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sued for neglegent behavior....

amalan11 — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:10:54 GMT

I bet there will be one very nervous person after today's story in the paper....

There was a fire in a Sydney carpark a couple of days ago that took out 46 cars many of which are uninsured .Investigators believe it was started by some moron discarding a cigarette into long grass on what was a very hot day with winds.Now lawyers have said that if the person is caught ,CCTV is being examined,the owners of the uninsured cars could sue.

Hopefully it will make people more aware if they can be held liable for idiot actions

Re: sued for neglegent behavior....

repentatleisure1952 — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:29:37 GMT

While agreeing that the ciggy thrower(if that was indeed the case) was indeed moronic those who drive uninsured vehicles on public roads would no doubt also be nervous-as would other law-abiding road users........hmmm.

Re: sued for neglegent behavior....

cherry*135 — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:50:48 GMT

Double post

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cherry*135 — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:50:15 GMT

Drivers in NSW would have/should have CompulosryThirdParty insurance (required before getting rego). That would cover them for liablity if they have accidents on the road.

If they hadn't insured their car with a comprehensive insurance policy, their car would be worthless.

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azureline** — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:59:06 GMT

Some people don't have comprehensive insurance and opt to insure the other car, or just fire and theft. TPPD insurance should be compulsory.IMO

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azureline** — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:59:56 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
Drivers in NSW would have/should have CompulosryThirdParty insurance (required before getting rego). That would cover them for liablity if they have accidents on the road.

If they hadn't insured their car with a comprehensive insurance policy, their car would be worthless.

it only covers injury to others, not the driver and not the car.

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cherry*135 — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:01:55 GMT

CTP is all that is required by law though?

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azureline** — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:03:21 GMT

yes, it is but that does not assist someone if another driver is at fault and damages the other person's car does it?

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cherry*135 — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:10:35 GMT

I don't know. I have CTP & comprehensive car insurance so is me covered.

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cherry*135 — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:17:09 GMT

so that is me covered.

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***super_nova*** — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:22:22 GMT

@azureline** wrote:
yes, it is but that does not assist someone if another driver is at fault and damages the other person's car does it?

Who ever is responsible for the accident pays. If they have 3rd party property insurance their insurance will pay. Some 3rd party property also have basic cover for theft & fire. But some do not. If the person who caused the fire is caught he may very well be sued, and if he owns property he may loose it.

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azureline** — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:47:20 GMT

My daughter's car was hit by an unaccompanied learner, no insurance.

The police said, no point suing her for the money, she has no job or assetts, would cost more than damage is worth.

Fortunately daughter's car has comprehensive insurance and she could id the other party.

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*crikey*mate* — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:00:38 GMT

if he is sued, wouldn't they have to establish that he owed the people a duty of care?

How would reasonable forseeability apply to those specific people?

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i-once-was-bump — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:36:09 GMT

The fire weather warnings on the day should have been enough to stop anyone smoking outdoors and throwing their butt into dry grass.

BTW throwing lit butts is something you can be fined for.

Re: sued for neglegent behavior....

***super_nova*** — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:06:11 GMT

@i-once-was-bump wrote:
The fire weather warnings on the day should have been enough to stop anyone smoking outdoors and throwing their butt into dry grass.

BTW throwing lit butts is something you can be fined for.

I thought you can get fined for littering if you drop as much as bus ticket.

And yes, the first step if sueing somebody is to make sure they do have assets.

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tulip*place — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:50:07 GMT

A few years ago when there were bushfires close by, I was driving behind a car and the driver threw out a lit cigarette butt then went

for approx 10 metres and turned into a driveway. Took note of the rego number and phoned the police. Went past a few days

later and the car is parked there. Obviously his home. Couldn't have waited till he got home to discard the cigarette. Very irresponsible, when there are bush fires burning approx 5 kilometres away.