Re: Car Damage from Roads, who pays?

["Christoper Hartwell@bbn.com" <chartwel@bbn.com>]

My friend ran-over an unmarked pothole in the early spring with his new 16"
rims on his GTI. Called the city, had several choice but professional words
and they replaced the front right rim + tire. The other damage wasn't
excessive enough to warrant full replacement of everything.  Its somewhat
there responsibility to provide safe roadways, just think if you were on a
motorcycle, you may not have had the opportunity to ask our opinion. Good
luck..... This was in Vermont...

--Chris-- 
--98GLX--

At 09:28 AM 08/27/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>     Hello, has anyone ever had any luck pursueing there local 
>     transportation department for money for damage to your car because of 
>     crappy roads?  Last night I was driving home on Hwy 280 in California 
>     (the Palo Alto section) where they are in the process of preping for 
>     paving.  At all the bridges they have used that gouge machine to lower 
>     the road up to the bridge and in place made a small steep ramp for the 
>     time being.  The are not marked well and last night I hit one at 
>     65mph.  It knocked out my alignment I had done on TUESDAY!, probably 
>     bent my rims and my CD player skipped for about 20sec!  I want to have 
>     my car re-aligned and my wheel checked/replace where needed, and paid 
>     for by CALTRANS.  Anyone have experience with this?  Holland?
>     
>     
>     Andy Atwell
>
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