Disclaimer Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 We should really have a "Current Events" forum section to post misc crap like that.Made me think of my DTC crew.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6225269/Motorcyclist-billed-for-damaging-road-after-accident-with-sheep.html Moray Ferguson was sent a bill for £200 by Aberdeenshire council after his bike hit a sheep which had wandered into his path on the unclassified Cuminestown to Fyvie Road. The 47-year-old was flung from his black Honda Fireblade motorbike which burst into flames, and suffered a broken hip socket, pelvis and collarbone, seven cracked ribs and a collapsed lung in the accident. The fire caused the road surface to melt, leaving it with a ''bubbly'' texture covering approximately six feet by six feet where the accident happened, a neighbouring farmer said. The sheep was also killed in the accident, which happened on July 4 this year. After five weeks of hospital treatment, the father-of-two returned home, but was shocked when Aberdeenshire council sent him their invoice to cover the cost of repairing the road surface. A council spokesman said it was a ''standard procedure'' to charge people involved in accidents for damaging its roads. But Mr Ferguson, a construction engineer, from Cuminestown, Turiff, told the BBC he was ''completely shocked'' by the bill. ''I didn't know there was going to be a stray sheep on the road,'' he said. ''The accident wasn't my fault.'' Mr Ferguson's wife, Susan added that the road was ''really bad for stray animals wandering about''. The road was temporarily repaired, but neighbouring farmer Davey Moir, of South Teuchar Farm, said the council still hadn't fixed the damage. ''The tar melted in a puddle. There isn't a big hole, but the surface is bubbled now,'' he said. ''It hasn't been fixed yet, and you can still see the chalk marks from the accident. An Aberdeenshire council spokesman defended its decision to try and claw back the money for repairing the damage. ''When damage is sustained by the public road network as a result of an accident it is the council's duty to reclaim the cost of the required repair work from the relevant party involved. ''We regret that the motorcyclist was injured but we contact individuals involved in accidents which cause damage to our property directly because it gives them the option of putting it to their insurers, or paying for it themselves if it's a minor claim and they don't want to affect their no claims bonus. ''This is standard procedure, except in the case of fatal accidents, where requests for payment are sent directly to insurers. ''It may be that his insurers will be able to reclaim costs from the owner of the sheep if they were negligent in some way, for example, if there was a hole in fence or a gate was left open.''Poor sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Darn livestock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj1 Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 WTF!!! getting charged to fix a road.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 WTF!!! getting charged to fix a road....hit a guardrail and see what happens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 .....poor guy...he couldn't even tasted the lambchop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 .....poor guy...he couldn't even tasted the lambchop:violin:This is the song that never ends.It goes on and on my friends.Someone started singing it not knowing what it was,and they'll continue singing it forever just because... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxie750 Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Well if they built fences there would be no sheep? Sheep owner should have to pay for it all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Someone start a collection for Fonz and Sambusa, they'll put the learnin' on those sheep... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giantxtc Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 That's crazy. I hope nothing like that happens here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmagicglock Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 maybe they don't have comparative negligence in the UK? I'd say the cause of the accident was the sheep so they're at fault (or at least the sheep's owner) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Simple, turn it in to the ins company and let them go after the owner of the sheep for the expences. Agricultural laws are funny though, think of hitting livestock as the same as hitting a pedestrian in the road. YOU are responsible unless you can show negligance on the part of the farmer to keep the animal enclosed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 That's crazy. I hope nothing like that happens here.It does. Damage any part of The roadway or the crap around it and you'll get a bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Anderson Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Go after the sheeps owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I think we should just ban sheep all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVTPilot Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 It coudl be worse. He could have gone to the hospital and recieved government managed healthcare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 It's England, so I imagine he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 morale of the story:Keep your sheep secure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 morale of the story:Keep your sheep secure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMBUSA Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 In the U.S. the sheep farmer would liable for ALL damages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 In the U.S. the sheep farmer would liable for ALL damages.And you would be there to ensure they got their just deserves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMBUSA Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 And you would be there to ensure they got their just deserves. Seriosly though, we have to carry high insurance because we are classified as a farm. It's prolly a good thing too, our bull has busted down the fence and wandered out to the road several times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Well if they built fences there would be no sheep? Sheep owner should have to pay for it all!I actually agree with Brandon on this one Someone start a collection for Fonz and Sambusa, they'll put the learnin' on those sheep... Simple, turn it in to the ins company and let them go after the owner of the sheep for the expences. Agricultural laws are funny though, think of hitting livestock as the same as hitting a pedestrian in the road. YOU are responsible unless you can show negligance on the part of the farmer to keep the animal enclosed!Isn't the mere fact the sheep was on the road proof of negligence by the owner??? I think we should just ban sheep all together.HOW DARE YOU?!?...... BLASPHEMER!!!And you would be there to ensure they got their just deserves. I would've tore that sheep a new asshole!! (double entendre' intended) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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