Re: Sloppy Construction Crew Trucks!!!!

[Mark Collett <yzf1k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now THAT is a good idea!  I'm going to get a disposable camera for my
tankbag too!

Mark Collett

scott conary wrote:
> 
> on 2/9/01 6:30 PM, Mark Collett wrote:
> 
> > I don't want to start anything, but crews do have a responsiblity to
> > keep up silt barriers, etc. to keep stuff from coming out into the
> > street.  I'm not sure if it was the case here, did they just spill stuff
> > in the road?  As amazing as it seems, there are actually a few things
> > that someone can be held liable for...
> >
> > Mark Collett
> >
> > Lex Offer wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry folks but I need to vent.  I just had an accident leaving a local mall,
> >> Thanks to an inconsiderate Construction Crew Truck.  I came around a corner
> >> to the mall exit (and I was only doing 20mph) when as soon as I hit the
> >> concrete pad that is the exit my shoots out from under me due to a large
> >> spill of concrete powder mix on the concrete pad.  I am relatively unhurt
> >> (little scrape on my right knee) but the bike is all marred up on the
> >> rightside, the rear brake pedal is bent up good and the hard bag is scraped
> >> up a little bit (it came off on impact so was spared alot of grinding).  It
> >> just hacks me off that this sorta stuff is allowed to spill and the property
> >> owner do nothing to keep their property free of road hazards and aren't even
> >> held liable.
> 
> <slipping out of lurk mode>
> If a construction crew creates a hazard, and you can proved it, they will,
> we hope, compensate you.
> 
> 6 months ago, while traveling through Carson City, NV, I hit a behemoth of a
> pothole that covered more than half of the lane.  The road had been torn up
> for repair, and in the process a crater was formed over a sewer line. Both
> rims were bent beyond repair. Fuming I parked the now wobbly bike, ran to a
> gas station (ever seen a guy in a 'stich run? :), bought a disposable camera
> and took photos of the bike, the chasm, and a few landmarks.
> 
> As soon as the construction company's insurance rep received the pictures, a
> check was in the mail. New rims, new tires (never mind that the old tires
> had 10k on them ;), and labor.
> 
> In most states, government (state, city, whatever) hired construction firms
> are strictly regulated. They have to provide ramps at grade changes, post
> signs for bumps (usually all they really need to do), etc.
> 
> I now carry a disposable camera in my tank bag at all times.
> 
> Scott Conary - 91 K75S - Lost in Reno?
> Lethargic IBMWR events simian
> thinking about an ST
> 
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