Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20150313:09

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this car's suspension broken. its bumper ripped apart into. >> the estimate was right around $3,200. >> $3,000 for one pothole. >> reporter: aaa expects damage this year will be more than the average. $6.5 billion a year. and potholes are popping up all over the country. here's why. during the cold, wet winter, water seeps under the roadway. as the road warms, heavy trucks and cars break apart the asphalt, leaving behind those potholes. so the race is on to fill the holes. in new jersey, this truck alone, filling 130 a day. the problem is, the crews race to fill the potholes, those are temporary patches. they really only last a couple days. these roads won't be fixed until they repave them. when the weather gets a little better. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> he, he explained something as innocuous seeming as a pothole better than i have ever seen any body explain it. >> great. transportation. great journalist, period. >> he is great. explained why it happens. how it is such a big deal.

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