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Cars Stuck In Tar DC

Mersha — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:42:16 GMT

This would be frustrating to be stuck in tar during rush hour on a hot day.

I-295 South Closed After Cars Got Stuck in Wet Tar: DC Police

By Matthew Stabley • Published 2 hours ago • Updated 19 mins ago

D.C. police closed a section of southbound Interstate 295 near Benning Road in Northeast after several vehicles got stuck in wet tar from construction work.

The road is being repaired. The construction crew opened the road before it was ready to open, police said.

The type of asphalt used by the contractor caused vehicles to pick up chunks of tar that gets caught in wheel beds and tires, and the cars then got stuck, police said.

Police are working to remove the stuck vehicles. No injuries have been reported.

The closure is expected to last until Thursday morning, police said.

Portions of outbound New York Avenue and Benning Road also are affected.

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on the bay — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:50:38 GMT

Yikes! That is awful!

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Kachina624 — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 21:51:56 GMT

Just hope there's not a sudden freeze while these cars are stuck. They'll never get them out.

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Buffalogal47 — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:00:30 GMT

Who is going to be responsible for the damage to the stuck cars? The road crew opened the road before the tar had cured so they should have to pay for any repairs or even have to replace the vehicles if the tar has damaged the undercarriages. What a mess!

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Mersha — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:09:39 GMT

@Buffalogal47 wrote:
Who is going to be responsible for the damage to the stuck cars? The road crew opened the road before the tar had cured so they should have to pay for any repairs or even have to replace the vehicles if the tar has damaged the undercarriages. What a mess!

That was my thought also. The road crew's negligence caused this incident.

It is going be quite a mess getting those cars out and removing the tar. I would think the cars would be damaged now.

Even if you think all of the tar has been removed, that might not be the case and you could have issues in the future.

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Mj12 — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:26:52 GMT

@Mersha What a mess. DC will be paying for a lot of vehicle damage.

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CatsyCline — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:37:58 GMT

Total Loss. The damage cannot be fixed. Insurance co will pay. Hope they have good coverage!

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CatsyCline — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:55:06 GMT

@Mersha wrote:
@Buffalogal47 wrote:
Who is going to be responsible for the damage to the stuck cars? The road crew opened the road before the tar had cured so they should have to pay for any repairs or even have to replace the vehicles if the tar has damaged the undercarriages. What a mess!

That was my thought also. The road crew's negligence caused this incident.

It is going be quite a mess getting those cars out and removing the tar. I would think the cars would be damaged now.

Even if you think all of the tar has been removed, that might not be the case and you could have issues in the future.

@Mersha Asphalt cannot be removed. It's like the gum stuck under a desk. My former employer tarred potholed sections of the parking lot . i came back from lunch one day and drove over a section, which was not marked by cones, and the asphalt stuck to my tire.

a big lump of tar was stuck in the tire treads and i had to get AAA to come and install my spare. my car was not driveable with that big lump.

the tire was toast. Plus, my company didnt want to compensate me at first for the cost of a new tire. it was a mess.

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Mersha — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:25:51 GMT

@CatsyCline Thanks for the info.

It is a horrible mess for those drivers trying to get where they are going, especially with little ones or pets in the car.

I am sure there will be accounts on our local news channels of what people went through.

It sounds like lawyers will be involved in this one.

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OKPrincess — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 02:13:05 GMT

This is terrible.

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golding76 — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 02:36:21 GMT

Photo from WTOP online:

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drizzellla — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 02:37:41 GMT

@CatsyCline wrote:

@Mersha Asphalt cannot be removed. It's like the gum stuck under a desk. My former employer tarred potholed sections of the parking lot . i came back from lunch one day and drove over a section, which was not marked by cones, and the asphalt stuck to my tire.

a big lump of tar was stuck in the tire treads and i had to get AAA to come and install my spare. my car was not driveable with that big lump.

the tire was toast. Plus, my company didnt want to compensate me at first for the cost of a new tire. it was a mess.

I had a similar experience. I went through the drive through at Burger King for lunch.

Picked up my whopper and went back to work. As I was driving I thought one of my tires went flat. I pulled over and all the tires were inflated and looked fine.

But there was definately something very wrong. I limped back to work. And crawled around my car. I was determined to find out what was wrong. I finally found a glob of tar stuck in the tread of one tire. It was still warm so I was able to pick the tar out of the tread and remove glob of tar.

Apparently Burger King had a contractor fill all the pot holes in their parking lot. I think the tar that I drove through was the last pothole they filled. Because there was no contractor in the parking lot while I was there. So being nice and warm the tread of my tire just pulled the tar out of the pothole.

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Diamonds22 — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 02:53:57 GMT

I sure hope nobody tried to get out of their car as I am sure once they stepped on the tar they wouldn't be able to move.

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CherryHugs — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:30:54 GMT

That would be Horrible!!

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gardenman — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:55:10 GMT

@Diamonds22 wrote:
I sure hope nobody tried to get out of their car as I am sure once they stepped on the tar they wouldn't be able to move.

If you read the stories of the firebombing of Dresden and Hamburg Germany during WWII, you would read accounts of people who got stuck in the molten tar and died there. It's not a good way to die.