Liam
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Originally posted by mattant
The council could just say "we didn't know about it" and you get nothing.
Not strictly true, they have a duty to check the road every x amount of days/weeks/months and there is no way that has creeped up over night, you can even get access to the details of when the road was last inspected etc if they make it hard to claim...
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John
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That streetview image is from 2010 at the latest and you can clearly see it's starting.
[Edited on 12-02-2011 by John]
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Edd
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Registered: 8th Nov 04
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i've claimed the council successfully if you need any advice give me a shout
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John
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Edd
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Glasgow and the surrounding area is totally fucked on the road front. Rattled one today on the kingston bridge.
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DaveyLC
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Location: Berkshire
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Thats a pretty nasty one!
Loving the Velcro spack-boots though, you just need the orthopedic insoles to complete the look! 
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Brett
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
Loving the Velcro spack-boots though, you just need the orthopedic insoles to complete the look!
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mattant
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There was the council worker in charge of sorting the potholes in Sheffield on the radio a few weeks back, he said the funding they get from the government is no where near enough to do all the potholes in the city so they only do the ones on the main roads. He said for the rest, its cheaper to pay the compensation than it is to fix them all and this winter they've had over 50,000 claims
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John
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I'm taking the pictures btw.
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mike56gte
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Originally posted by GF-91
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Originally posted by BluKoo
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Originally posted by GF-91
Karma tbh
Shouldn't even have to explain it.
please explain for those of us that dont know.
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dannymccann
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Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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That pothole is fucking huge 
Hope you something back and then the fill it in for the next person, that's not on
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Cole
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^^^ dannymccann is alive my god
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glasgow_corsa_c
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Registered: 13th Jan 03
Location: Ecosse
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Originally posted by John
Wallacewell Road, aye loads of buses, My whole way back from The Forge last night was a shambles, that's the one that finally got me though.
John,
I got a claim in against GCC for one in Possil. Exploded a tyre, flat spotted and cracked the rim and the force of the impact (going 25-30mph) made the fuel cut off cut in thinkin the car was in a crash
You need to badger the life out them, my claims been in since November and is gettin passed from office to office. Supposed to be getting a call back off the wankers on Monday... (chances of that are pretty slim)
Edited to add > my one was visible on street view, has been repaired after i hit it, and is now back even bigger. I've takine screen dumps which i submitted with my claim and have also taken further shots of it opening back up after their so called repair done over December.
[Edited on 12-02-2011 by glasgow_corsa_c]
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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I fought and won against Bucks CC last year, just kept on and on and on at them
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FAZ
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thts disgusting
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GF-91
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Location: Burnley!
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Originally posted by mike56gte
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Originally posted by GF-91
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Originally posted by BluKoo
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Originally posted by GF-91
Karma tbh
Shouldn't even have to explain it.
please explain for those of us that dont know.
John. He is just so damn annoying.
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Steve
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when i went to glasgow it was like driving on the moon
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alan-g-w
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Something I've always thought about in these cases is what if the council claim that there's no proof that it happened on that pot hole? I could go out today and go up a kerb at 30mph, then go find a pot hole and claim that it happened there.
Point being that surely the council could pick and choose which claims they want to pay and which ones they don't.
Any progress John?
[Edited on 13-02-2011 by alan-g-w]
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John
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I reported the pothole via the online form yesterday.
Waiting to get a quote for the tyre etc tomorrow before I fill any forms in.
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DannyB
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I was driving through Glasgow near the uni last week and was shocked at how bad the roads are there in places, for a major road through a city, fair enough it gets more use so it is bound to be worse but I'm really surprised that none of my tyres burst or nothing broke, by far the worst I've come across recently.
[Edited on 13-02-2011 by DannyB]
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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I gave up reporting potholes, they never bloody get done. The whole road leading into mine is ridiculous, but I can only dream of that ever being completely relaid. In the mean time I will continue to weave down the road avoiding them and even straddling the middle of the road at some points and would argue my point to any copper who decided to pull me. They even make an awful bang in my Berlingo which is on boat like suspension ffs
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xa0s
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Bottom of my road was beyond a joke after the recent snow, it was literally impossible to go down it without dropping down a massive pot hole so I had to choose the nicest one to drop down... It took them a good month to do anything about them and even now they've just chucked some tarmac at it which is so uneven that it's practically just as bad anyway. The main problem it caused was all the tarmac that cracked away was being spread over the road so you would drive down and hear constant stones smacking the bottom of your car, you just couldn't follow anyone as it was like a rally circuit FFS...
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
when i went to glasgow it was like driving on the moon
When I went to Glasgow it was like going to a third world country
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alan-g-w
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You have that effect on places you go though ojc
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Steve
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if u want something filled ring them report it and tell them u hit one and ask what u need to collect evidence wise, within 24 hours it will be filled. Read that on here but sounds logical
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