I know potholes that haven’t been fixed in last 15 years.
trendysticks on
My wife hit a pothole a few days ago that blew out both near side tyres. There were 4 other cars that had blowouts from the same hole already parked up, and a guy came out of a local business to tell her it’s been claiming victims for a few days.
When getting the exact location on google maps for the claim to the council I could see that those holes were there and had seemingly not long been repaired when the Google images car captured that bit of road…. Not sure when that was, but I’m guessing it must have been taken in the last year or two.
Our roads are in a bad state and the repairs are just waiting to fail in a worse state a some time in the not too distant future.
RelevantCucumber6305 on
problem is welfare is off loaded onto councils.
so the road repairs are dumped to look after people
either move welfare onto the government or bring the highway repair to a separate fund
RaymondBumcheese on
I’ve been driving longer than I care to admit and this year was the first time I’d ever seen a ‘WARNING! FAILED ROAD SURFACE’ sign on one of the “roads” I take to work.
It’s one of the main routes to get from one town to another and it would be suicide to ride anything with two wheels down there in the dark.
Still-Status7299 on
I’ve never ever known it this bad, it’s got to the point where after big pot holes you normally see cars with hazards on sporting flat tires.
I read somewhere online a while ago that most of the UKs roads are coming to the end of their serviceable life… and it really does show.
Is it more economical to continue poorly filling holes, or is a big national effort to resurface roads the better option here
pinwroot on
> “which has written off his Aston Martin car. Andrew McQueen, 52, was returning from a trip to Peppa Pig World”
Gold-Mine-Trash on
My bins weren’t collected on time! Bah, this country is finished.
InternetHomunculus on
Seen em repair a pothole I pass on the way to work recently. But they left the damaged bit of the road around it which have now a week later turned into a pothole a few inches from the repaired part of the road. If they’d just done all of the damaged part of the road in one go it would be fine
taskkill-IM on
It’ll have a big tarmac patch in a few weeks, only for it to crumble again in 2 years time.
Moldova probably have better roads than us.
Choice_Ad4972 on
Driving home a couple of weeks ago, along Sunderland highway, there were so many cars pulled over with hazards on. I would guess I saw over 10.
All because of potholes.
This is a busy bit of road too. Absolutely unbelievable.
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I know potholes that haven’t been fixed in last 15 years.
My wife hit a pothole a few days ago that blew out both near side tyres. There were 4 other cars that had blowouts from the same hole already parked up, and a guy came out of a local business to tell her it’s been claiming victims for a few days.
When getting the exact location on google maps for the claim to the council I could see that those holes were there and had seemingly not long been repaired when the Google images car captured that bit of road…. Not sure when that was, but I’m guessing it must have been taken in the last year or two.
Our roads are in a bad state and the repairs are just waiting to fail in a worse state a some time in the not too distant future.
problem is welfare is off loaded onto councils.
so the road repairs are dumped to look after people
either move welfare onto the government or bring the highway repair to a separate fund
I’ve been driving longer than I care to admit and this year was the first time I’d ever seen a ‘WARNING! FAILED ROAD SURFACE’ sign on one of the “roads” I take to work.
It’s one of the main routes to get from one town to another and it would be suicide to ride anything with two wheels down there in the dark.
I’ve never ever known it this bad, it’s got to the point where after big pot holes you normally see cars with hazards on sporting flat tires.
I read somewhere online a while ago that most of the UKs roads are coming to the end of their serviceable life… and it really does show.
Is it more economical to continue poorly filling holes, or is a big national effort to resurface roads the better option here
> “which has written off his Aston Martin car. Andrew McQueen, 52, was returning from a trip to Peppa Pig World”
My bins weren’t collected on time! Bah, this country is finished.
Seen em repair a pothole I pass on the way to work recently. But they left the damaged bit of the road around it which have now a week later turned into a pothole a few inches from the repaired part of the road. If they’d just done all of the damaged part of the road in one go it would be fine
It’ll have a big tarmac patch in a few weeks, only for it to crumble again in 2 years time.
Moldova probably have better roads than us.
Driving home a couple of weeks ago, along Sunderland highway, there were so many cars pulled over with hazards on. I would guess I saw over 10.
All because of potholes.
This is a busy bit of road too. Absolutely unbelievable.