1. Clive_ofthe_Kremlin

    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin Squad Player

    Jesus the state of the roads.

    When you're driving and there's something coming the other way which means you can't dodge around a huge gaping pit but have to drive on regardless and take your wincing, teeth-rattling medicine.

    One street I have to drive down twice a day to and from work looks like a Brontosaurus has been up and down it on a pogo stick.

    Where are the worst potholes in the country?
     
  2. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    My local council fills them in pretty quickly if reported. Its a simple on-line form which takes 5 mins. They normally soft it within the week. It's because first of all they are a decent council but secondly they have to pay for damage to cars so it would make economic sense for them to do so.

    That being said my place of work is at the end of a private road which is in a shocking state the landlord is being particularly difficult about maintaining it.

    Might take a picture later and pop it up for discussion.
     
  3. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    The problem is that 'just filling it in' is a sticking plaster although it solves the immediate problem, the problem is that if not done properly water gets in the tiny gap between the road surface and the fix so that when that freezes, thaws, freezes, thaws etc, the fix is the first place that forms a new pothole. From April through to November the councils should be looking at resurfacing the worst affected roads/sections.
     
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  4. Try riding a bike or a motorcycle. Bloody lethal. I am seriously considering trading my pride and joy Hornets yellow Yamaha for a Paris-Dakar type bike with long travel 'off-road' type suspension.
     
  5. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    Absolutely this.

    However it needs to be done with due consideration to budgets road condition and impact on transport links. There is a time and place for a quick & cheap repair as long as it's temporary and part of a long term replacement policy. Simply ignoring potholes because the whole road will be resurfaced in 18 months time is a false economy. If a cyclist is thrown off their bike and under a bus becasue of the want to save a couple of hundred quid for example.
     
  6. Stevohorn

    Stevohorn Watching Grass Grow

    You could try this solution Clive..

    https://www.boredpanda.com/****sy-penis-pothole-graffiti-manchester-england/



    or... https://www.boredpanda.com/photo-shooting-on-road-pits/
     
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  8. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    It's like a slalom on Ski Sunday on my journey to Hoddesdon.
    Letty Green,Little Berkhamspsted,White Stubbs Lane.
    Good for tyre manufacturers and re setting your tracking and ruining your suspension and....
     
  9. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

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