Potholes

[Ticktock]

My missus needs to be able to commute to Warrington, but otherwise somewhere a bit rural to rent whilst we start scouting out the places we want to buy a house

It will be away from the A55 as we have cats, so we don't want to be next to an A road

We're probably looking between Llangollen to the west and probably as far as Mold to the east for now, she's never done commuting before so needs to broken in gently. For me commutes to London are going to more realistic

I've driven normal cars with 'snow mode' over fresh snow to get to clients, but knew if it we had a few feet come down I'd be stuck there, moving out to the stick I want a least one car for a long commute as realistically I will be driving a fair distance to any client

Um, Llangollen and Mold are nearly direct due North and South from each other, and neither anywhere near the A55!
In any case I wasn't suggesting living on the A55 itself - it's basically a motorway!
For the sort of area you're looking at I don't see any need for a 4WD at all - if you want one, fine, but you don't need one. You're not in the mountains in that area. Yes, you might get some snow, but it's the same as the countryside anywhere else in the UK where the vast majority of people don't need 4WD.

I pity you the commute to London though - my wife and I have been looking at moving to Wales for a few years now, but can't see how we can do it while I need to work. We've tried the Mon-Fri stayaway and it really didn't work for us.

[Gittins Gal]

Going back to the OP, anyone care to comment on the appalling state of some of our roads?

I mean, I'm not imagining they're worse than they used to be am I?

[vetran]

Going back to the OP, anyone care to comment on the appalling state of some of our roads?

I mean, I'm not imagining they're worse than they used to be am I?

they are worse 20 years ago I drove 30-40k a year,now I drive less than 10k but I see more potholes

This is probably because of ideological objection to cars, the councils & government dislike cars so spend less fixing roads. Maybe someone should remind them that is safety that is the issue?

Saw this, no apparently its not speed its errors.

95% of all crashes are human errors not accidents - Northern Ireland - News - Activities - Yours

I suppose avoiding a pot hole is an error?

[vwdan]

Saw this, no apparently its not speed its errors.

95% of all crashes are human errors not accidents - Northern Ireland - News - Activities - Yours

I suppose avoiding a pot hole is an error?

Presumably they'll link "speed related" in with that - the point being that very few accidents are "unavoidable" as any IAM/ROSPA driver will attest to. The problem I find with self confessed "fast" drivers is that they're all about car control and "handling" - when on the roads the real skill is judgement and anticipation with regards to the road and other drivers.

[greenlake]

Anti-roll bar bracket is fubared. £350 to fix.

At least the damage wasn't any more serious than that....

[SteelyDan]

try this if you want to pursue a claim, but you'd need to establish if it's Council or Highways Agency (Service Provider) responsibility:

Pothole damage, how to make a claim | AA Breakdown Cover

[vetran]

Presumably they'll link "speed related" in with that - the point being that very few accidents are "unavoidable" as any IAM/ROSPA driver will attest to. The problem I find with self confessed "fast" drivers is that they're all about car control and "handling" - when on the roads the real skill is judgement and anticipation with regards to the road and other drivers.

they do and I welcome this change.

Many accidents (60% or so) have nothing to do with speed. so publishing & prosecuting speed as the biggest cause fails to deal with that.

First question is always 'what speed were they doing', not did they pull out in front of you?

[MicrosoftBob]

they do and I welcome this change.

Many accidents (60% or so) have nothing to do with speed. so publishing & prosecuting speed as the biggest cause fails to deal with that.

First question is always 'what speed were they doing', not did they pull out in front of you?

Higher speed limits can lead to lower accident rates on some roads, says a study in Denmark