Car park gritting

ClaireBear · Traffic Copper Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Karma :

Just wondering, car parks such as park and ride ones, are they meant to be gritted in poor conditions?

I have heard that some places wont grit, because if they do, and someone falls over or has an accident they can be sued, whereas leaving it is just mother nature- is that corrent?

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That's the way I've always understood it... Thumbs Up

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ClaireBear · Traffic Copper Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Karma :

hmm, cheers Smile

I slipped over in the park and ride car park, was slippery as hell Evil or Very Mad

ended up dislocating my knee cap, tearing a ligament in my knee and some other stuff, then to top it off needed an operation to put it all back together!

Shame they hadnt gritted it Rolling Eyes

Gawain · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 06 Dec 2008 Karma :

You wish they had made an effort to make the surface less slippery, so when you lost your balance you can get money out of them!?!

ClaireBear · Traffic Copper Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Karma :

nope, its just if it was less slippery I wouldnt be crippled up, had to have an operation, cancelled a holiday, and possibly be put behind a year at uni!

im really not into that sort of sueing culture, seems too american for me! Smile

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LimehouseCBF · Nova Slayer Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Karma :

I work for an FM company that deals with gritting. Basically, if its private land that public use then it should be gritted, however due to shortages they can get away with gritting by using sharp sand, also gritting is only affective above a certain temperature and requires movement for it to work eg. cars driving over it. So if its like -3-4 it wont work so they don't bother.
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