Hi everyone, luckily enough I am here today to say what happened yesterday morning on the way to Birmingham!
I was travelling northbound on the M6 approaching junction 4 where is a alot of roadworks and the lane markings have been moved temporarily (using those yellow cats eye-like markings).
I was travelling at around 70mph and was moving from the 3rd lane into the middle one when I went over a nasty bump in between the lanes! It was definately a part of the road because it was a clear sunny day and I could see everything ahead and always look for any debri on the road! But this bump was very hard, like hitting a sharp kerb so I slowed right down because something didn't feel right. My steering then started vibrating alot and immediately I pulled over onto the hard shoulder and parked up! When I got out of the car I noticed a completely flat front driver's side tyre and the car was resting on the rim!!
For the life of me I don't know how the car stayed in control but I guess its because I slowed down so quickly after the initial impact because I had a feeling something wasn't right? Anyway, I changed the wheel over - luckily I had my locking nut adaptor with me, but the damage to the tyre was severe! There was a huge 6 inch gash along the sidewall exposing the internal steel reinforcement!! I though WTF!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
I was so fcked off because it was obviously something on the motorway that did this, which I later suspected to be a loose cats eye unit! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burningmad.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burningmad.gif
Does anyone know if I can make a claim against this, as its going to cost me about £90 to get a new tyre now!! Couldn't get a new like-for-like in Birmingham yesterday so had to drive home without a spare!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I mean its the highways responsibility that the road is in such a bad condition and it could have been alot worse for me!!
Any help appreciated guys!
Naresh
I was travelling northbound on the M6 approaching junction 4 where is a alot of roadworks and the lane markings have been moved temporarily (using those yellow cats eye-like markings).
I was travelling at around 70mph and was moving from the 3rd lane into the middle one when I went over a nasty bump in between the lanes! It was definately a part of the road because it was a clear sunny day and I could see everything ahead and always look for any debri on the road! But this bump was very hard, like hitting a sharp kerb so I slowed right down because something didn't feel right. My steering then started vibrating alot and immediately I pulled over onto the hard shoulder and parked up! When I got out of the car I noticed a completely flat front driver's side tyre and the car was resting on the rim!!
For the life of me I don't know how the car stayed in control but I guess its because I slowed down so quickly after the initial impact because I had a feeling something wasn't right? Anyway, I changed the wheel over - luckily I had my locking nut adaptor with me, but the damage to the tyre was severe! There was a huge 6 inch gash along the sidewall exposing the internal steel reinforcement!! I though WTF!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
I was so fcked off because it was obviously something on the motorway that did this, which I later suspected to be a loose cats eye unit! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burningmad.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burningmad.gif
Does anyone know if I can make a claim against this, as its going to cost me about £90 to get a new tyre now!! Couldn't get a new like-for-like in Birmingham yesterday so had to drive home without a spare!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I mean its the highways responsibility that the road is in such a bad condition and it could have been alot worse for me!!
Any help appreciated guys!
Naresh