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I was made aware on Saturday that one of our vehicles had sustained some minor damage to the rear bumper. It is not bad but it will require to go into the bodyshop to be sorted out. It will cost £150 for the repair. Now we have never argued about the cost of such repairs and we are quite easy going and do not "have a go" at the driver or anything. However it was not the driver who told us about the damage but a 3rd party. Apparently the driver thought they could T cut the damage out but it is to deep. We looked at it on Saturday and said we would sort it out. Today the driver wanted to leave the car for the repair. I told her that the car was not booked in for the repair until the 14th. Not a problem you would think. At this point she tells me that the Council inspected the vehicle on Friday last week and put a 7 day delayed suspension on the repair. I asked her why she hadn't told me and she said that she thought she could fix it without letting me know.
I thought that was bad enough but when I read the delayed suspension notice it has been written on it by the enforcement office where it asks for the owner details, our company name and a note in brackets saying don't tell PF. PF being me. What the f**k is going on.

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Grandad,

Just shows what the drivers think of you,and what a first rate tvvat you are

ASK THEM

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F88K EM ALL WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

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tell shes off the road till its done, and shes paying for it


WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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if its YOUR car why is the LA dealing with the monkey not the organ grinder?

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I think you are right.

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Grandad,

Why? We accept that sometimes cars sustain damage. It isn't done on purpose. The car is ours and we accept the money from the drivers when everything is good so we pay for the repairs when things go bad. I don't think that legally we could charge for any damage or repairs. It is called a business risk. This is what insurance is for. Obviously in this case the damage is small. My gripe is with the council putting on the suspension notice that I am not to be informed about the damage.

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Grandad,

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3) Without prejudice to the provisions of [section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988], the proprietor of a hackney carriage or of a private hire vehicle licensed by a district council shall report to them as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case within seventy-two hours of the occurrence thereof, any accident to such hackney carriage or private hire vehicle causing damage materially affecting the safety, performance or appearance of the hackney carriage or private hire vehicle or the comfort or convenience of persons carried therein.
(4) The proprietor of any hackney carriage or of any private hire vehicle licensed by a district council shall at the request of any authorised officer of the council produce for inspection the vehicle licence for such hackney carriage or private hire vehicle and the certificate of the policy of insurance or security required by [Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988] in respect of such hackney carriage or private hire vehicle.
(5) If any person without reasonable excuse contravenes the provisions of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence.

They probably didn't want another FOI request from you

Theyve given up and gave him an id and password to their system

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