A fuming Glasgow mum had to fork out £300 for tyre repairs after they were punctured by 'crater-like' potholes.
Kavita Bhardwaj ended up with damage to her tyres on two different occasions after driving over the huge potholes on the city streets. During one incident, she was forced to abandon her car overnight as there were no recovery vehicles available over the bank holiday weekend, according to Glasgow Live.
Kavita has since tried to claim back compensation from the council, but "gave up" after she was told there would be a six-month wait before she heard back.
The first pothole incident happened in January of this year while she was driving with her daughter through the Clyde Tunnel. After hitting the crater, an emergency light appeared on the BMW's dashboard and Kavita was forced to pull over.
She then had to wait four hours for a recovery vehicle to take her car to the nearest garage. This led to Kavita missing a work shift and left with her with a charge of £170 for a new wheel.
During the second incident, Kavita was driving across from Kelvingrove Art Gallery to take her daughter swimming when she struck another pothole. As it was the May bank holiday, she was unable to get an emergency pick-up and was forced to 'ditch' her car overnight after kind strangers helped her push it into a parking spot.
She then had to fork out another £170 to repair the damage. The BMW shared her experience to the 'Potholes Make Glasgow' Facebook Page to try and keep other motorists safe in the area.
Kavita, who lives in Paisley, said: "I have had issues with everything involving potholes as they are ruining my life and unfortunately it has led me to avoid them like a drunk driver. I have had to have my eyes on the road instead of watching cars in front of me, that is how bad it is now.
"I think I actually drive more dangerously now due to the potholes. I almost went through a red light the other day because I have become a bit more anxious whilst driving due to the potholes, so it is obviously affecting my driving as well.
"I just feel really fed up and I think more should be done to fix the roads. The amount of taxes you pay including road tax, everything that is going on. Just fix the roads!"
Kavita informed the council in the hopes of receiving compensation for the two incidents, which cost her over £300.
She received an automatic email in return which said it would six months until she received a response. In finding this out, Kavita said: "I gave up after that. I do not see any point in even chasing this up.
"I was very disappointed it would take this long but I am not surprised as there are so many people like me that are claiming back money due to the potholes."
A spokesman for the council said: “Potholes can develop at any time and are directly influenced by environmental factors such as ice, rain and the volume of traffic. The city’s roads are inspected regularly and potholes reported to us are properly assessed and then appropriately prioritised for repair.
“We always target the most dangerous faults on the road network as a matter of priority. We are aware of incident in the Clyde Tunnel on January 10 this year and the pothole that was reported to us was repaired within a matter of hours.
“We are not aware of the difficulties experienced by the member of the public close to Kelvingrove Museum earlier this month. Without specific details on the incident, it is not possible to comment in any detail on what may have happened.
“However, faults on the road surface in the general area have been repaired and a recent inspection indicated surfaces do not currently require any action. We are doubling our spend on road maintenance this year following the recent, harsh winter that had a damaging impact on road surfaces.”
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