| When you pay taxes to your city or township, | | | | Additionally, one other hazard from road erosion is |
| you are paying for your municipality's public | | | | steep shoulder drop-offs. The shoulders of a road |
| schools, maintenance of city parks, and other | | | | should provide a safe place for you to pull over in |
| important things. Additionally, one key part of | | | | case of an emergency such as a flat tire. With a |
| your taxes goes to the building and upkeep of the | | | | high shoulder drop-off, you can damage the |
| city's roadways. However, sometimes the | | | | bottom of your car as well as sustain a blowout |
| municipality may choose to allocate the money | | | | on your tires. |
| elsewhere, which can create dangerous roads and | | | | If there is a high shoulder drop-off, or another |
| driving hazards that can put you and your loved | | | | such hazard on the edge of the roadway, your |
| ones at risk for serious accidents. | | | | municipality should provide protective guardrails. If |
| There are many things that go into safe, | | | | you lose control of your car, guardrails can guide |
| well-maintained roads. If a road is improperly built | | | | you and keep you from running off the road, |
| or maintained, it can quickly lose its smoothness | | | | perhaps into a steep embankment or off the |
| and become rough and bumpy. Over time, the | | | | edge of a precipice. |
| forces of nature such as wind and water can | | | | One other important part of the roadway system |
| erode the road base and shoulders. This can result | | | | are the signs. These inform you of upcoming |
| in problems like uneven pavement and potholes. | | | | hazards, such as road construction, as well as |
| Although these may be mere annoyances at first, | | | | show you how to get where you need to go. |
| they can quickly become worse as more and | | | | Additionally, indicators like yield signs and stop |
| more drivers hit these spots. When your car hits | | | | signs keep traffic flowing smoothly so that you |
| uneven pavement or potholes, it can cause auto | | | | can avoid wrecks with other vehicles. Without |
| damage such as suspension problems as well as | | | | these, driving would be chaotic. If signs are |
| tire weakness. Tire weakness can lead to serious | | | | missing or unreadable, it can put you and your |
| issues such as blowouts and rollover accidents. | | | | passenger in danger. |