Reply to: Potholes

[Zigenare]

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.

[vetran]

Surprised no-one at Slough council has yet seen that as an opportunity to branch out into low-cost burials - and less man-made materials needed to fill the hole.

the chances of them actually clicking to that is remote..

[Paralytic]

There is a road near Slough crematorium that is hopeless

Surprised no-one at Slough council has yet seen that as an opportunity to branch out into low-cost burials - and less man-made materials needed to fill the hole.

[vetran]

There is a road near Slough crematorium that is hopeless, I drove down it the delivery truck Saturday night!

[tazdevil]

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).

Yes that'll be the reason but if you look at the standard of official repair its usually crap. Around us some bloke turns up with some tarmac filler and stamps it into the hole. Next time a tractor passes over it pulls it out and we have a hole again, rinse and repeat 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

[WTFH]

It is the pernicious effect of excessive risk aversion and compensation culture.

...and outsourcing to the lowest bidder.

[GJABS]

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.

[d000hg]

I think it's just one more aspect of the UK going to pot.

Probably all because of global warming, or because you have to use green-friendly vegan tarmac or something.

[xoggoth]

I think it's just one more aspect of the UK going to pot.

[Paddy]

Yer right, I don't either. Worse I recall at the moment.

I have never needed to dodge or drive around potholes in the UK until now. Some are f****** dangerous on the main roads in the UK.

[xoggoth]

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.

Yer right, I don't either. Worse I recall at the moment.

[dsc]

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.

Never seen it this bad, there's literally sections of roads here (Surrey) which look like from a war torn country, pot holes big enough to eat your whole wheel. You can try to manoeuvre around them, but there's so many you will definitely hit something.

Absolute joke.

[vetran]

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.

no it wasn't as bad.

oh look they have data

https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/55fe...-potholes-data

[vetran]

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."

[Fraidycat]

Thought it was mainly freezing weather that caused em.

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.