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[spacekid2009]

since the big freeze, has the number of pot holes grew in your area, have you damaged your car with them, and if so, how do you stand legally, is the local council liable?

[Andy B]

No idea about who's liable, but loads of our local roads now have huge potholes in them! Just goes to show the standard of previous repairs! 

[Richie London]

we got them all over the place. only tarmac rds though, all other rds are good. but they are ones that have never been dug up and replaced with tarmac

[Olympia5776]

Potholes !!!!!! since the thaw there are chasms on our roads over here you could lose your sheepdog and several ewes in !
With the State being all but bankrupt we are all wondering how the roads will ever be repaired  even back to their dreadful previous condition .
I used my wifes 4X4 to take her to the airport the other evening and had I taken the Omega there is absolutley no doubt in my mind serious damage would have resulted ,it really is that bad.

[zippo]

where the trucks have turned off the A6 and on to Cleggs lane have made a big hole in to chasm ..............found that out the hard way

[Radiomarko]

Here in Devon I found one big enough to drop Cornwall in.   

seriously - banged heavily into 2 woppers yesterday.

[Turk]

A few beauties around here too. One mid bend jobbie is about 4 foot long, a foot wide and 4 inches deep.
Dread to think of the outcome if a bike hits that. 

[KillerWatt]

since the big freeze, has the number of pot holes grew in your area, have you damaged your car with them, and if so, how do you stand legally, is the local council liable?

Hounslow Council footed the bill every time one of their sleeping policemen damaged the exhaust on my Pontiac back in the early 2000's (they paid every 3 months as it was impossible for me to leave the house without driving over one).

It took a good 2 years to get the process started after various legal arguments (ie, I had to prove the car was standard, etc)....but they (or rather, the taxpayer) lined both my solicitor's & my pocket quite nicely for 3 years non stop.

In short, the council responsible for the tarmac that caused the damage are liable - just be prepared for a fight.

[Vamps]

Potholes !!!!!! since the thaw there are chasms on our roads over here you could lose your sheepdog and several ewes in !
With the State being all but bankrupt we are all wondering how the roads will ever be repaired  even back to their dreadful previous condition .
I used my wifes 4X4 to take her to the airport the other evening and had I taken the Omega there is absolutley no doubt in my mind serious damage would have resulted ,it really is that bad.

And here, need a rally car to go to work....

[M16]

Go to this site and report the potholes.

http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/

[Xplicit 2.0]

since the big freeze, has the number of pot holes grew in your area, have you damaged your car with them, and if so, how do you stand legally, is the local council liable?

yes, local council is liable, but its a painfull process to get the money back for damaged wheels/tyres... u gotta have witnesses, record the time it happened, measure the pot hole (both size and depth), it has to be over a certain size before they do anything.... but yes, u can get the council to pay out

[Chris_H]

Apparently potholes are good!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8001310.stm

Where do these cretins come from? 

[STMO999]

since the big freeze, has the number of pot holes grew in your area, have you damaged your car with them, and if so, how do you stand legally, is the local council liable?

yes, local council is liable, but its a painfull process to get the money back for damaged wheels/tyres... u gotta have witnesses, record the time it happened, measure the pot hole (both size and depth), it has to be over a certain size before they do anything.... but yes, u can get the council to pay out

Also quote the relevant acts of law and prove the damage didn't wholly or partially exist beforehand. It's a ballache.

[feeutfo]

since the big freeze, has the number of pot holes grew in your area, have you damaged your car with them, and if so, how do you stand legally, is the local council liable?

yes, local council is liable, but its a painfull process to get the money back for damaged wheels/tyres... u gotta have witnesses, record the time it happened, measure the pot hole (both size and depth), it has to be over a certain size before they do anything.... but yes, u can get the council to pay out

Also quote the relevant acts of law and prove the damage didn't wholly or partially exist beforehand. It's a ballache.

presumably its possible to recover all your financial loss, including the time, and there for money, spent preparing  your case ?

[STMO999]

since the big freeze, has the number of pot holes grew in your area, have you damaged your car with them, and if so, how do you stand legally, is the local council liable?

yes, local council is liable, but its a painfull process to get the money back for damaged wheels/tyres... u gotta have witnesses, record the time it happened, measure the pot hole (both size and depth), it has to be over a certain size before they do anything.... but yes, u can get the council to pay out

Also quote the relevant acts of law and prove the damage didn't wholly or partially exist beforehand. It's a ballache.

presumably its possible to recover all your financial loss, including the time, and there for money, spent preparing  your case ?

Of course it's possible Chris. But you have to be very patient and, of course, you would have to pay for repairs and then try and recover.

Another one I forgot before: You have to show that you did everything possible to avoid said pothole and that your speed was appropriate for the driving conditions.