dz

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Caltrans tore off the top layer of asphalt on the overpass right by my work (80 and Reed in West Sacramento) a few weeks ago and has done nothing since. Yesterday on the way in to work a truck kicked up a piece of the asphalt strip caltrans put right in front of the expansion joints on the overpass and it smacked in to the side of my WRX. I have damage to the fender and front door on the drivers side and my car is going back to the body shop on Monday...

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nachomc

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sorry, man. That area has been pissing me off too - trucks CONSTANTLY throw rocks up in that section now and you get bombarded with them.

Salty

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Sorry to hear about that Dan

I sure as hell hope you tracked down a foreman or chased down that truck. how is the insurance dealing with this?

zumnwrx

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you know that you can file a claim with cal-trans and the will pay out... just some FYI

edgar,

dz

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How would I go about filing that claim? It would be nice to recover my deductible...

OneManArmy

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contact caltrans and find out who's responsible for that section of highway.

I'm sure you won't be the first to have reported a problem there.

Report the time and exact place of the insident. Get someone in charge. Fax them photos of your car, the area if you can go back and snap a couple and a couple quotes from local shops.

Keep on them cause they likely will blow you off.

I've gone through this cycle twice and haven't seen a damn thing...but I know they do pay out sometimes....friend of mine got covered with paint from one of the cal trans trucks a while back...they payed for it to get repaired.