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[hotel21]

I will accept your superior knowledge H21  .An after thought.If some farmer stuck the forks of his forklift through the roof of my car,he would need a delicate procedure to extract his pitchfork from his arse.

Given the size and strength of most of the farmers I know you best bring a friend or two with you....  Lol!

[albitz]

Been there,done that.The bigger they are............

[cem_devecioglu]

I will accept your superior knowledge H21  .An after thought.If some farmer stuck the forks of his forklift through the roof of my car,he would need a delicate procedure to extract his pitchfork from his arse.

 

[Vamps]

We have a particular bend on the outskirts of our village where this is also a frequent occurrence, I stopped to help a young lad seconds after he had rolled his car through the fence and well into the field, the farmer was there almost as quickly as I was, but he only wanted insurance details.

The farmer told me that many times they have to repair and pay for this themselves as often it is a 'swipe' and the car just drives off again, he wasn't angry just wanted paying for the repairs - fair enough imo....   Field is used for crops.

The young lad was a friend of Master Vamps and was OK, lucky lad, accident caused by his lack of attention and too much speed on a wrong camber bend with a slightly wet surface....

[YZ250]

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... but it's ok to damage a fence, allow livestock to wander on the highway, leave a vehicle in a dangerous position ... just wander off and expect the world to revolve around you

Ah yes, invisible sheep, you can clearly see their little footprints as they happily play together. Oh, actually you can't, they must have been frightened off and brushed away their footprints so they couldn't be found. 

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The Idiot got what was coming... he shouldn't have driven like an idiot and hit the fence, .......

Perhaps he had no experience of driving in snow, I don't know as I wasn't there.  A member on here went through a hedge the other day, I'm sure he will find this comforting to know. 

I'm sure the farmer was justifiably cheesed off at having yet another vehicle damage his fence but his alleged comments don't portray him in the best light. 
I can see that lifting the car off the fence would do less damage to the fence than dragging it out and also that the farmer would want the offending cars insurance details to claim against but it does appear a bit drastic. 
Who are we to judge though. 

[feeutfo]

Driver should have made an attempt to contact the owner of the fence which, given the circumstances as I read them, would not have been too difficult.  As he didn't, plus, as I again read it, he didn't contact the Police to report the accident (RAC/AA doesn't count....) then he commits a technical hit and run and is nickable by the Police.

Farmer sees yet another car enbedded into the same section of fence that he has repaired numerous times over the years and takes steps to ensure that stock does not escape onto the public highway where failure to do so is liable to prosecution.

That the farmer used a front loader to remove the car is a debatable point.  Either that or drag it out, causing either/or more damage to the car (immaterial, given the outocme!  ) as well as damage to another 20 foot or so of fencing if the car was well slid in.

Not worth getting one knickers in a twist about, all said and done. Its a matter for the insurers to argue.   

Lesson?  Learn to read between the reporters lines and identify biased reporting thats guaranteed to boost circulation figures and the 'reporters' monthly bonus......   

Never let reality get in the way of a 'good' story....   

...in the "Daily Fail" to get the facts right!  ....stop reading that bog roll.

[symes]

Driver should have made an attempt to contact the owner of the fence which, given the circumstances as I read them, would not have been too difficult.  As he didn't, plus, as I again read it, he didn't contact the Police to report the accident (RAC/AA doesn't count....) then he commits a technical hit and run and is nickable by the Police.

Farmer sees yet another car enbedded into the same section of fence that he has repaired numerous times over the years and takes steps to ensure that stock does not escape onto the public highway where failure to do so is liable to prosecution.

That the farmer used a front loader to remove the car is a debatable point.  Either that or drag it out, causing either/or more damage to the car (immaterial, given the outocme!  ) as well as damage to another 20 foot or so of fencing if the car was well slid in.

Not worth getting one knickers in a twist about, all said and done. Its a matter for the insurers to argue.   

Lesson?  Learn to read between the reporters lines and identify biased reporting thats guaranteed to boost circulation figures and the 'reporters' monthly bonus......   

Never let reality get in the way of a 'good' story....   

...in the "Daily Fail" to get the facts right!  ....stop reading that bog roll.

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[dbug]

I will accept your superior knowledge H21  .An after thought.If some farmer stuck the forks of his forklift through the roof of my car,he would need a delicate procedure to extract his forklift from his arse.

Fixed that for you Albs