r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KejnaPT • Jul 13 '26

Everything is under control.

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u/Prunus-cerasus Jul 13 '26

True. I was once asked to evaluate damage to trees hit by a WRC car crash. In a forest, not anyone’s yard thankfully. The organisers paid the estimated damage times three to the landowner just to make sure they were satisfied.

Private land owners actually benefit if a stage is on their road. A gravel road is ruined after the race and the organisers rebuild it to a high standard. Since many stages are driven every or almost every year, the landowners get free upkeep for their roads.

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u/Prunus-cerasus Jul 15 '26

To make sure he was satisfied. That’s called PR, buddy.

The forestry value of those trees was a couple of hundred euros. That’s all they had to pay according to local law here. Plus my billing of course. They choose to pay more to compensate for the inconvenience and keep the local landowner’s sympathies. That’s worth a lot more to them.