Last night, driving home in the wet i came around the corner at a set of lights, as you go around the corner the road turns down a hill and about 5m after the corner is a giant concrete Island that makes the lane really thin. This thing is barely visible in the dry but in the wet i had no chance of seeing it.
Anyway long story short I hit the damn thing quite firmly (wasn't driving stupidly) and it has damage both drivers side wheel's and the front bar. puncturing the front and there is a crack in the rear tyre side wall, but it hasn't gone flat, Yet.
Now there is no street lights there, no keep left sign or anything on this island to suggest it's there.
I went up there this arvo and the concrete island is covered in rubber marks and has mass damage all over it from other people hitting it.
My question is, Has anyone ever tried to get the council to foot a bill?
If so, how'd it go?
NOTE: not after legal advice, after experience stories only.