70 dual-carriageway, no lights...

[trampyjoe]

Sue for damages to what?

Tripping over the uneven pavement that cannot be seen now that the lights are switched off (at night).

 

[Norm]

Tripping over the uneven pavement that cannot be seen now that the lights are switched off (at night).

I'm going to assume that you are joking with that one.

 

[trampyjoe]

I'm going to assume that you are joking with that one.

http://www.stephensons.co.uk/site/news_and_events/blogpost/pavement_trip_compensation
http://www.eadsolicitors.co.uk/news/amputee-sues-council-over-wonky-pavement.aspx
http://ealing.ealinggazette.co.uk/2011/06/pensioner-sues-council-over-da.html

Just think of the claims that could realistically come flooding in now.
Welcome to compensation culture .. you can thank the americans.

 

[oldroadman]

Live in the sticks and either no lights at all (most roads) or they are off, or reduced to 1 in 3 or 4, at midnight in the villages. People just have a torch, good lights on a bike, no problem.

 

[Norm]

Just think of the claims that could realistically come flooding in now.
Welcome to compensation culture .. you can thank the americans.

I was actually trying to just think how any of that is relevant to the topic under discussion, which was about switching off the lights on a dual carriageway with a 70mph limit.

Although, in the absence of reports about a phalanx of 73 year olds walking down dual carriageways at night, I reckon I should probably stick with my earlier assumption that you were joking.