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Been there worn the shirt.
Council claim they inspected road at such and such date and it was fine so no payout.
West Sussex CC employ a lawyer to fight these claims.
I hate people who say "did you not see it" for obvious reasons.
Last weekend wife was driving her MX5 and hit a big one as she had spotted the one in the middle of the road but hit the one on the side which she did not notice, lucky no obvious damage and she is a fully qualified driving instructor who really knows her stuff.
So these days you have to watch the speed, other road users, horses, dogs, cyclists and you cannot trust the road to be a road. Councils take enough money off us to cover maintenance.
Drive in Majorca, Corfu and other EU countries and they have lovely smooth roads.
Since we have been in the EU are roads have become terrible.
I know because in the 60's I was a racing cyclist and rode massive miles in training and remember proper roads.
Tell me about it! I too spent most of the 60s on a push bike.
I had never seen a broken coil spring till I moved to Shropshire in 1986. Nowadays I change a couple a week on average. It's probably the job I do more than any other.
One of my customers has a diesel Zafira which has had 4 o/s/f coil springs, 3 n/s/f coil springs and 1 each side on the rear, all in the space of 5 years and just over 12k miles. She can't claim off the council cos she doesn't really know which particular pothole is responsible, there are too many to choose from!
Steve