Driver Wins Damaged Wheel and Tyres Court Case
Another motorist is celebrating victory over a county council after potholes in the road damaged one of his alloy wheels and tyres.
The planning consultant hit out at Cambridgeshire County Council - who had refused to pay for the new wheel and tyre - saying they wasted taxpayers money by fighting his claim in the courts.
Tyres, wheels, exhausts, suspension systems and bodywork are all regularly damaged when vehicles hit potholes in the road.
Some motorists just claim on their insurance or foot the bill for the repairs themselves, but increasingly vehicle owners are demanding compensation from the local councils - and getting it.
In this latest case, the county council had argued that the road had been inspected and repaired a month before the accident and that the pothole must have appeared soon afterwards.
But when the case came to court the judge ruled against the council - ordering it to pay £1003 to the motorist to cover the repairs and legal costs.
Mr Quinlan said: “If the road had been repaired a month before, it clearly hadn’t been done very well.
“The council should be spending money on repairing the roads, not contesting these claims.”
The council said the cost of the court action had been £2,500.
Richard Preston, its head of network management, said: “If we were to accept every claim, we expect the number we receive would increase and this would be at the expense of the taxpayer.”
Denna Bowman, Head Office
Number: Z8037079
Reg: NKF419
