Theham85
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Registered: 29th Nov 06
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How many people on here have had a tyre burst after hitting a pothole on a major route, last night at 2am in the middle of nowhere my tyre burst and melted all over my new speedlines  , hope to hell there is no damage to the wheel, could I claim money from the council if I got a photo?
[Edited on 13-04-2008 by Theham85]
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Ben D
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Registered: 25th Apr 05
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I snapped a coil spring popped my tyre and triggered the fuel cut off switch on a pothole about 2 month's ago 
And when i went down the next day to take pictures etc the council had filled the pot hole in meaning i couldnt claim a thing
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Theham85
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Registered: 29th Nov 06
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That happened to my Dad (council filling pothole), why do these things only ever happen 30 miles from your house in the middle of nowhere at 2am  , the roads are a joke
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Pete_vxl
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Registered: 24th Nov 06
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yeh you have to send a foto and stuff.... alot of hassle really and theres no gaurantee you will get your money
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VTR2008
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Popped my tyre and bent my alloy (New tyre, new alloy)
Bit of a joke tbh. Cost me £150 through there incompetence.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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my dad claimed. took ages...
you need a photo of the pothole with a newspaper front page in view to proe it was taken then. you also need to get a photo of where it actually is.
threaten them with court if they won't pay up and they will soon change their minds, as it's their own fault their is a pothole. we pay road tax for decent roads, 
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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i burst a tyre on a local car park
corner of the pothole went straight under the lip of the rim into the tyre
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DannyB
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My mate and his dad were out on the bikes one day, they went round a corner and my mate went over a hole in the road and come off, bike was badly damaged and he broke his collar bone.They went back the next day and took photos of they road and the bike and took them to the council, he sued the council and got a nice pay out, so its worth a try.
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Theham85
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Registered: 29th Nov 06
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Am gonna go and try and find pothole today as I had no camera lastnight, will get a photo of wheel
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Mobby
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Registered: 31st Dec 07
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I HATE POTHOLES WITH A PASSION!!!!!!
tbh i hate quite alot of britans roads, well round me anyway, wev got speedbumps, crap back roads.
[Edited on 13-04-2008 by mobby]
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Theham85
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Yeah the roads here are awful, was back road to Edinburgh that assaulted my wheel, need to find a toyo proxie dealer
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ed
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You don't even know the meaning of awful roads until you have driven through Slovakia where they have monster pot holes in the motorway and roads so flooded you think they are rivers.
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Theham85
How many people on here have had a tyre burst after hitting a pothole on a major route, last night at 2am in the middle of nowhere my tyre burst and melted all over my new speedlines , hope to hell there is no damage to the wheel, could I claim money from the council if I got a photo?
Only if they are aware of the pothole.
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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did mine going into charnock richard services, ws quite a big hole too
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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buy a bike
buy a bike
Get down to charnock richard cycles..
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Theham85
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Registered: 29th Nov 06
Location: Brisbane Queensland
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Can't really see it from these photos, but tyres is pretty much melted on
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Ant
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Registered: 12th May 02
Location: Hereford and Worcester
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I to fell victim of returning to a pot hole the following day after a puncture to find the council had been out and repaired the road.
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Edd
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Registered: 8th Nov 04
Location: Glasgow
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done it aswell thing was massive
claimed and got my money back just 2 weeks ago
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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i broke the top plastic mounting on the drivers side headlight going over a pothole last week 
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Jamie
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I was in the same boat - hit a pot hole and burst a brand new tyre
Took photos, filled out two forms and about a month later the councils insurance sent me a cheque
Worth getting on at them
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Theham85
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Registered: 29th Nov 06
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Damn right, was really dark so had trouble finding pothole, for a claim do you think you need the exact pothole, I mean its hard to find a place without them round here, one morning on his way to work my dad saw three cars in a row in layby changing wheels
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VTR2008
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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quote:
Originally posted by Theham85
Damn right, was really dark so had trouble finding pothole, for a claim do you think you need the exact pothole, I mean its hard to find a place without them round here, one morning on his way to work my dad saw three cars in a row in layby changing wheels
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