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01-12-11, 11:37 AM
On the my commute into work this morning I went over a pot hole the jolt was that bad it snapped the exhaust and my pannier mounting brackets.
The question is do I try an claim of the council for an oxford rack that cost me 40 quid 10 years ago from the BMF show and an exhaust that has already been welded up (even though the break is in a different place from the weld)?
I think I will take the bike into bike treads later today so they can give it a once over.
01-12-11, 11:54 AM
Report it straightaway through "Clarence" and tell them about the damage.
01-12-11, 05:15 PM
If poss, take a photo of the hole Taffy.
01-12-11, 07:38 PM
Who is Clarence?
01-12-11, 08:19 PM
Customer Lighting And Roads Enquiry Centre - its on the Wiltshire Council website.Originally Posted by Squashed_Fly
Its where you report potholes or any other such problem on the roads and make claims.
01-12-11, 08:24 PM
I never knew that's what it stood for!
01-12-11, 08:57 PM
You learn something new every day!
01-12-11, 08:59 PM
Clarence is a free phone number from a landline 0800 23 23 23
Don't ring it from a mobile or you will end up talking to Scotland!
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02-12-11, 07:59 AM
Customer Lighting And Roads Enquiry Centre - its on the Wiltshire Council website.
Its where you report potholes or any other such problem on the roads and make claims.
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Learn somthing new every day.
Get the bike checked Taff, make sure it's ok to ride, then talk to the council when you have the full damage report.
02-12-11, 09:52 AM
Despite what you may have heard it's actually quite difficult to claim off the council.
You have to prove negligence.
They are not expected to fix every pothole immediately 24/7.
So you would have to demonstrate that firstly they knew about it and secondly they didn't do anything.
You can tell if they knew about it if it as marked up with paint.
It also has to be a certain depth and also on minor roads they have a very long time to fix them.
I hit a pothole a few years ago and damaged a wheel.
I send in a request under the "freedom of information" act to the council and they sent me a report back showing the times the road had been checked.
Personally I'd forget it especially as you haven't had a huge financial loss here.
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