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Motorway Maintenance Lorries #869729
21/07/2009 11:49
21/07/2009 11:49

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AARRGH!! Really annoyed, was following a MM lorry yesterday and it had stones flying out all over the place, resulting in several stone chips and two hits on my windscreen....great.....

grr

Re: Motorway Maintenance Lorries [Re: ] #869740
21/07/2009 12:18
21/07/2009 12:18
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If you have the details you should complain to the employer and tell them that you intend to claim for the damage.

i'm sure someone on here has done that once.


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Re: Motorway Maintenance Lorries [Re: came2dance] #869765
21/07/2009 12:52
21/07/2009 12:52

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Originally Posted By: came2dance
If you have the details you should complain to the employer and tell them that you intend to claim for the damage.

i'm sure someone on here has done that once.


Yes I thought this might be possible but it was in busy traffic and I couldn't get the details!!!

Re: Motorway Maintenance Lorries [Re: ] #870566
22/07/2009 20:10
22/07/2009 20:10

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Don't let it go away. Think hard.

Can you remember the exact time and place. Go back there if possible and get pics of the debris if it's still around.

If you're struggling for detail just write to the Highways Agency and tell them all you can remember.

They didn't quibble when I hit them with a claim about six years ago and I got a much-needed £600-odd full front end respray after they hadn't cleared the hard shoulder and I got pebble-dashed by the lorry in front when we were among the first group of cars to go through it.

Good luck.

Re: Motorway Maintenance Lorries [Re: ] #870813
23/07/2009 12:21
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Yes it was on the A3 between tolworth and the m25! not much help!

I might have a go, cheers,

Re: Motorway Maintenance Lorries [Re: ] #870853
23/07/2009 13:25
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You can't get anything out of them from what I hear short of having video evidance that its happend frown


Re: Motorway Maintenance Lorries [Re: AlistairM] #871144
23/07/2009 21:55
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I had almost the identical thing happen to me ten years ago.
I was taking my eldest daughter to plymouth Uni for her first term. Just past Bristol, a motorway service lorry hit a bump up ahead and a shower of gravel came off the back.
Some bits came towards me, like it was slow-motion, and hit the leading edge and top of the bonnet. I knew there would be damage so we grabbed the contractors details off of the lorry.
When I got Home the next day I rang the contractor.
Initialy they denied responsability, they said "people tried it on all the time".
I told them if they did not settle my claim I would go directly to the department of transport and make a claim from them for using a contractor that operated with unsafe loads!! The likely outcome of which could be a major motorway accident.
Probably fearing the loss of their big contract they paid for a front end respray by a top class bodyshop.

So if you can remember the company that opperated the lorry it would be worth a try.
Tim

PS I had no Reg number


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