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Each year, 15% of drivers need repairs due to pothole damage. Even if the damage occurs on public roads, repairs might only be covered if you have collision insurance.
In 2000, as the company’s majority shareholder, Gegax facilitated the sale of Tires Plus to Bridgestone/Firestone and currently serves as Chairman Emeritus. [3] Gegax is a best-selling author with books published by HarperCollins and Random House; his management methods have been featured in multiple national newspapers and magazines. In 2001 ...
The City of Seattle launched Find It, Fix It in 2013 for Android and iOS phones to let citizens report potholes, graffiti, and other problems they observe to the city. [1] The app did not support Windows Phone, making it inaccessible to Microsoft employees in the city who used the company's then-supported mobile operating system. [2]
These allow citizens to report potholes and other road hazards, optionally including a photograph and GPS coordinates. [12] [13] It is estimated there are 55 million potholes in the United States. [14] The self-proclaimed pothole capital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada reportedly spends $4.8 million on 450,000 potholes annually, as of 2015. [15]
Here are the top 10 places in the U.S. with the most tweets complaining about potholes per 100km (62 miles) of road.
A tire-pressure monitoring system (TPMS) monitors the air pressure inside the pneumatic tires on vehicles. [1] A TPMS reports real-time tire-pressure information to the driver, using either a gauge, a pictogram display, or a simple low-pressure warning light. TPMS can be divided into two different types – direct (dTPMS) and indirect (iTPMS).
May 19—The Tehama County Solid Waste Management Agency will host a free Passenger Tire Drop Off event 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday, May 24 to Friday, May 28 at the Tehama County/Red Bluff Landfill ...
The Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation or TREAD Act (Pub. L. 106–414 (text)) is a United States federal law enacted in the fall of 2000. . This law intended to increase consumer safety through mandates assigned to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTS