I live in Penna, was Re: Ever broken a windshield from a pothole?

[Peter Walsh <cerksies@hotmail.com>]

Hi,

I have never had to deal w/ PennDOT, but for reference, where is this road? 
I have seen some stuff like this lately.  When a friend and I were on a 
cruise about a week ago, we hit this one road (somwhere close to the 
IndianTownGap and RT 443).  Something similar happened to me, I hit about a 
2-3 foot wide gap w/ gravel in it (im guessing sewar repairs).  I hit it so 
hard, that my friend in FRONT of me heard my car go SLAM!  It did no damage 
however, so I am fortunate. If it did, Id be raising some Hell in 
Harrisburg!

Good Luck w/ DOT

Pete


>It's been one of those weeks again.
>
>Pennsylvania is famous for its bad roads, but this is rediculous.
>
>Saturday afternoon I decided to take the Scirocco out for a drive since it
>hadn't been driven for a week (I had surgery on my right hand following a
>dog bite last week so I was confined to my Automatic all week).
>
>So, I'm cruising along with a shit-eating grin on my face, having forgotten
>how sweet 7000rpm sounds.  Doing maybe 60mph (45 or 55 zone, don't
>remember), and I'm rounding an ever-so-slight right hand bend.  In front of
>me all of a sudden I see a grey strip across the road, about 2 feet wide.
>Looks like someone dug a hole across the street and filled it in with
>gravel.  I brake. Hard. Let go of my brake pedal right before I hit it,
>maybe doing like 45?
>
>****BBBAAAAMMM*****
>
>I've never felt such forces in a car without being carried off in an
>Ambulance afterward.
>
>My sun visor falls in my face, the sunroof handle falls, and the CD Player
>turns itself off.
>
>I pull over to the side of the road.
>
>The casualties:
>2 Hockenheim Rs, 15".  Bent slightly at the hub (nasty vibrations)
>My 1-year-old windshield.  4" crack where the mirror is glued on.
>2 Boge TurboGas shocks.
>
>....and who knows what else.
>
>I went back with my friend who's a photographer for a regional newspaper--
>and I'm trying to get these pics published.  Whatever asshole filled in the
>ditch didn't put enough gravel in, so it sank, leaving a 2-foot-wide,
>4-inch deep ditch.  While photographing the ditch, we saw Jeep after SUV
>after full size pickup bottom out over the bump... drivers subsequently
>pulling over and inspecting the damage on their cars.
>
>Spoke with PennDOT this morning, and I need to supply pictures of the loss
>scene, pics of the damage to my car, and either 2 estimates for repair, or
>1 repair bill.
>
>Anyone have any experience with getting PennDOT to pay for being ASSHOLES?
>
>ARGH.
>
>
>
>
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