Fife Council told me to piss off after I hit a half-bag of concrete they had left to go off on the side of the road after an earlier repair.

Killed the front alloy and both nearside tyres.

Edinburgh did the same after I hit a kerbstone and killed two wheels and two tyres. Said it had never happened before despite all the gouges in the kerb, but still repaired the whole junction in less than two weeks.

Then the Freedom of Information legislation came in and they had to admit to TWELVE similar incidents, including a motor-bicyclist who ended up in hospital because of the same bit of kerb.

They still didn't pay, though!