Swansea Council Strimming Smashes Car Window

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Driver fuming with council after car window smashed

Kerry Shaddick-Atherley found the window shattered with glass strewn around when she went to get in her vehicle

www.walesonline.co.uk

Has anyone seen this? There’s a SCC working strimming grass, and it puts a car window through! They have denied liability because they carried out a pre strimming examination of the area, honestly I would be absolutely fuming with this, if it happened to me.

This is a copy and paste of the reason they are not paying for the car window:

In a letter to Kerry the council said: "Claims of this nature are classed as legal liability claims and can only be paid if it is proven that the authority's negligence has resulted in the damage being sustained.

"Our parks department have a clear working protocol with instructions to undertake a full precutting inspection prior to commencing work, which is an accepted defence of a claim of this nature.":

What absolute BS, no way could the council do a decent examination for stones, when the grass is long, prior to cutting.

 

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Driver fuming with council after car window smashed

Kerry Shaddick-Atherley found the window shattered with glass strewn around when she went to get in her vehicle

www.walesonline.co.uk

Has anyone seen this? There’s a SCC working strimming grass, and it puts a car window through! They have denied liability because they carried out a pre strimming examination of the area, honestly I would be absolutely fuming with this, if it happened to me.

This is a copy and paste of the reason they are not paying for the car window:

In a letter to Kerry the council said: "Claims of this nature are classed as legal liability claims and can only be paid if it is proven that the authority's negligence has resulted in the damage being sustained.

"Our parks department have a clear working protocol with instructions to undertake a full precutting inspection prior to commencing work, which is an accepted defence of a claim of this nature.":

What absolute BS, no way could the council do a decent examination for stones, when the grass is long, prior to cutting.

Saw that the other day, funny how the car window decided to shatter on its own, just as a council worker was strimming the grass.

Hell of a coincidence.

On another related note it is going to be interesting to see what happens in the next council election, which I believe are next year.

 

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Saw that the other day, funny how the car window decided to shatter on its own, just as a council worker was strimming the grass.

Hell of a coincidence.

On another related note it is going to be interesting to see what happens in the next council election, which I believe are next year.

I’m quite annoyed with them, spouting legal mumbo jumbo to someone, and expect them to fork out for a new window now. Jesus Christ, I’d love to see my neighbours face, if was strimming and put their car window or house windows through, ‘Tis not my fault, I examined the grass thoroughly before strimming ’