[Super Terminator]

To be frank i can not use many roads to come back to my house because my car is brand new and i paid for it.However i am wondering if any damage from potholes is covered by insurance and the department of transportation and is there any other state in this shape?I know that the famous lawyer fieger has made it more than once an issue, when he has compared our roads to bulgaria.

[UpperPeninsulaRon]

Originally Posted by Super Terminator

To be frank i can not use many roads to come back to my house because my car is brand new and i paid for it.However i am wondering if any damage from potholes is covered by insurance and the department of transportation and is there any other state in this shape?I know that the famous lawyer fieger has made it more than once an issue, when he has compared our roads to bulgaria.

Nice thought - But. I felt your pain when I dodged potholes for years in Southeast Michigan. But you will not go anywhere with trying to charge MDOT or having isurance pay for damages. Just read the exclusions in your policy. And as far as going after the state, even Jeffery is not going to lead the charge on this one. He has more lucrative fish to fry.

[Super Terminator]

I see,but so are the other states?It is helpful to know if we pothole haters have a choice.

[arpschneider]

Originally Posted by Super Terminator

I see,but so are the other states?It is helpful to know if we pothole haters have a choice.

Dysfunctional Illinois is certainly full of them also, since they haven't been able to pass a road construction budget for years now, thanks to "King Rod".

[teachbeach]

Pennsylvania roads can be and have been just as bad as Michigan in places.

[Bydand]

I travel from the whole northeast from Michigan to Northern Maine. They are all riddled with potholes. Maine has a special problem with "frost heaves" think a pothole that can drop or raise a foot or more and are from 1 to 10 feet wide, all the way across the road, but the pavement is unbroken so you don't see it until you hit it. Get a series of 5 or 6 of these in a row and I have seen loaded dump trucks with all the wheels off the ground.

[sikes0000]

I think any state that has harsh winters and salts frequently would have problems. Add on top of that 15 year blacktop roads (that maybe last a season) instead of the 25 year concrete roads and you might as well be 4 wheelin.

S.E. michigan has certainly gotten better. I remember driving north on 275 towards Novi where it merges onto 96. It was like driving down a rumble strip. I don't know who it was that accepted the low bidder on that continuous blacktop that used to be 275 (10+ years ago) but they should be cast out of Michigan

But just about every major road I travel on has been redone. You can thank the superbowl for that

You would have to head south. Someplace where the temperature doesn't get to freezing. Or a state that invests in long term roads. Or move overseas to the autoban. What do they spend per year? 1 million dollars per mile per year or something ridiculous. But you probably never see a pothole

[Nickc121]

I live in Grand Rapids and hit a major pothole on division street...flat tire, bent wheel, broken tie rod, and broken ball joints. I had started the process of filing a claim against the city but then found out that my insurance (progressive) would cover all of it.

[TaxBait]

Originally Posted by Nickc121

... then found out that my insurance (progressive) would cover all of it.

Is that a "collision with the roadway" or a comp deductible?

[Nickc121]

hhmmmm not sure what they classified it as. But I do know that I didnt have to pay a deductible and my insurance did not go up, as it would if it had been a collision