City ordered to pay $434,000 in damages to Hamilton crash victim
Appeal Court said city was ‘100 per cent’ at fault for lip in roadway that caused serious injuries to Hamilton man
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Interesting Ruling Regarding Motorcycle Crash - City at Fault
- Thread starter raginduck
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A couple of years back along Steeles EB just past Jane, they had 2 of those lips that pretty well went across all lanes and they were a good size such that even in the car you'd have to slow down.
I never rode the bike over them but I did think about my fellow riders and put a 311 report in and even mentioned the motorcycle safety issue. It was 2 days later and they had it fixed ... never seen that kind of response before or after.
One of the lips has risen a bit again but not nearly as bad.
I never rode the bike over them but I did think about my fellow riders and put a 311 report in and even mentioned the motorcycle safety issue. It was 2 days later and they had it fixed ... never seen that kind of response before or after.
One of the lips has risen a bit again but not nearly as bad.
Except municipalities have almost a 100% success rate on those claims. Hundreds of claims every year and less than a handful paid out (and often zero paid). Municipalities have a process that makes them almost invincible their if they aren't incompetent. They need a formal complaint filed to identify the exact location of the pothole, then they have something like 10 business days to get it fixed. All damages before the 10 days are up are not their fault. After that clock has expired, they may be liable for damages. It doesn't matter that 50 people may have incurred damage prior to that point.
Sometimes you need to take matters into your own hands:
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Manchester man draws penises around potholes so the city will fix them
Apparently a penis is worse than a giant hole in the road
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Man plants tree in deep pothole to motivate city to fix it
A man in Virginia planted a tree in a pothole as a way to motivate city officials to do something about the problem.
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Toronto senior stages one-man protest to get pothole fixed by city crews
Unhappy with a gaping pothole in his north Toronto neighbourhood, an 84-year-old man took it upon himself to make sure crews came and patched it up.
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Brussels activist turns potholes into flower pots to protest damaged roads
Brussels resident brightens up damaged roads with his planting protest.
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Malks
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I wonder if this ruling would extend to sidewalks. Some sidewalks in Orangeville have heaved up about 5cm and present a tripping hazard for pedestrians. The Town's answer; come around every summer and paint the raised edge with orange paint! They've been doing this for decades and the problems just get worse.
Yeah, that's just lazy. Around here instead of replacing the whole slab they just grind down the raised edge, which is fast and easy and works okay.
In the ballpark of 5cm. Analysis presents in court was crap (poor photogrammetry) and nobody submitted a measurement taken with a ruler. I'm not clear if this was an edge trap or a perpendicular lip.
Someone want to measure the massive bumps that they call a road going west on the QEW by the 427?
I take air on those.
I take air on those.
DownUnder
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Sometimes you need to take matters into your own hands:
Manchester man draws penises around potholes so the city will fix them
Apparently a penis is worse than a giant hole in the road
Man plants tree in deep pothole to motivate city to fix it
A man in Virginia planted a tree in a pothole as a way to motivate city officials to do something about the problem.
Toronto senior stages one-man protest to get pothole fixed by city crews
Unhappy with a gaping pothole in his north Toronto neighbourhood, an 84-year-old man took it upon himself to make sure crews came and patched it up.toronto.ctvnews.ca
Brussels activist turns potholes into flower pots to protest damaged roads
Brussels resident brightens up damaged roads with his planting protest.
One from Aus
TK4
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Or just do what Dougie does - have someone else drive them.
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