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This is not a moan against police, fire, ambulance service etc.
This morning I was on a narrow 2 lane country road when a police car with blues and twos on appeared behind me, lots of oncoming traffic so the only real option I thought was to mount the nearside "pavement" to allow the car past me. I did so and a got a beep of thanks as he passed me by. Unfortunately my car had made a massive banging sound from underneath as I did the manoeuvre and mounted the verge with my nearside wheels. So my question is, I would assume people occasionally do damage their vehicles accommodating emergency vehicle scenarios, so is there a process whereby you can claim for damage if any was sustained or is it just tough luck? I imagine the emergency services would rather you get out of their way and sort you out after, rather than pootle along waiting for somewhere convenient to pull over? If its tough luck I'll think twice about pulling out of the way so quick next time.
Cheers all.
Once again this is not a rant against any service.
This morning I was on a narrow 2 lane country road when a police car with blues and twos on appeared behind me, lots of oncoming traffic so the only real option I thought was to mount the nearside "pavement" to allow the car past me. I did so and a got a beep of thanks as he passed me by. Unfortunately my car had made a massive banging sound from underneath as I did the manoeuvre and mounted the verge with my nearside wheels. So my question is, I would assume people occasionally do damage their vehicles accommodating emergency vehicle scenarios, so is there a process whereby you can claim for damage if any was sustained or is it just tough luck? I imagine the emergency services would rather you get out of their way and sort you out after, rather than pootle along waiting for somewhere convenient to pull over? If its tough luck I'll think twice about pulling out of the way so quick next time.
Cheers all.
Once again this is not a rant against any service.