Who is to blame?

[damien010685]

Gets popcorn out! 

[Luke1981]

Sorry to hear about the damage. You will have to go through your insurance for this one and if they think they have a case to fight they may pursue it.  If they do it will take time, either way you still need to get the car fixed.
I presume you would need to go through the insurance to get the work done?

[luke]

please correct me if i'm wrong, but you're asking if you can claim from the water company because of rain? take it on the chin

[AlanD]

please correct me if i'm wrong, but you're asking if you can claim from the water company because of rain? take it on the chin

Not rain, water pipe leak

Dont take it on the chin, why should you be out of pocket because some bellend cant do his job properly!? (lighting on the road, sign saying there is a flood / water pipe leak / actually fixing the leak)

[SoundillusioN]

I hit a fox in my daily, busted up my bumper badly.... I wanted to take the fox to court but I cant because his lawyer tells me he was pronounced dead at the scene... gutted!  (true story bar the last bit)

On a serious note... I hear what you're saying and by all means try and contact a water company if that's who caused the water... However, bare this is mind, The leak may have just happened, were you the only person that lost control of your car and how come others made it through without crashing?

[R32UK]

The traffic coming the other way would not of had a similar problem as they were coming up the hill. I imagine there were quite a few people who encountered problems... as it was late I could only see one car quite some distance in front of me and he/she had their hazards on and were doing 20mph like myself. 50m or so down the hill there was a car pulled up at side of road also with hazards on.

I can only speak for myself on this one but i imagine if i had been doing the NSL (60mph) and had caught the water with a car coming round the bend at the exact time it would probably have been a fatality.

I have hit potholes before and always taken it on the chin... but this is the water company that is to blame, its as simple as that.

[luke]

please correct me if i'm wrong, but you're asking if you can claim from the water company because of rain? take it on the chin

Not rain, water pipe leak

Dont take it on the chin, why should you be out of pocket because some bellend cant do his job properly!? (lighting on the road, sign saying there is a flood / water pipe leak / actually fixing the leak)

misread that, if it's down to fault by the water company then speak to them, but if it was a pothole i'd take it on the chin as you should of read the road and seen the pothole and taken the right action to not hit it

[_Adam_]

At this point I have water gushing over my bonnet, so I am assuming a burst water pipe.

thought you meant a burst pipe in your engine bay! if it's a burst water mains then deffinitely get onto the council / water company as their property caused damage to yours

[the_stink]

At this point I have water gushing over my bonnet, so I am assuming a burst water pipe.

thought you meant a burst pipe in your engine bay!

thats how i read it at first  was thinking damn thats alot of water!! what have your insurance comp said?

[barrym381]

im confused what speed were u going