what are you supposed to do after destroying a signpost in a supermarket carpark?
where are you, on this, with regards to police and with regards to liability.
i have a letter infront of me ready to accept the damages caused to a signpost but i would like to settle personally rather then let it effect my no claims bonus. i was hoping since it happenned on private land that this would be ok. whats the best route to take?
thanks
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it was one of those 6/7ft drainpipe sticking out of ground types with a square sign on it. instead of being upright its now got a 45 degree lean to it
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chalk it down to experience. im sure they aren't expecting anyone to come forward and own up.
yes i know it's wrong but in the great scheme of things it means nothing.
send a cheque to your favourite charity instead
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what car do you drive sails north
i want one that can bend signs
not if its a 4x4 though ;-(
anyway you will be on cctv
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Send your letter.
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a very definative answer Pugugly {P} is this from experiance ;-0
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Bell Boy,
I re-aligned a no waiting sign to about 45 degrees behind the police station in a local roman town. I thought that the clutch has started slipping.
We (mates and myself), looked at it, burst out laughing and thought the wisest thing to do was disappear. Checked the car for damage and it was untouched.
It was a 1963 SAAB 96 2 stroke.
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It was a 1963 SAAB 96 2 stroke.
The whole bumper assembly is quite strong - I've seen the back of one of those cars lifted off the ground by a muscle bound oaf using the bumper as the handle.
The bumper was undamaged, but it did creak a bit.
In my experience of clouting street furniture, a pre 1980 Vovlo 240 (the metal bumpered one) is quite a handy tool.
Edited by Another John H on 22/11/2007 at 20:26
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well my 1990 Volvo 340 wasn't much good at withstanding being reversed onto a bollard in front of a group of pretty girls. punctured the fuel tank - biscuit girls!
swear word replaced with a randomly generated word
Edited by Pugugly {P} on 23/11/2007 at 17:48
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its just a 00w veccy, bumper is still on, two distortions - one at bottom one at top but no broken brackets at back. solid at wheelwell but the bumper does arc out about 10mm between backpanel and wheel well. there has been a very slight movement of metal, will find out whole story next time the bumper is off. replaced rear light (£10 :d :d) the cars good to go on, and that is partly the reason i chose a vauxhall vectra
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i would like to settle personally rather then let it effect my no claims bonus.
It'll probably be much more expensive to fix than the effect on your NCD.
They will have to:
Organise the work, including signage and barriers.
Dig up existing, including huge lump of concrete, dispose of same.
Order and pay for and take delivery of replacement sign.
Emplace sign, positioning in even larger amount of concrete.
Make good the Tarmac surface.
All to include odds and ends over a couple of days.
You could try pushing it back upright! Contact them and see what they say - I should *talk* to personnel at the store first of all, rather than sending a letter. They just might say "thanks for telling us, we'll fix it."!
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the signpost is a goner, it wont fix
thanks for suggestions will mull these over.
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Sails, this is from personal experience.
I have worked for 2 of the big supermarkets. With both of these I have had motorists strike signs. One was a staff member who bounced his RAV4 into it first thing in the morning as the sun glare was low.
On both occasions I forwarded ins details, personal details to head office insurance dept. On both occasions, I know for a fact, that the driver was never contacted again, nor was their insurance company.
Very few supermarkets will have CCTV of their carpark.
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2007 Seat Altea XL 2.0 TDI (140) Stylance
2005 Skoda Fabia vrS
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Have another go. Pay for one get one free. You know it makes sense.
VBR................MD
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In all Supermarket Car Parks I have been in they have large signs saying cars are left at the owner's risk.
When the shoe is on the other foot -
Car Park signs - Am I right in assuming they are they left at Owner's Risk?
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They might just tell you to BOGOF.
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>Organise the work, including signage and barriers.
>Dig up existing, including huge lump of concrete, dispose of same.
>Order and pay for and take delivery of replacement sign.
>Emplace sign, positioning in even larger amount of concrete.
>Make good the Tarmac surface.
>All to include odds and ends over a couple of days.
looks to be about min £5,000 to me.
B.i.L once knocked over a petrol pump. His insurance got the bill for that one!
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Ring them up and report that one of their delivery lorries seems to have knocked over a sign.
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Am I the only person who thinks the title of this thread sounds like a poem title?
I guess I must be...
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After destroying a supermarket signpost;
Bending my car against that out-of-line post
And panicking about that howling swinepost:
I laid it on the line for my insurers.
Although my letter was polite and swearless
They told me I'd been negligent and careless,
And so my car would have to go repairless
(Then drove off laughing in their Lexus Roarers).
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Well there you go...lol ;-)
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Dont worry about it, I destroyed a pretty big bollard in tescos a few years back, went in asked for the manager, told him, he said it happens all the time and not to worry about it. wouldn't even take my insurance details. So unless you REALLY REALLY want to tell them, I wouldn't bother. the 2 Billion pound profit they make will deal with it :)
Lee
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I was brought up to believe that honesty was the best policy.
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L\'escargot.
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You liar, you are just saying that.
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I agree* with L'escargot and Mike Hannon.
However, I think a better title for a poem would be "on destroying a supermarket signpost"
[*And for those in a pedantic mood, no - that doesn't mean that I believe that Mike was the only person who thought so, or that L'escargot's upbringing was as he describes :-) ]
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Altea Ego and tyro,
It might be an outdated and alien concept to a lot of people these days but I was brought up to believe that honesty is the best policy, and (regardless of what you might think) I try to abide by it. I'm not offended by anything you've said, but I thought it worth iterating my viewpoint. (And please don't drag me into a discussion as to whether it's "iterate" or "reiterate". My dictionary makes it clear which is correct!)
sails north,
Send the letter.
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L\'escargot.
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I agree with Avant, too! (as I thought my previous post demonstrated)
I too was brought up to believe in honesty - & I don't mind if RF refuses to believe that ;-) - AND I still believe in it.
Avant - since you have previously demonstrated in the Back Room that you are a poet, I'm a little disappointed that you have not done as Lud did and furnished us with some verse!
Don't start him off !
Edited by Pugugly {P} on 24/11/2007 at 11:49
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