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There are stretches of the M6 that are full of potholes - specifically lanes 1 & 2. And that M'lud is why I was driving in the 3rd and 4th lanes.
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There is a road near Slough crematorium that is hopeless, I drove down it the delivery truck Saturday night!
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Originally posted by GJABS View PostPresumably the thinking is that they don't know to what standard the repair has been done. And the council will be liable for compensation that is not covered by insurance should anyone suffer a loss as a result of it failing in any way (e.g. a stone coming off it injuring someone).The problem is in giving one contractor a long term contract and its not in their interests to solve the problem
What we need is the job done properly in the first place with proper kerbs and drainage
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Presumably the thinking is that they don't know to what standard the repair has been done. And the council will be liable for compensation that is not covered by insurance should anyone suffer a loss as a result of it failing in any way (e.g. a stone coming off it injuring someone).
It is the pernicious effect of excessive risk aversion and compensation culture.
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Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post
Were there this many potholes say 15 or 20 years ago after freezing weather or is it a recent thing? i don't seem to remember this many in the past.
Absolute joke.
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Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post
Were there this many potholes say 15 or 20 years ago after freezing weather or is it a recent thing? i don't seem to remember this many in the past.
oh look they have data
https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/55fe...-potholes-data
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It was probably a service trench
https://news.sky.com/story/giant-pot...s-say-12856145
It was actually a "service trench" being used for "permitted work" by a gas company, SoCalGas, authorities in Los Angeles have said.
Responding to the authorities, Daniel Ketchell, a spokesperson for Schwarzenegger said: "If the gas company thinks finishing their work and leaving a trench in one lane of a two-lane road for six months that requires cars and bicyclists to drive in wrong way traffic - again, for six months - they should go back to school."
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