involved; the stoplight just fell through their windshield!). Good luck (and in the future, try to avoid "know problems"!).
2007-09-13 11:16:06 · answer #2 · answered by Kiffin # 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry you had to circulate via that. the city NOR the state will reimburse you for any debris on the line it is implicitly no longer theirs. So if a workman left a vast broom on the facet and or no longer that's waiting to hit your vehicle, according to danger they could provide you something. Potholes are quite what you sue for. besides, you're able to ought to document a declare along with your coverage company, it is that if the wear and tear is well worth extra advantageous than your deductible. If the wear and tear is $seven-hundred greenbacks, it may no longer be well worth a while to document a declare. This had occurred to me in Arizona different than I couldnt chase the truck that it got here from because of the fact I wasnt confident if the tread ripped my oil pan out. My vehicle had enormously lots went airborne a million axle at a time with significant ask your self to my gasoline pump (which I didnt understand). of course i became interior the desolate tract for roughly 10 hours. My advice, circulate to a physique keep, make certain the quantity of injury and if its negligible, eat it; if its over $800 or extra - document a declare along with your coverage company. i'm hoping you have finished coverage, in case you dont they wont conceal it.
2016-11-15 03:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this was an isolated incident, they might. But if happens a lot, they are not going to reimburse everyone unless someone sues.
By the way, Houston has these things to separate the lanes reserved for light rail from the car lanes, but not to separate car lanes from each other.
2007-09-13 11:51:28 · answer #4 · answered by StephenWeinstein 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahahahahahaha!
2007-09-13 13:36:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they wont do it. Thats how the city works. You can try all you want .... and they wont do it. Be carefull the next time it happens... They wont do a thing unless someone gets hurt and sues them. Damn politicians who are good for nothing
2007-09-13 11:51:00 · answer #6 · answered by tfortiger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably won't, they will blame it on driver error, you should be looking where you are driving
2007-09-13 11:08:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋