Have you ever been driving down the road and bam! Your tire blows out because you just hit a pothole in the road. Hopefully, your going slowly enough that you can maintain control of your car and pull off to the side of the road. But what if you’re not? What if you are going to fast and lose all control of your car, resulting in hitting a tree, guardrail, or even worse another car.
Potholes in Pennsylvania's roadways are a very common thing; they are everywhere especially after the winter season. Why aren’t other state's roads as full of potholes as it seems Pennsylvania's roads are? If you ever drive out of state you immediately notice a nicer smoother ride once you have crossed the state line.
Hitting potholes doesn’t always result in tire blowouts, and sometimes they don’t damage your car in any way. You hit them and continue on driving. Of course sometimes you are less fortunate though and the damage may not even be evident
It has been estimated that poor road conditions have cost Pennsylvania drivers nearly seven billion dollars each year in annoying and costly vehicle repairs that are left up to the car owners to cover.
It could be a long time before Pennsylvania is back in the ball game with neighboring states on roadway conditions. However we can all be encouraged that changes are finally being made and hopefully, in the long run, these improvements will result in happier, safer drivers and possibly could radically reduce the cost of repairs and the number of accidents that drivers experience on Pennsylvania roadways.
Harrisburg recently made a proposal to raise gas prices as much as eight cents a gallon to help pay for new road pavings and new and better roadway construction. It was estimated that the proposed price increase would bring in around an average of $500 million dollars a year that would be dedicated to improving road conditions. In addition t
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