3 you know that sinking feeling. When your car hits a pothole in the road. A new study from triplea says pothole damage has cost us drivers 15 billion in vehicle repairs over the last five years. Local 12s Perry Schaible is live with what you can do to prevent this kind of damage. 3 3 that 15 billion dollar number down. Pothole damage cost drivers in the us approximately three billion dollars a year. Thats no small change. According to 3 triplea, on average american drivers report paying three pothole related damage. Of course, you can never avoid all holes in the pavement. Triplea says there are things you can do to prevent damage to your automobile. Drivers should ensure tires are properly inflated and have the right amount of tread depth because thats the only cushion between a pothole and the vehicle. 3 were concerned about the cost associated with the pothole problem and we want the attention to be drawn to this issue because motorists are paying a lot of moeny out of their pocket
Holly headrick. And im jay siltzer3 good morning. Here is a look at Current Conditions across the region. Your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. Coming up, ill show you our 7day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 happening today. The North Carolina General Assembly is expected to approve two items that will have a major impact on voters. The new congressional maps and a new congressional primary date. It is all because of the federal court ruling earlier this month that maps for the first and 12th congressional districts were unfair to black voters. On thursday, senate also approved a bill to delay congressional primaries in the state to june 7th. The hope is that will eliminate the need for a run off election because of the changes to the maps. Both sides agree, it will be confusing to voters. 3 joel if democrats had their way everyone would be voting on june 7th not split between march 15th and june 7th . larry hall thats correct. People will be conf