How to fix a broken car at the expense of road workers
It is quite simple to recover damages from road services, due to which the car left the suspension in a pothole or the rim fell apart when crossing the tram rails. If you act according to the instructions developed long ago for this case by experienced lawyers.
A sharp warming in the European part of Russia provoked the “sudden” appearance of a gigantic number of huge holes in the asphalt even on the streets of Moscow, which is relatively prosperous in this sense, where, with the arrival of Mr. Sobyanin as mayor, the road surface changes everywhere literally every year. If you fly into such a trap at speed, you are almost guaranteed to “get” to repair the chassis. This is especially "pleasant" in the conditions of the fallen ruble and, accordingly, the rise in price of spare parts. Let's say right away that according to the current GOST, “the maximum sizes of individual drawdowns, potholes, etc. should not exceed 15 cm in length, 60 cm in width and 5 cm in depth, it is not allowed to deviate more than 2 cm from the manhole cover relative to the coating level, more than 3 cm from the storm water grate relative to the level of the tray, more than 2 cm from the rail of tram or railway tracks relative to the coating. 3,0 cm. At railway crossings, the elevation of the interrail flooring above the top of the rails by more than 4 cm is not allowed, and the depth of irregularities in the flooring should not be more than XNUMX cm.
If the car was damaged when hitting an "excessive" obstacle, then the organization responsible for the condition of this section of the road will be obliged to pay for the repair. Most car owners who break their cars due to the fault of the road workers believe that it is useless to sue them and repair them at their own expense. And completely in vain. Statistics say that the vast majority of such claims against road services are satisfied by the courts. The main thing is to collect all the necessary documents.
WHAT TO DO IMMEDIATELY AFTER an accident?
Without moving the car, we call a traffic police officer. It is highly desirable to find a couple of witnesses to your misfortune and write down their contact details. Be sure to photograph or film the pit that caused your misfortunes and the characteristic landmarks in the immediate environment so that you can later unambiguously identify the scene. The fact is that at the first sign of a scandal, the road builders will close it up and “resist” that the defect in the canvas did not exist in nature. Upon arrival of the traffic police officer, carefully follow what the serviceman writes in the protocol. He must record that there are no warning signs and emergency fencing around the pit, as well as data from witnesses confirming this. The fact of photo-video recording of the consequences of the incident should also be reflected in the protocol (the inspector must give you a copy of it).
HOW WILL IT MAKE ROAD BUILDERS PAY?
Then we get an act from the traffic police on the unsatisfactory condition of the road surface (drawn up on the basis of the protocol) and a certificate of an accident. In the same place we find out the details of the company responsible for the condition of the road in the section of interest to us. We contact an authorized appraiser company and conduct an examination to assess the damage. Be sure to notify by registered mail the organization responsible for the accident about the time and place of the examination. Keep the receipt of payment for this postal service, as well as the receipt. With the results of the examination in hand, we send a statement of claim to the district court at the address of the official registration of the company responsible for the accident.
