Montreal potholes are horrible!
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Montreal potholes are horrible!
A driver who rolled over a monster pothole in east-end Montreal early Saturday morning was knocked unconscious when his car's airbag deployed, according to a media report.
The accident occurred around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday on Ste. Catherine St. E. in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough. The car rolled to a stop after the impact, and the driver was still unconscious when paramedics arrived.
He was taken by ambulance to a hospital. His current condition is unknown.
The accident occurred around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday on Ste. Catherine St. E. in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough. The car rolled to a stop after the impact, and the driver was still unconscious when paramedics arrived.
He was taken by ambulance to a hospital. His current condition is unknown.
I hit two massive ones yesterday, the second one actually bent my rim and gave me a flat tire
My first flat tire yesterday, I am so proud 
Anyone deal with potholes?
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Simple....it's the climate there in Montreal. Welcome to the Frost Belt. You will find roads with potholes and torn-up pavement all throughout the Great Lakes, Northeastern U.S., and SE Canada regions. From late October to early May, the region is pummelled by snowstorm after snowstorm, temperatures way below freezing (sometimes sub-zero), tons of road-salt, and the pavement is subjected to constant freeze-thaw cycles which break up the asphalt and concrete.
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We have some pretty bad potholes here in Oklahoma. I remember seeing a lady on the news hitting a pothole that tore off her front bumper. It's hard to drive out here without running into massive holes in the road...
Tell me about it. Thank goodness in NYC I haven't been greeted with an airbag to the face, but we do have some doozies. I've been scared to take out my S550 since the AMG rims are soft as hell. Bent one last year on a small one... Driving my FJ everywhere lately.
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"I was driving in the West Island Saturday. I took Hwy. 40 at St. Charles heading east when I hit the mother of all potholes. Hubcaps covered the grass along the frence from this hole's past victims. The hole was so deep it bottomed out the car (a rather large 1996 Dodge Stratus), broke all the suspension components of the passenger side and sent one ball joint through the mag wheel -- something my mechanic had never seen. I decided to scrap the car. Not going to spend $800 repairing a 15-year-old car."
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Correct. Sinkholes, at least as geologists define them, are usually caused by ground-water eating into limestone (Karst) conditions underground. That is also partly what causes underground caves and caverns. Potholes on road surfaces are usually caused by water seeping into cracks, freezing, expanding when it freezes, and causing chunks of pavement to break off. Road salt and de-icing chemicals, of course, speed up this process, because they keep the water liquid at lower temperatures, allowing it to freeze-and-thaw more times. For some reason (I don't know why), all else equal, black asphalt seems to develop potholes quicker than light-colored concrete...my guess is perhaps the low winter sun heats it up the dark surface quicker than lighter-colored concrete, accelerating the freeze-thaw process and water seepage in the cracks.
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. For some reason (I don't know why), all else equal, black asphalt seems to develop potholes quicker than light-colored concrete...my guess is perhaps the low winter sun heats it up the dark surface quicker than lighter-colored concrete, accelerating the freeze-thaw process and water seepage in the cracks.
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