Recently, there are a lot of complaints from drivers using Virginia Route 66, such as blown tires and broken windshields. Tires often have nails or screws stuck in them, so they go to a repair shop, and stones or metal objects that have fallen on the road crash into the windshield in many cases.
As things that are supposed to happen once or twice in a few years have occurred frequently in recent years, many drivers attribute the cause to the construction of Route 66. The number of large trucks and construction vehicles has increased and the road has become messy, but it is pointed out that it is not cleaned properly due to the high volume of traffic.
“For the past several years, I took Route 66 to work every day on the same route, but there were two punctures in the last month alone,” said a resident who commutes from Centerville to Annandale. .
When he told his co-worker just in case, he said, “Recently, other people have had punctures and cracks in the glass.” He concluded that “No. 66 was the culprit.”
Road 66 has been under construction for several years, but there have been no complaints about the number of vehicles over the past two years due to the pandemic. However, recently, as the number of vehicles increases again, traffic congestion becomes more serious, and the number of nails and screws being pierced in construction sections is increasing, causing complaints to increase.
Tire repairs or windshield replacement are not expensive, so most of them are not covered by insurance and have to pay the repair costs themselves. Such unexpected expenses are burdensome, and above all, it is difficult to change tires suddenly and wait for a tow truck.
A Korean who suffered damage while driving on Route 66 said, “It is inconvenient and annoying, but I will avoid Route 66 and return to the local road for the time being.”