AAA Mid-Atlantic Says Flat Tire Calls Exceed Car Battery Calls
By Jim Donovan: AAA Mid-Atlantic has been rescuing stranded motorists with flat tires throughout the Philadelphia area all week, as they succumb to the widespread crop of potholes around the region.
Calls to AAA for flat tires exceeded calls for car battery issues in the Philadelphia 5-county area last week, an extremely rare occurrence, accounting for 26 percent of total calls to AAA last week and up ten percent over the same week last year.
Potholes cause a variety of woes for motorists, ranging from lost hubcaps, warped wheel alignment, damaged tires, fractured undercarriages, bent axles, smashed mufflers, out of shape shocks, and rattled nerves. Hitting a pothole at a high speed increases the chance of damage to tires, wheels, shocks, struts or springs, warns AAA Mid-Atlantic Automotive Services.
