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Cleveland’s crazy-deep potholes have been (and caused) all the rage this late winter, and it’s not difficult to see why. Youtube user “Tiny” Tim Rauscheder — who happens to be “Cleveland’s chicken wing king,” apparently — mounted a GoPro camera on the hood of his car yesterday and went for a lovely Sunday drive on Clark Avenue and Denison Avenue.

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Here’s some of Scene‘s pothole coverage from the past month:

Feb. 24: “After Driving into Pothole on West 117th, Area Man Has Begun New Life There“

Feb. 26: “Communities Living In Cleveland’s Potholes Outraged at City’s Patching Plan“

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This article appears in Mar 5-11, 2014.

Doug Brown is a staff writer at Scene with a passion for public records laws and investigative reporting. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., he has an M.A. in journalism from the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a B.A. in political science from Hiram College. Prior to joining Scene, Doug was a contributing writer for Deadspin.com, reporting behind-the-scenes stories about college sports through public records and developing sources. Doug's work as an enterprise reporter for the Daily Kent Stater was recognized by the Cleveland Press Club (2013 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards), Society of Professional Journalists (regional and national Mark of Excellence Awards), and the Associated Collegiate Press. He spent the summer of 2012 working for the Metro desk of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and spent previous summers working for Outside Bozeman Magazine and Crain's Detroit Business. His website is dougbrown8.com.

6 replies on “Cleveland Potholes as Seen on a GoPro Camera”

  1. I got a shock absorber-induced headache just watching that. I also propose we put all those proliferating traffic [citation] cameras to better use by doing a county-wide pothole audit so all those contractors have a better idea of this seasonally-aggravated, albeit man-made endemic. Kudos to Tim Rauscheder for sharing this.

  2. The city is probably losing more money in lack of speeding tickets then it would cost to fix the potholes.

  3. Mayor Frank Jackson will find another joke to tell after watching the rocky presentation.

  4. Hey go down 63 between store n denison omg the holes in that street are crazy the side streets are bad over there

  5. Ohh and they tell us ro report the pot holes look at the ones on fulton between clark to.lorain the ones on 65th be tween store n clark the side streets sum streets u can’t even go down I don’t even see how them.residents I believe on 63 can even go dwn that street its so bad or 61 the holes r deep n so many u look.like u really r drunk trying to avoid them all u jus can’t take ur camera dwn that street u think clark is bad go look

  6. Hey now, we have to get our priorities straight here. We have to finish putting up 2 more arches in Playhouse Square and the worlds biggest chandelier up first and the $16 million it’s costing!!

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