HawaiianZ28Rider

ok so i hit the most ridiculous pothole at 10 pm las nite, the damage was a bent rim and a destroyed tire with a hole in the side wall, Now, can i do anything with the township to see if they can cover the damages??? the pothole was pretty much in the middle of the road, i would hav to swirve right into the middle of the road to avoid it if there wasnt any ongoin traffic, i hav pics of the damage the f*ckin pothole, i live in bucks county pa in warrington

SparkyJJO

iTrader: (11)

pics of said pothole?

They are really bad around here too, especially on the one stretch of the highway. It is like craters.

HawaiianZ28Rider

ahhhhhhhhh motherf*cking potholes

Michael02hawk

iTrader: (26)

Yeah, the town is responsible for road hazards like that. Nothing to lose in trying.

2 years ago, some lady's car dropped her exhaust right in front of and the lowered Trans AM!

Bam, I went right over the thing. Destroyed the pass o2 sensor, and put a nasty gouge in the pass header. It ruined the setup under there in a flash.

I didnt stop or get her information, I leared afterwards that her insurance woud have covered it!

HawaiianZ28Rider

ill post pics 2morow, no one has any idea huh?

Black02SLPSS

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You could try going to the city hall and raising hell about it. That may or may not do anything

redramair98

iTrader: (74)

depends on who takes care of the road, state or township, then go to whoever is repsonsible for it. penndott covers stuff fomr time to time but its hard to get them to actually help you

DaveH71

Yeah good luck with PENNDOT. Our roads here in lancaster are horrible, i hate driving on them with my z.

black01_WS6

iTrader: (13)

you alignment will most likely be messed up as well.

Gun5

iTrader: (37)

send them pics and say you want the money they are responsible.. alot of cities will fill them as soon as its reported for a claim so good thing you got pics

MagnaTransAm0098

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welcome to PA.....lol

TransAmdriv3r

iTrader: (10)

our state is too damn cheap to fill in the potholes, and all they are going to say to you is that they cant do anything till it warms up. which I think is complete bullshit, at least throw some rocks in there so no cars get damaged. i drive through wilkes barre daily and its just pathetic.

ae13291

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well i dont know about other states but in california we always pay the road tax when we purchase new tires! so u can stick it in there face that we pay to have the roads fixed and clean

john shea

The same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago here in St. Louis Mo.
A week later a pot hole swallowed up a garbage truck, if it were my car I
could have been injured bad or dead.

landonew

The township is MOST CERTAINLY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. Its called governmental immunity.

1999Transamman

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I think you should definitly take it to the powers that be who are responsible for the road. Thats just dangerous. Tax dollars arent for politicians to live a lavish life, its to better the lives of the people. This is not bettering your life in any way. Fight, fight and fight, dont let them blow you off. They should fix the car.

landonew

They should, but they are not legally obligated to. Federal, State, and Local governments are generally immune from most (not all, but most) civil actions against them. They aren't immune from intentional torts (such as police brutality), cases involving discrimination (i.e. violations involving the 14th amendment), traffic accidents (all city vehicles carry liability insurence), and I believe there are a few others. This simply is not one. Sorry OP, your out of luck. Good luck getting the car fixed and thank god no one got hurt.

EDIT: They may choose to help you, or have some locally policy that governs, but for the most part the above is true.

Michael02hawk

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If you read my post, I did not say the township was responsible FOR THAT (her exhaust) rather her insurance company would have been.

I did say that his township 'should be' responsible for thier road hazards.