UK News Motorcyclist billed for damaging road after accident with sheep

[The Helper]

Moray Ferguson was sent a bill for £200 by Aberdeenshire council after his bike hit a sheep which had wandered into his path on the unclassified Cuminestown to Fyvie Road.

The 47-year-old was flung from his black Honda Fireblade motorbike which burst into flames, and suffered a broken hip socket, pelvis and collarbone, seven cracked ribs and a collapsed lung in the accident.

The fire caused the road surface to melt, leaving it with a ''bubbly'' texture covering approximately six feet by six feet where the accident happened, a neighbouring farmer said.

The sheep was also killed in the accident, which happened on July 4 this year.

After five weeks of hospital treatment, the father-of-two returned home, but was shocked when Aberdeenshire council sent him their invoice to cover the cost of repairing the road surface.

Motorcyclist billed for damaging road after accident with sheep

A motorcyclist who was seriously injured in a collision with a stray sheep has been billed for damaging the road.

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[undeadorcjerk]

Fuck no. The farmer was the cause of the accident, not the motorcyclist.

 

[The Helper]

That is probably why they fined the motorcycle guy so he could sue the farmer.

 

[AnthraxXx]

Ugh I'd be so frustrated going through all that and then end up having to pay for more things.

 

[DDRtists]

If they told me I had to pay for the road after I crashed, I'd be going to court. I'm not going to get in a wreck, get hurt and/or get a ton of road rash, and then have to pay a ton to fix my bike AND on top of that pay to fix the road? Hell no...

The road gave me road rash, it should be paying me. :nuts:

 

[FireCat]

That's just nuts!

 

[Wiseman_2]

Welcome to Great Britain

 

[Dark_Phoenix]

Moray Ferguson was sent a bill for £200 by Aberdeenshire council after his bike hit a sheep which had wandered into his path on the unclassified Cuminestown to Fyvie Road.

The 47-year-old was flung from his black Honda Fireblade motorbike which burst into flames, and suffered a broken hip socket, pelvis and collarbone, seven cracked ribs and a collapsed lung in the accident.

The fire caused the road surface to melt, leaving it with a ''bubbly'' texture covering approximately six feet by six feet where the accident happened, a neighbouring farmer said.

The sheep was also killed in the accident, which happened on July 4 this year.

After five weeks of hospital treatment, the father-of-two returned home, but was shocked when Aberdeenshire council sent him their invoice to cover the cost of repairing the road surface.

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Remember kids, motorcycles are bad

TWO WHEELS BAAAAAAD, FOUR WHEELS GOOOOOOOD

 

[FireCat]

TWO WHEELS BAAAAAAD, FOUR WHEELS GOOOOOOOD

lol

The road gave me road rash, it should be paying me. :nuts:

Yeah.. Say that in the court and let see what a answer they will give you.

 

[Drakethos]

The owner of the sheep should be responsible for the accident. That is, if anyone owns the sheep. If not, they could sue its parents, but the sheep would be grieving for their lost child and then on top of it have to pay for fixing. Then we might cause an up rise with the sheep, and that would be bad, so maybe they shouldn't sue the sheep.

 

[DDRtists]

Yeah.. Say that in the court and let see what a answer they will give you.

I've said lots of crazy things and got away with stuff.

 

[FireCat]

I've said lots of crazy things and got away with stuff.

Hehe, lucky you. what crazy stuff ? lol.. Well, tell us how it goes.

 

[Samael88]

Dag nabit, when shall you people learn to keep your cattle where they should be
This is just as good of a solution as to say, the sheep caused the accident, fine the sheep. Or even better, kill all sheep, they just cause accidents anyway

That happens a little now and then around where I live. And the Swedish court always get the owner of the critter to pay for. That is beacuse it is their duty to make sure that the fences are working properly.

It would be another thing if they had evidence to prove that the biker did it intentionally or that he was speeding, then it would be okay to fine the biker.