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V8MoneyPit:
I find this story so wrong on just about every level. What do you think?

http://new.edp24.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&itemid=NOED05%20Mar%202009%2008:38:33:110&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=search

Gordo:
That's never a 10mph crash!

It's a bit like the girl who drove on to the railway tracks at a level crossing because her sat. nav. told her to turn left.

Engage brain before engaging gear...

Mud-muncher1:
Just read this and by the looks of the picture of the barrier they do have grounds for a claim, it seems the the barriers anchor point are not adequate for the job as they only look like they were only about 400/ 600mm deap with no solid structure behind them, speed wouldn't of be the factor of a case but the pushing weight of a vehicle against them would, in my opinion the barrier looks ok for a perdestrian bridge but not a road bridge and it makes you think how many other bridges in there area are of the same standards?

Jav.

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: Fruitloop on March 09, 2009, 11:53:55 ---Just read this and by the looks of the picture of the barrier they do have grounds for a claim, it seems the the barriers anchor point are not adequate for the job as they only look like they were only about 400/ 600mm deap with no solid structure behind them, speed wouldn't of be the factor of a case but the pushing weight of a vehicle against them would, in my opinion the barrier looks ok for a perdestrian bridge but not a road bridge and it makes you think how many other bridges in there area are of the same standards?

Jav.

--- End quote ---

But what about her driving standards in the first place? My biggest concern is that she crashed in the first place and is now trying to blame someone else! If there had been crash barriers and her car had suffered damage from them, would she try sueing the Council because they were *too* strong???

Yoshi:
Sorry, but i disagree, if that bridge is open to vehicular use then it should have railings to a standard to stop a vehicle going over.  If indeed she was going at 10mph (just cos something looks like it wasnt doesnt make it not true, so unless you were there you cant comment on how fast she was going) then the proper barriers would have caused minimal damage and her insurer would pay out on it as black ice/slippery surface is not driver error.

There is nothing in the driving test at the moment to deal with what you are supposed to do in the event you car slides/skids, or at least there wasnt when i did mine in 2003, so therefore the woman cannot be blamed if the car hit sommat slippery and she slammed her brakes on.  Seeing as how people arent taught to do otherwise then there is nothing that can be done until such time as it is integrated into the DSA test.

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