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Potholes and Road Damage Effects Cars Daily

A pothole is created when cars drive through the road and it creates a crack, and those cracks soak with water when it

is raining.

When motor cars pass over the road, it forces the water to push further down the cracks in the road.

Eventually water will sink into the eroding parts of the road.

Once water sinks into the eroded portions of the roadbed, the cracks come loose from the heavy impact of vehicle

tires.

Potholes impact many drivers on the road every

day.

This article is going to help you understand how potholes impact motor cars, and provide some solutions to pothole

problems.

Potholes and Road Damage

Poor quality of road conditions in cities can cause more than just aggravation.

There are safety services doing the best they can to help residents solve their pothole issues.

The biggest challenge for safety services is because

they are lacking of manpower.

This is due to not enough tax revenue to cover the costs and equipment for these services.

Another fact about this pothole problem is the density of potholes throughout the entire city.

Some cities have a high density of cars on a daily basis.

High traffic volumes generate more impact on the roads which creates more potholes in a shorter time.

Besides a lack of manpower, average cities have 4 to 5 individuals dedicated to potholes repairs every day.

A temporary patch with a cold fix will last about six months to a year, depending on the density of traffic.

A pothole can easily cause maintenance issues, such as alignment.

Alignment costs for car and trucks means more time and money motorist have to spend.

Even worst, potholes can scrap and damage oil pans or transmissions or anything underneath the car.

Handling The Pothole Problem

The solution for pothole damages is for local governments and cities to add more funding for safety services and

pothole repairs.

Any major fix will take time, and it will cause an inconvenience for drivers because it will increase traffic

during theses road repairs.

Although, when these repairs are finished, it will improve the road quality a lot longer than just a temporary patch for

maybe 6 to 12 months.

Civil engineers are working hard to improve the road quality with different studies in materials.

They hope one day there is a permanent solution to this pothole problem, so every driver on the road can drive with confidence without ever having to worrying about potholes

again.

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