A Dundee United fan who collided with a monstrous pothole causing close to £1,000 of damage to his car has urged Dundee City Council to “look again” at their road maintenance policy.
Fraser Keil, 27, attended this month’s clash between United and Celtic at Tannadice before getting in to his Volkswagen car to head home.
While driving down Melrose Terrace, Fraser hit a large pothole head on before driving over an exposed drain cover.
Both impacts caused significant damage to his car and left him facing a near £1,000 bill to replace an expensive alloy wheel and tyre.
As a result, offshore worker Fraser was faced with a frustrating two-week wait to get his car back on the road.
The exasperated driver has now called on the council to have a serious rethink when it comes to treating Dundee’s damaged roads.
He told The Courier: “I was at the match a couple of Fridays ago and parked up on Arklay Street.
“I turned down Melrose Terrace and drove into a pothole which was right next to an exposed drain cover.
“I just followed the car in front. There was no way to avoid it.
“I wasn’t driving at a particularly fast speed, but the severity of the hole burst the car’s tyre.
“The total cost to replace the alloy wheel and tyre was in excess of £900 and my car was off the road for two weeks.
“I missed work meetings in Aberdeen, but it was more the inconvenience than the cost.
“The potholes in the city are quite bad just now, certainly as bad I’ve seen.”
Fraser believes the council must set aside more money to tackle the pothole issue before more motorists suffer a similar fate.
He said: “I can understand that the council is having to save money, but it’s still something that should be looked at especially when you consider the amount of money being spent on other things.
“The cost that it takes out of people’s pockets and from the local economy must add up to hundreds of thousands of pounds.
“To me, it seems a worthwhile investment to fix the potholes before people actually hit them.”
A spokesman for the council said: “We are not aware of any complaints.”
Last week The Courier reported that delivery driver Alex Rossi had lost a series of tyres as a result of hitting potholes in the city.