Potholes and helping fellow riders......

[sas mayhem]

Hello all fellow riders. I almost had a "get off" the other day by a stealth pot hole.  If I would have hit it my front tire would have gone down in it at least to the rim.  And then last night, I was on my way into work coming to my intersection to make a right turn, and just as I got in the lane, presto, a young buck (deer, 6 pointer) was laying across the entire lane. I was able to get aroud it with no issue.  When I got home I googled "how to report a pot hole" and every state has a link via DOT, to report a pot hole. So I was thinking , if we reported a pot hole that we come across, we could help prevent a fellow rider taking a fall. And if enough people report it, I'm pretty suere that it would be move up on the DOT priority list fairly quickly.  Anyone have a input about it?

Cheers
Ron

[Cholla]

Good idea but one problem. Here in MO the road crews take potholes and turn them upside down. The hole becomes a bump!

[gPink]

Would the deer fill the pothole?

[bbroj]

I think in NY if it has been reported and you sustain dammage because of it, the municipality can be held accountable. I have no basis for this belief other than a memory of having heard it somewhere, so I could be mistaken

[stevewfl]

I think in NY if it has been reported and you sustain dammage because of it, the municipality can be held accountable. I have no basis for this belief other than a memory of having heard it somewhere, so I could be mistaken

The way NY taxes people they should