so last night on the way home from work my rear wheel found its way into a canyon on 580 east. In a area of the freeway caltrans just fixed about 2 months ago. This cracked the sidewall of the tire and put a nice little bend in my prodrives so thank you california now i get to sit in americas tires while they put my winter wheels on and order a new direzza then i get to go to wheels america to gey my wheel repaired. Ill have pics up later

 

If it was caused by damage in the road, I believe you can contact them and Caltrans will pay to repair/replace.

 

generally not though. they will fight you, they have time to drag it out and it is such a huge ****ing hassle its almost not even worth dealing with it

 

where on 580 is this?

 

Depends on what caused it. In this one, I think he has a pretty good case.

 

That sucks matt! Id try to fight it.

 

Dude! That sucks, luckily it wasn't worse, but still Caltrans & their completely sloppy work I'm sure causes TONS of accidents a year here in the Bay Area. I'm sure my stopping distance on a road filled with potholes and different cement levels affects how my car stops.

Hope everything gets fixed though.

 

near the airway on ramp in livermore

as for getting caltrans to pay for its not worth my time to fight them over 85 bucks

 

Now it is.

 

sucks!

 

Outch! these roads are very dangerous for 65mph! on 680 going down Sunol grade, my car hops out of its lane when I am on a big turn going 70mph becuase of the broken up road, it makes me look like a drunk driver.

 

you need to gather evidence...

take pictures of the damage to your rim/tire, & of the specific part of the road that caused the incident.

i'm willing to bet that you aren't the first person this has happened to with this specific spot on the road. i'm sure the complaint filings will be piling up. my buddy had this happen to him about 10yrs ago, he ended up getting reimbursed, but he needed all documentation and receipts of the costs associated with fixing the damage.

but yeah, i think california's highways/freeways got ranked top 3 for worst quality in the US

 

hears some pics of the damage the rim is not that bad but it got a slight bend and nick where the bead of the tire mates up with the rim

 

damn dude i hit some nasty fixes in atascadero a few days ago. literally a 1" curb in the middle of the road where they laid new road...

 

That sucks Matt! At least that's all that happened; it could have been worse.