Do I have a good enough case to claim?

[johnsmith222]

Hi.

I crashed my bike yesterday when my front wheel got stuck in a rut in the road. I have two witnesses to what happened and photographs to show you.

I'ts pretty obvious from the pics so ill show you.

https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/david_m213/DSC00357.jpg

https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/david_m213/DSC00364.jpg

https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/david_m213/paint-1.jpg?t=1266739050

The red bike shows where my bike was when i decked it. The other red bit was a mistake. The yellow arrow shows where i took the measuring tape photo.

The photo with the measurement is the rut i came off on. The difference is almost 4 cm with no attempt to ramp it off. If it had been ramped then i may have been able to keep upright.

to make things clear I came off on the rut that goes parallel to the kurb.

Do I have a case to claim the cost of the damage to my bike off the council?

Ramp to me does not tell me there's going to be a significant difference in level of the road left to right with absolutely fuck all attempt to make it a gradual difference.

What do you guys think?

[Vin]

Did you not see the sign?

[Ichy]

Not a hope.

What were you doing riding into the side of the hole?

[johnsmith222]

[lllN30lll]

That is all.
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[Kwaks]

Yes you have a claim, although it will fail.

You will also put yourself in line for a charge or "driving without due care and attention".


Let it go
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[Itchy]

Nope, I mean come on thats the normal state of roads around Manchester.
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[ncrn]

Its a pretty mighty hole but I've hit ones like that before and made it through, did you try to get out of the hole by heading towards the centre of the lane?
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[Rob W]

As said before, what the hell were you trying to do by riding out the side of that hole?

How long have you been riding?
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[salty21]

i think digging out 10 feet for resurfacing is a bit much

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[hmmmnz]

the fact that you had to ask, welll - 10 man points for falling off on a 4cm bump
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[nasty]

Not much chance of a claim there mate, the council will say that there is adequate signage warning of the hazard.

While I symathise with you mate, there is also around at least 2 -3 ft of untouched road in that lane to the right of the lane which is where YOU should really have took position as there is plenty room for a bike.

As said before you might land yourself in some trouble for riding without DCAA
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[Kickstart]

Hi

I have fallen off on a similar surface many years ago (road wasn't open though, I just went to have a look ). If it is dark then you don't have a hope in hell of spotting the drop like that, and when I came off it pretty much flicked me off. Bike landed a fair way from the drop, and I came to rest about 10 feet to the left of the drop (and that was at walking pace).

All the best

Keith
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[johnsmith222]

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[damz]

i live only a few miles from dave and also do pizza hut deliveries in that area on a scooter and that road is a fucking nightmare at the moment, it wasnt even that bad for potholes before but they are resurfacing it because they have built a new estate and motorway slip road further along.

anoyingly some signs have been tipped over so you can at times be caught out. the main problem is the holes in the road are bloody slippy so if your not going straight on into the hole the back end will slip easily.

also just at that point, maybe a bit closer to the camera is usually slippy as that no entry entrance is the exit for the ring road for a primary school on a slope, so you get all the buses trying to get up the slope and leave a nice puddle of oil/petrol etc.

also its in east renfrewshire and the council has been pretty easy to get claims from as far as iv'e been told.

https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/law-and-licensing/pavements-personal-injury.htm

was it at night or during the day?, at night you may have a chance as the lights on that street are pretty bollocks so even though your told there are ramps your not able to see where the ledge is so can be easily caught out. i get it pretty bad on the scooters due to the narrow wheels, the ninja barely notices it thankfully. at night all you typically see is a darker patch on the road, no idea that it has vertical edges until you hit it.
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[CaNsA]

How far before the road surface was lifted was there a sign.

if you know what i mean...

if there was no sign stating road works/ resurfacing / temp surface etc then you might be in luck.

If there was then you fail

[johnsmith222]