Happy birthday to me! The city just bent my rim! *NOW WITH PICS*
Happy birthday to me! The city just bent my rim! *NOW WITH PICS*
So im coming back from the strip club on my 19th birthday (around 2 am last night) and am driving westbound on Finch East @ Maxome (just before yonge st) and the moron construction workers decided they didnt feel like putting up ANY WARNING signs that there are those deep exposed metal plates in the ground. Damn City of Toronto!
I violently hit one at about 65 km/h. Worrying my tire was popped I was just waiting for my car to start pulling. Thankfully it didn't, I went to sleep thinking everythings okay, until I woke up this morning and noticed a dent in my rim about 2 inches wide.
grrr, took pics of the rim and the plates and the lack of signs. I talked to the construction manager and ofcourse he was no help, I told the *******s to have some consideration when there ripping up the road and put up BUMP signs or something.
Well, Im going to try my damn hardest to get the city to pay for this rim, but until then Im riding my winters.
Cruel world, and all on my birthday too...
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After
I violently hit one at about 65 km/h. Worrying my tire was popped I was just waiting for my car to start pulling. Thankfully it didn't, I went to sleep thinking everythings okay, until I woke up this morning and noticed a dent in my rim about 2 inches wide.
grrr, took pics of the rim and the plates and the lack of signs. I talked to the construction manager and ofcourse he was no help, I told the *******s to have some consideration when there ripping up the road and put up BUMP signs or something.
Well, Im going to try my damn hardest to get the city to pay for this rim, but until then Im riding my winters.
Cruel world, and all on my birthday too...
Before
After
Last edited by AggressiveAdam; Oct 19, 2005 at 09:59 AM.
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Yeah, go to your local city/county website and research this.
Most places have forms where you can submit a damage claim if your vehicle has sustained damage resulting from city/county road work.
Most places have forms where you can submit a damage claim if your vehicle has sustained damage resulting from city/county road work.
Originally Posted by bigainabuilt
That sucks!! Next time try not to be thinkin bout those t & a and keep your eyes on the road. J/K Happy birthday
I am confident the city will repay me for the rims, unless there super **** about reciepts because I bought them new but from an insurance replacment.
THat night this happend all lanes were opened. The day I went to take pics BOTH lanes were closed with traffic being divereted to on-coming traffic lanes. Now at night they close the right lane because they realized taht some of those cuts are just plane unfair. They also added one BUMP sign but not where I dented the rim.
I will post pics tommorow soon as I find a place to store em, once you see this cut, you will definatly think its not fair.
Thankfully my friends got me drunk as hell on my birthday and the rims were the last of my concern so ah well. At least this way I can park my car at a friends house down town, drink cab it to there place and crash and drive home in the morning without having to worry about theives eyeing my rims.
they filled it with ashplat the day after, the contrustion manager has the nerve to say "eyyy! There was asphalt in it last night" Im like, I can see you guys filling it right now, and what you think Im making it up that there was no bump sign, there STILL is no bump sign. I could hear and feel my suspension bottom out, Im this close >< to having a bruise on my bum. Also the cut is the ENTIRE width of the lane. I kid you not theres a 1km stretch of these cuts, this one was the worse by far, and thankfully it was destined for my rim. On the bright side, id much rather bend a rim then blow a tire on the road. Not cost wise but Ive never blown a tire before (knock on vinyl) and dont feel like finding out what braking on 3 tires and 1 rim is like.
205/40/R17 are rubber bands despite what anyone says, thank god I wasn't lowered otherwise the damage could have been far worse.
I think Im going to demand a new strut while im at it.
205/40/R17 are rubber bands despite what anyone says, thank god I wasn't lowered otherwise the damage could have been far worse.
I think Im going to demand a new strut while im at it.
motor cycles = doner cycles anyways...
but yeah, that was just completly unresonable.
Incase anyone in Toronto is intrested (or Ontario since its MTO)
I think the below is for pronvicial highways.
My car is damaged because of construction on a provincial highway. How can I get reimbursed for my repair costs?
Please mail your claim showing the location, date, time and nature of the incident along with other supporting documentation such as estimates, bills, etc., to the address below. If you wish to fax your claim, you must follow through with a mailed copy.
Management Board Secretariat
Risk Management & Insurance Services
700 University Avenue, 6th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 2S4
Central, south and north regions Tel: 416-314-3443
Eastern region Tel: 416-314-5531
Fax: 416-314-3444
but yeah, that was just completly unresonable.
Incase anyone in Toronto is intrested (or Ontario since its MTO)
Originally Posted by http://www.toronto.ca/transportation/roads/index.htm
This is one problem, however, where the public can help. If you see a pothole on a city street, call the City at 599-9090, push #164 and leave a message.
I think the below is for pronvicial highways.
Originally Posted by MTO
My car is damaged because of construction on a provincial highway. How can I get reimbursed for my repair costs?
Please mail your claim showing the location, date, time and nature of the incident along with other supporting documentation such as estimates, bills, etc., to the address below. If you wish to fax your claim, you must follow through with a mailed copy.
Management Board Secretariat
Risk Management & Insurance Services
700 University Avenue, 6th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 2S4
Central, south and north regions Tel: 416-314-3443
Eastern region Tel: 416-314-5531
Fax: 416-314-3444
Last edited by AggressiveAdam; Oct 14, 2005 at 03:14 AM.
theres a huge dip in the road like they dug up the street and no signs and its been that way for a month and it soundslike my cars gonna break when i go over it all the time. of course they dont fix the damn road.
Rogers is probably upset because too much traffic
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