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I know we all like to piss 'n' moan ( piss 'n' moan blues by the Gourds - great ) about driving in London, but it seems like every other street has a burst water main and temp traffic lights. What on earth would it be like if we had a winter like '47 or '63 ? What's it like where you are ?
The main cause of potholes is the sh1tbox way they fix them. This country is reaping the rewards of decades of under investment in key infrastructure.
It's years and years of low hanging fruit decisions coming to bear. We could resurface the road, or we could just patch it? Do that enough times and our roads look like Beruit.
Having driven in Europe I can testify the UK's road system is very poor.
It's not just the council. Since we privatised all our services, the Gas, Sewerage, Water and Power all do the bare minimum, getting away with sometimes Victorian infrastructure.
While heavier cars don't help, lets not lose sight of the real cause.
And no, the answer is not to vote for Farage! ;D
Councils used to have budgets to undertake preventative action on roads. The road gangs used to go round the streets tarring the joints in the road surfaces during the summer months, so when the weather got worse, ice, water and salt could not work there way into gaps that would otherwise grow and grow into pot holes and require a PROPER repair.
There is now a specialised JCB that has all the attachments incorporated into it to undertake a proper repair of potholes easily and quickly.
Apparently there is 230,000 miles of road in the UK and probably 6 potholes for every 50 metres of road. That is a national road network that looks like a huge slice of Swiss cheese
Councils used to have budgets to undertake preventative action on roads. The road gangs used to go round the streets tarring the joints in the road surfaces during the summer months, so when the weather got worse, ice, water and salt could not work there way into gaps that would otherwise grow and grow into pot holes and require a PROPER repair.
There is now a specialised JCB that has all the attachments incorporated into it to undertake a proper repair of potholes easily and quickly.
Apparently there is 230,000 miles of road in the UK and probably 6 potholes for every 50 metres of road. That is a national road network that looks like a huge slice of Swiss cheese
[Post edited 29 Jan 15:14]
Ironically driving on Swiss cheese would be a lot smoother.
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