“It's a real mix bag of opinion here, and whilst you may have the support of a few individuals on this site, I believe that you will struggle to make a claim against the council as this would set a legal precendent which would have huge repercussions across the country.

I am only thankful that you did not injure anyone else, and that ultimately there is very little chance that my hard earned cash will have to finance what is in my opinion your mistake.

And yes..... if it means during frosty conditions that we drive at the speed of a milk float to ensure your our own safety and the safety of others then so be it.

Too many people killed on the roads to argue otherwise.”

“I've read all the post and some of these arm chair accident investigators take the biscuit!! i bet should one of them have a accident or get shunted because of the roads not being gritted they'd be the first ones moaning,and before you lot start i've done more in reverse with 40 years worth of winter driving.”

“Thanks to Tim and Ron for their good comments. i am suprised also that so many peole seemed to witness what happened as according to all the commennts lots of you must have been there and seen me driving supposedly too fast and without any care. silly me for thinkng a straight road with no other traffic on it wouldn't be safe to travel on at the speed i was. oh , and by the way magneto, suzukis are in fact the best bikes in the world. ( well, in my world anyway! ) unfortunately i may know have to sell mine to buy a new car, oh well. There goes another item of my pride and joy. The joys of the domino effect.”

“Good Luck Peter, the council were a utter disgrace with the gritting of the roads. The bins around my estate have been empty for months and still are.
When i asked them to fill the bins they told me "NO !".
Wonder what would happen if i said "NO" to anymore council tax payments ?”

“I can't believe a lot of the posters on here are saying that 20 - 25 is too fast on a road like that. We may as well all walk then when there is a bit of frost about. The council were warned by the police to sort the road but no doubt they had to finish their cups of tea and lean on a few shovels before they could turn out. I hope you get sorted peter.”

“Mr Heath:

If you had hit another road user during this crash I would hope that you would be facing a charge of driving without due care and attention, as I did in similar circumstances. And quite rightly too.

YOU chose to drive too fast for the conditions as your crash clearly illustrates.

YOU chose to take out finance for your car which has left you out of pocket.

YOU chose to retain your registration number from your car (personally, I get my registration number for free with the vehicle!).

You claim not to want compensation and before the end of the sentence say that you want compensation to cover your losses.

Why should other people have to cough up money because of the choices YOU have chosen to make?

I hope you have a speedy recovery from your injuries. The NHS patch people up. Alas, there is no such public service for cars...!”

“It's about time people took responsibility for their own actions. As sad as it is that Mr Heath crashed his car and has been injured as a result, he chose to drive too fast for the conditions and suffered the consequences.”

“Right, where do i start? Ron in Bradwell, last time i looked i was a rate payer too. i am claiming on my own insurance. i am losing £1000 to settle my finance,£200 excess and apparently have to pay the dvla £105 to keep my own number off my own car. By the time the vultures have finished i may end up with a mark 3 escort instead of my pride and joy. Next ,Realistic- sounds like we should all have milk floats then,is that it? . John from Newcastle, if your comments regarding gritting priorites are to be believed then you should know my incident occured just past Burnwood school so according to you it should have been gritted! , John of Milton, im not after compensation, i just want someone to admit a mistake has been made and recompence for any loss my insurance claim will leave me with. Why should i lose a perfectly good car and have to pay over £1000 as well and end up with no car all because someone took 90 minutes to grit a road. Out of all the comments posted by mostly people who dont know what they are talking about ,the one exception i have found is Paul from wolstanton, as he says ,what use is having gritting bins if they are empty. the gritting bin we had in our road went missing before xmas and even three phonecalls to the council didnt get one back. What use is gritting main roads if nobody can get out of their own roads to use them! I bet all the councillers roads are clear every frost. Also would any of the negative posters wish to reflect on if i was sliding towards them and thier families that morning? does that possibly put a different perspective on it? Thanks for all the positive comments and words of support, it is greatly appreciated”

“Mr Heath may unfortunately be a Suzuki fan but to brand him 'compo seeker' etc is plain wrong. A man of his word, and a careful and able driver in my experience. His 'old injuries' are from bike mishaps. Short of studded tyres, gritting is the only thing that would have prevented this happening in my opinion. However, in this cock-eyed country he'll just get a bill for the ambulance and the lamp post, to add to his car repair bill. Happy Days eh?”

“why don't you claim off your own insurance instead of the ratepayers?”