Just unacceptable

by Sergio

06 Jul 2009

Our roads are a mess and need to be sorted out. Its frustrating when your made to pay so much road tax and the government aren't even doing their job! I am beginning to get tired of the constant dodging of pot holes and think that we all to begin making a much bigger fuss about it.
My incident occured when i was driving down a country road and hit a pothole, next thing i know the tyre was burst and a strange noise was coming from the car. I pulled into a hotel which was a few metres away and the security guard said, " thats the 3rd car today," (this was at 5:30 in the evening!). a few moments later another car pulls in with a burst tyre!
After I spoke to the security guard i began attending to the tyre and was extremley annoyed to see that the pothole had damaged my alloy wheels that I had spent £200.00 refurbishing literally a week before and dreaded to find out what unseen damage it had done to my car.
The pothole was about 1.5ft long, 1ft wide and about 5-6 inches deep!
I took pictures of the pothole and the damge and called the council the next day. They sent an incident report form a few weeks after and i sent it back containing the details.
A few weeks later I recieved a letter saying that my claim had been rejected because the incident occured inbetween their inspection of the road. I called them up and found the road only had to be inspected 3 times a year which means that 121 days in which you can hit a pothole down that road and they won't have to pay! Thats just ridculous!!
The damage totalled to £250 and there are still creeks coming from the car.
The road conditions need to be addressed and I would appreciate any useful feedback that anyone has on the issue.