M50 North - Huge pothole...damaged car

pippip

Hi all,

Travelling home last night on M50, northbound. Just passing the Tallaght exit in the outside lane and I hit the biggest pothole. Loud bang, lucky I had strong grip on the wheel. I was honestly surprised the car was capable of continuing without anything broken from the impact.

Just past it, two cars pulled in, one being loaded onto pickup. Wondering if they didn't come through so lucky.

Anyway getting out of the car this morning and notice a huge bulge, about the size of a tennis ball, in side of front driver side wheel (the one that hit it). Going to get new tyre myself but just wondering my chances on getting refund from council?

sgt.bilko

m50 is nothing to do with South Dublin County Council Afaik.

NRA maybe but try and prove that you didn't hit one of the many other potholes in the country

EPM

Take photographs if you can and of pothole too if possible and submit a claim. Call them today also to have it on record. You might hear back*






*but unfortunately you more than likely wont

sgt.bilko

EPM wrote: »

Take photographs if you can and of pothole too if possible and submit a claim. Call them today also to have it on record. You might hear back*






*but unfortunately you more than likely wont

How do you suggest the OP takes a photo of a pothole on a motorway? Stop the car and get out?

pippip

I had thought about the problem of getting a photo of the pothole but after the impact it caused on the car I am in no doubt that they will be flooded with similar claims and with people generally complaining and bringing there attention to it. I wont be in the outside lane tonight!!!

I know its a long shot. I'll ring them this morning.

mwrf

I hit it this morning, Just under the bridge where the road bends a little bit right?

Accident waiting to happen, Who exactly do you contact to
let them know?

pippip

Thats the one alright.

Looking up the NRA website but theres a load of phone numbers....i'll get dialling.

EPM

sgt.bilko wrote: »

How do you suggest the OP takes a photo of a pothole on a motorway? Stop the car and get out?

If you bother your backside to read my post I said if possible. There may have been some vantage point near by that didnt require the OP to stop illegally on a motorway

pippip

I've been onto the NRA, very helpful man. Took my details and location of pothole. Told me that the construction company are responsible for issues such as this while they are working on them. He's passing on my details but told me to contact him if I don't hear anything in the next few days.

Hoping its just a new tyre and not a full alignment and suspension fix.

Bulmers

i hit this yesterday going home too, and i noticed just after it, there were two cars pulled in where the roadworks are a little bit on, thought nothing of it but reading this, they prob done damage..nasty pot hole, car took a big knock but luckily ok this morning.

It's on the outside lane just as you're going northbound past tallaght flyover.

Jumpy

A pothole on a motorway. Only in Ireland.

whowantstwoknow

I hit it too last night, feckers!!!

Must inspect the inside of the wheel, but the drive seems fine at the moment. How would one know if its caused alignment/suspension problems? would it be noticeable...

W.

trad

M50 Concession 1800775050 are the people who maintain the M50 for the next 30 years I think. Their web site is a bit like the M50, currently under construction http://www.m50concession.com/

pippip

Yeh thats them. They called me to ask for full details of car, incident and pothole.

Major pain in the ass for a Friday. Going to get a full check done as dont want to get a tyre and then find more is wrong. Car was smooth the rest of the journey but would feel better if I knew.

pippip

drove home in the inside lane but couldn't see any hole, may have just missed it or its been filled in but i notice it would be roughly where the tarmac level alters up a level in the roadworks. wondering if the gradient ramp had broken up and i pretty much hit a step at 60kph, if that makes sense.

The-Game

Didnt notice this tonight, maybe its been filled?

cianclarke

Hit it this morning too - was shockingly bad, just as the road swerves a little? That bit was lethal anyway, but add a pothole to it...

Sizzler

pippip wrote: »

I had thought about the problem of getting a photo of the pothole but after the impact it caused on the car I am in no doubt that they will be flooded with similar claims and with people generally complaining and bringing there attention to it. I wont be in the outside lane tonight!!!

I know its a long shot. I'll ring them this morning.

You're famous, do you get royalties for being quoted in the tribune

http://www.tribune.ie/news/article/2009/oct/25/massive-pothole-on-m50-leaves-motorists-with-punct/

wrote:

At least a half-a-dozen motorists were left with punctured tyres on the M50 last Friday, after a "massive pothole" appeared because of heavy rain.




According to Conor Faughnan of the AA, motorists began calling at 7am to complain about the pothole which caused delays on the junction between Ballymount and Tallaght.




"The calls started coming in from very early in the morning, and by the time we got out there, there were six motorists with blown-out tyres who were stuck on the M50. We also tended to cars that weren't covered by AA because we really couldn't just leave them there," he said.




It is understood the pothole opened up due to a number of consecutive days of rain in Dublin.




"The bad weather was the cause of the alarm, and when motorists came out early in the morning and got caught in this pothole, they were understandably taken by surprise."




Sean O'Neill of the National Roads Association (NRA) said the company responsible for the upkeep of the motorway, M50 Concession Ltd, was on the scene as soon as reports began to come in.




"They were straight out fixing the problem, and we called them early on to ensure everything was going well," said O'Neill.




Irate motorists voiced their anger on radio talkshows on Friday morning.




Internet forums were also inundated with messages from motorists who claimed their vehicles had been damaged by the pothole.




One motorist noted on boards.ie they were "hoping it's just a new tyre and not a full alignment and suspension fix".

KamiKazi

If you get a picture of the pothole and get any damages repaired by a garage that will give you a report saying it was caused by the pothole the council will pay you whatever garage bills you have. You'll probably have to chase them, but they'll pay in the end.

bazzachazza

I tried get my expenses paid by the council before and was told politely to get lost.

Theanswers

Come to the west,
We will show you real potholes....

The goverment has just forgotten about some roads all together!