The story was just a short blurb, so I will print it here:

City Fines Woman for Hitting Potholes

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A motorist near Akron received a $134 ticket after she hit two potholes and her van swerved into a creek bed that swallowed the vehicle.

Cuyahoga Falls police said the ticket given last week to Melissa Thomas for failing to control her vehicle was appropriate, despite the potholes. They estimated that she was going five miles over the 35 mph limit.

Cuyahoga Falls said it has filled 10,000 potholes this winter.

The family of five was treated for bumps and bruises at the emergency room.

What a racket!  The city first does not repair a pothole, and then fines a women who wrecks because of it!  What an incentive not to fix the pot holes!  NOw they dont have to raise their tax rates, just clobber a few more motorists with pothole accidents and rake in the dough!

These are worse than speed traps!  At least with speed traps, you dont wreck your car!  But it is just as slimy too as these politicians seek to shirk their duty and blame others for their own malfeasance.

I think I cam going to Avoid Ohio like the plague!