Damage to my car from a traffic sign lying in road
In poor visibility one morning last October, I ran over a temporary traffic lights sign lying, almost invisible, in the mud on a narrow country road. It sprang up and damaged my car. My insurers arranged for my car to be repaired, but I have had to pay a £400 insurance excess and buy a new tyre.
Whose responsibility is it to ensure that such signs are not left lying about in the carriageway, and could they be liable to pay my insurance excess and new tyre cost? I reported the danger to Suffolk Police the same day that my car was damaged, fearing that other road-users might suffer a similar fate or, if a motorcyclist were to hit the sign, worse.
Whose responsibility is it to ensure that such signs are not left lying about in the carriageway, and could they be liable to pay my insurance excess and new tyre cost? I reported the danger to Suffolk Police the same day that my car was damaged, fearing that other road-users might suffer a similar fate or, if a motorcyclist were to hit the sign, worse.
Asked on 2 January 2013 by Anthony Prior
Answered by
Honest John
The contractors who did the work. Find out who it was from the council responsible for the road, via its website.
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