Pot holes
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From: Harrisburg, OR
Pot holes
My wife hit a pot hole the other night on a paved county road and had to be towed, it did so much damage. She was doing 45mph on a suggested 40mph corner. It blow the side wall out on both passanger tires and bent both rims. It also split the front aluminum wheel in half making two rims out of one. All together 750.00 in damage. Luckly nobody was hurt. The county wont pay for the damages because nobody had reported the pot hole prior to her hitting it. 
The only way to get it fixed is out of pocket or claim it as an accident on insurance 
. So If you see a pot hole you should call it in. Thank you.
The only way to get it fixed is out of pocket or claim it as an accident on insurance . So If you see a pot hole you should call it in. Thank you.
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From: Erie, pa
If it did that much visual damage you better get at least the slighnment checked.
Depending on the type of vehicle there could be further damage to other components.
Pennsylvania - Pothole Capitol of the world.
Depending on the type of vehicle there could be further damage to other components.
Pennsylvania - Pothole Capitol of the world.
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From: Durham NC
Do you have comprehensive coverage (everyone should have it, it's the best deal in insurance you can get IMHO)? If so, claim it on that coverage, it's considered an "act of god" loss and incurs no deductable or charges against your insurance.
PS: pothole reports need to be in writing, sending an email or a phone call is not sufficient. Send the letter certified with a return receipt. (Comprehensive coverage added to your policy is cheaper and easier in the long run.) Reporting potholes is a good samaritan act, since if you suffer damage for hitting the pothole after reporting it they could deny your claim based on the fact "you knew it was there"!
PS: pothole reports need to be in writing, sending an email or a phone call is not sufficient. Send the letter certified with a return receipt. (Comprehensive coverage added to your policy is cheaper and easier in the long run.) Reporting potholes is a good samaritan act, since if you suffer damage for hitting the pothole after reporting it they could deny your claim based on the fact "you knew it was there"!
Last edited by AXracer; Feb 16, 2007 at 07:36 AM.
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you guys have paved county roads. wow all ares are just gravel. yup our pavement just ends. what do you mean there not potholes if there not on the pavement, thats where all potholes are. any hole smaller than your car counts.
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Originally Posted by Scott123
Our potholes around here are starting to open up. All the snowplow blades and freezing and thawing this year are making some of our streets and a lot of parking lots look like minefields.
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See, up here in Michigan, I love the winter, cuz all our potholes are filled in..
Then again, spring is a whole differant topic... you know its bad when I am afraid of pot holes... and I drive a full size Bronco.
Then again, spring is a whole differant topic... you know its bad when I am afraid of pot holes... and I drive a full size Bronco.
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From: Durham NC
That happened one year in buffalo on the Thruway. They tried to save money by grinding the top of the pavement smooth, but it made it porous so the water penetrated and froze popping off all the paving down to the sub base. There were potholes 12" deep and the size of entire cars. It was right at the major interchange with the spur that went to downtown and Niagara Falls. Even at 5 MPH you risked serious damage from high centering as you went in and out of the holes. Looked like the airport runways in Bagdad after Dessert Storm bombing.
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From: Southern Connecticut
Blew out a tire and bent rim on my jetta once on a bridge near my house. Big Pothole. I figured i wouldnt get any compensation, but called in the pothole, just so they could fix it.
the lady says:
"was there any damage?" yes blown out tire and bent rim,
"would you like to make a claim?" YES,sure now that you mention it!!!
"ok we'll send you the paper work, fill it out and send it back"
i go thru the paperwork hassle, copy of receipts ,type a letter, mail it, etc etc.
8 weeks later i get a letter from DOT saying that because they didn't know there was a pothole there, they arent't liable, and therefore i get nothing.
i was like THANKS FOR NOTHING!!!!!!!!!
the lady says:
"was there any damage?" yes blown out tire and bent rim,
"would you like to make a claim?" YES,sure now that you mention it!!!
"ok we'll send you the paper work, fill it out and send it back"
i go thru the paperwork hassle, copy of receipts ,type a letter, mail it, etc etc.
8 weeks later i get a letter from DOT saying that because they didn't know there was a pothole there, they arent't liable, and therefore i get nothing.
i was like THANKS FOR NOTHING!!!!!!!!!
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From: Meade, KS
Originally Posted by elektrafried
In 1999 or 2000 I was working in Chicago,a blizzard hit and there were so many potholes on the Dan Ryan that they peeled about 6 inches off it and re-paved.
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The 750.00 was with the alignment. They said the only thing that was out was the left rear toe. The damage was on the right side. Now the car pulls to the left after they did the alignment. It is on a 02 camry. I know but, three kids(one in car seat) wife and myself can't figure out how to fit in the 60 flareside. I have full coverage. I think thier calling it a road hazard. They will only pay 150.00. If we want more we have to claim as an accident
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The freeways in CA are getting so bad that I have bent a rim twice in the past 2 years. This is on my everyday driver truck on a freeway that is supposed to have 65 MPH traffic.
This happens enough that Caltrans has a form that you can download from their website. I filled it out and sent it in. Then they informed me that the section of 101 that I was on belonged to the county. They forwarded my claim to the county and the county claimed that is belongs to Caltrans because Caltrans was do road repair in that area. They bounced it back and forth between themselves until their 6 week claim period expired and then they dropped it.
Ever since the budget cuts in CA the roads are starting to fall apart.
This happens enough that Caltrans has a form that you can download from their website. I filled it out and sent it in. Then they informed me that the section of 101 that I was on belonged to the county. They forwarded my claim to the county and the county claimed that is belongs to Caltrans because Caltrans was do road repair in that area. They bounced it back and forth between themselves until their 6 week claim period expired and then they dropped it.
Ever since the budget cuts in CA the roads are starting to fall apart.