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Leader of Bucks County Council hits pothole: £2,100 damage

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Published Date:
08 February 2010
The leader of Bucks County Council has come a cropper on one of the county's potholes.
David Shakespeare's BMW needed two new wheels costing over £2,100 when he hit a pothole near Beaconsfield on his way home.

He said: "I have hit a pothole like many other people.

"We knew that when the snow melted there would be potholes. Nobody goes ahead of me filling in the potholes and we pursued this one with urgency.

"I asked them to increase the amount of money that goes into potholes on the Monday and suffered the damage on my way home on the same day.

"I released the money before the damage was done.

"I don't know whether the Bucks County Council insurance company will pay the claim, but when I have got the bills I will see."

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  • Last Updated: 10 February 2010 1:40 PM
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  • Location: Aylesbury
 
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Gordon Rennie,

Aylesbury 09/02/2010 08:40:26
Excuse me but why are you claiming off the bucks CC insurance. Surley this is a claim you make off your own insurance or pay the bill yourself. The rest of us have too, or can we all claim off Bucks CC
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Resident244,

09/02/2010 09:00:44
My understanding is, unless someone else had already reported the pothole to the Council - giving them 'reasonable time' to then patch/repair it - then the claim is likely to go nowhere. I'm sure Mr. Shakespeare doesn't need me to remind him that there is only a requirement that local Councils inspect roads in their area once every 12 months.

Either way, that £2100 is coming from the tax payers pocket so it doesn't make a lot of difference ;-)
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JR,

09/02/2010 11:41:49
As I recall, the wheels on Jags are quite large - certainly larger than most cars'.
for the pothole to have caused such serious damage, it must have been quite a large/deep hole.
To hit such a large hole with enough force to damage one wheel, I'm wondering just how fast Mr. Shakespeare was going.
To hit said hole with two wheels makes me believe he was travelling way too fast - if he was driving so fast that he found it impossible to avoid such a large hole with two wheels, I wonder what would have happened if that had been a child running out?

In any case, welcome to our world Mr. S.

Note to BH staff - please keep an eye on this story & let us know if the council pay for these damages, there's many a motorist waiting to see the outcome.
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jabbawockee,

Aylesbury 09/02/2010 18:14:28
I would think Bucks County Council, own and insure the vehicle as one of the perks of being the leader, I am sure the tax payer will be picking up the bill, maybe they should buy him a 4x4 to prevent this from happening again.
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Neil Jack,

Aylesbury 09/02/2010 21:18:01
I've had a letter back from the council to say that my claim for over £300 has been rejected as they had already carried out an inspection of the Gyratry system on 21.12.09 and i hit the pothole on 04.01.10. It's funny that when i reported the pothole the person at the council informed me that it had already been reported by another member of the public 2/3 days before. They also then filled the hole within hours of me reporting it and asking for a claim form.
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JR,

27/02/2010 00:10:11
I wonder why i went on about the wheels on Jags when the article clearly says he has a BMW?
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