Whopper outside Wimbledon Tennis Club (church road sw19)

by mommus

27 Mar 2007

I hit this monster on the 5th March at about 6.45pm whilst on the way home from work.

It was hidden by a speed hump and by the time i realised what it was it was too late and i guess i hit it about 25mph... My tyre went down pretty much straight away and whilst i was putting my spare on two more people hit it, one of whom left his wheel trim bouncing past me.

I went home a took a picture of it straight away, as you can see from the pic it is about 700cm long by 500cm wide and was a good 20cm deep. I called Merton Council in the morning who said that it had been reported and referred to their hole-filling people at lunchtime on the 5th, so somebody was supposed to have filled it in. If i'd been on a motorbike i would have definitely come off.

The damage was pretty serious, especially considering the speed i was doing. Wrecked a £127 tyre, dented my wheel rim and has bent a track rod, my steering wheel is now about 10 degrees right when i'm driving in a straight line. I'm currently waiting for the council to say whether they'll pay for the damage or not.