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.
naaahbruv on
I am having my alignment done tomorrow for the 3rd time in 12 months due to the road conditions
klawUK on
its encouraging me to keep a safe distance to the car in front during morning rush. But I’m focusing more on the bit of road in front of me than whats coming up
Zavodskoy on
The government desperately needs to give councils funding specifically to fix potholes, they can’t afford to do it on their own and it’s only getting worse
little_odd_me on
B6403 in Lincolnshire is going to absolutely wreck my fiesta one of these days. I have roadside recovery specifically because I know I won’t make it out unscathed driving that road twice a day.
Shas_Erra on
Funnily enough, we have the opposite problem. Speed bumps were installed but they are non-standard, extra steep and vicious at any speed. They’ve blown suspension, torn off strike plates, bent wheel rims, burst tyres and dented exhausts. As there is only one road in and out of the estate, no one has gotten through the year without massive repair costs.
The council’s reply is that it’s an unadopted road, so not their problem. In reality, the speed bumps extend into the estate and the estate itself is adopted, but as the only access road to get there is unadopted, they won’t touch it
doginjoggers on
It’s terrible that it caused so much damage when he was driving within the speed limit
BigDaddyComps on
I do TM for my council and it’s really a struggle. The op’s that get sent out to do patching and road repairs get given X amount of jobs to do spanning their areas. They can only be on the road from 09.30-15.30. And when getting onto jobs, they have to wait for TM to be installed.
So you can imagine with one crew, you can maybe get say 3-10 jobs done a day depending on how large the holes are. Not ideal at all.
Also bear in mind, where so many tickets come through, people who deal with operations DO NOT give them time to let the patch go off to make it that bit more sturdy.
I can assure you, the general public. There is absolutely nobody on gods green earth that finds it as frustrating, stupid and frankly shocking at how badly the road surface situation is at the minute. It’s a lose lose.
Only positive we can find through it, is that it pays our wages. For as long as there are properly screwed up roads, we’ve got shifts.
Vila35 on
Feel even as a pedestrian, I now always have to be vigilant as there’s so many potholes that are potentially ankle breakers when crossing the road.
Used to the potholes just being bumpy steps but on a 30 minute walk there’s now 3-4 spots where I’m going a kerb deep if I misstep. Most annoying part about it is that these spots got work done a couple years ago but it’s already reached its lowest ever level.
Worried_Let4942 on
There’s so many round by me I often have to swerve to avoid them, I can’t tell what’s more dangerous, going over them or swerving
Astriania on
I’ve never seen it so bad. There are potholes near me that could easily throw you off a bike, and not just in the inside 1′ of the road either.
This is partly the result of more and heavier cars of course.
But it’s also the result of councils being starved of funds since 2010 so they can’t afford to do anything properly any more.
stray_r on
Was he perhaps driving a bit faster than “always be able to stop in the road you can see to be clear ahead of you”
LazyGit on
“The furniture designer from Tetbury, Glo., said that by the time he had seen the pothole, he was already going through it at 40mph.” Sure you were, mate, just pootling along at 40 in your Aston.
Puzzled-Tradition362 on
Strange how potholes are allowed to exist, but don’t you dare be in the wrong boxed road markings.
itsnickypvs350 on
It’s bad in a car, but worse on a motorcycle, ask me how I know…..
oh_no3000 on
The picture in the article has a full size drink bottle in it and it doesn’t even reach the surface of the road.
shamone_mofo on
Fock me i was driving earlier and I was bouncing like I was in a rally car. Just like everything else in this country its broken .
mattthepianoman on
That’s one hell of a pothole. I hit one last week on the crest of a hill that was deep enough to trigger my tyre deflation warning. At least my wheel didn’t come off.
mrinkystinky on
Genuinely getting tempted to fix the ones up the road myself.
Obviously I won’t I’m not paying the fines but there is a huge one smack bang in the middle of the lanes as you take the turn onto my road. Pretty sure it snapped one of my shocks in half or had a big part in it last year. I now take the deepest or shallowest route to avoid it.
Double_Collection155 on
Imagine if there was something like a road tax for councils to maintain the roads and fix the potholes. Hopefully someone comes up with this fantastic idea!
DjurasStakeDriver on
I don’t even drive but the potholes in this country are starting to make me genuinely angry.
They are quite obviously dangerous: I thought probably just for cyclists (I’ve gone arse over tit on my bike after going into one) but apparently they are dangerous even for people driving cars.
We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world and we have potholes so deep they could kill someone. It’s fucking embarrassing.
Cueball61 on
Why do we always talk about this being a funding issue when it’s clear that the contractors hired to resolve these issues cannot actually do their job correctly?
We’ve got examples in this thread of failure within 24 hours, hand patted down stones, etc.
Why are our councils incapable of holding Amey and the likes to account?
quantum_splicer on
Business model become tire fitter for this time of year, probably not have to work for rest of the year.
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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.
I am having my alignment done tomorrow for the 3rd time in 12 months due to the road conditions
its encouraging me to keep a safe distance to the car in front during morning rush. But I’m focusing more on the bit of road in front of me than whats coming up
The government desperately needs to give councils funding specifically to fix potholes, they can’t afford to do it on their own and it’s only getting worse
B6403 in Lincolnshire is going to absolutely wreck my fiesta one of these days. I have roadside recovery specifically because I know I won’t make it out unscathed driving that road twice a day.
Funnily enough, we have the opposite problem. Speed bumps were installed but they are non-standard, extra steep and vicious at any speed. They’ve blown suspension, torn off strike plates, bent wheel rims, burst tyres and dented exhausts. As there is only one road in and out of the estate, no one has gotten through the year without massive repair costs.
The council’s reply is that it’s an unadopted road, so not their problem. In reality, the speed bumps extend into the estate and the estate itself is adopted, but as the only access road to get there is unadopted, they won’t touch it
It’s terrible that it caused so much damage when he was driving within the speed limit
I do TM for my council and it’s really a struggle. The op’s that get sent out to do patching and road repairs get given X amount of jobs to do spanning their areas. They can only be on the road from 09.30-15.30. And when getting onto jobs, they have to wait for TM to be installed.
So you can imagine with one crew, you can maybe get say 3-10 jobs done a day depending on how large the holes are. Not ideal at all.
Also bear in mind, where so many tickets come through, people who deal with operations DO NOT give them time to let the patch go off to make it that bit more sturdy.
I can assure you, the general public. There is absolutely nobody on gods green earth that finds it as frustrating, stupid and frankly shocking at how badly the road surface situation is at the minute. It’s a lose lose.
Only positive we can find through it, is that it pays our wages. For as long as there are properly screwed up roads, we’ve got shifts.
Feel even as a pedestrian, I now always have to be vigilant as there’s so many potholes that are potentially ankle breakers when crossing the road.
Used to the potholes just being bumpy steps but on a 30 minute walk there’s now 3-4 spots where I’m going a kerb deep if I misstep. Most annoying part about it is that these spots got work done a couple years ago but it’s already reached its lowest ever level.
There’s so many round by me I often have to swerve to avoid them, I can’t tell what’s more dangerous, going over them or swerving
I’ve never seen it so bad. There are potholes near me that could easily throw you off a bike, and not just in the inside 1′ of the road either.
This is partly the result of more and heavier cars of course.
But it’s also the result of councils being starved of funds since 2010 so they can’t afford to do anything properly any more.
Was he perhaps driving a bit faster than “always be able to stop in the road you can see to be clear ahead of you”
“The furniture designer from Tetbury, Glo., said that by the time he had seen the pothole, he was already going through it at 40mph.” Sure you were, mate, just pootling along at 40 in your Aston.
Strange how potholes are allowed to exist, but don’t you dare be in the wrong boxed road markings.
It’s bad in a car, but worse on a motorcycle, ask me how I know…..
The picture in the article has a full size drink bottle in it and it doesn’t even reach the surface of the road.
Fock me i was driving earlier and I was bouncing like I was in a rally car. Just like everything else in this country its broken .
That’s one hell of a pothole. I hit one last week on the crest of a hill that was deep enough to trigger my tyre deflation warning. At least my wheel didn’t come off.
Genuinely getting tempted to fix the ones up the road myself.
Obviously I won’t I’m not paying the fines but there is a huge one smack bang in the middle of the lanes as you take the turn onto my road. Pretty sure it snapped one of my shocks in half or had a big part in it last year. I now take the deepest or shallowest route to avoid it.
Imagine if there was something like a road tax for councils to maintain the roads and fix the potholes. Hopefully someone comes up with this fantastic idea!
I don’t even drive but the potholes in this country are starting to make me genuinely angry.
They are quite obviously dangerous: I thought probably just for cyclists (I’ve gone arse over tit on my bike after going into one) but apparently they are dangerous even for people driving cars.
We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world and we have potholes so deep they could kill someone. It’s fucking embarrassing.
Why do we always talk about this being a funding issue when it’s clear that the contractors hired to resolve these issues cannot actually do their job correctly?
We’ve got examples in this thread of failure within 24 hours, hand patted down stones, etc.
Why are our councils incapable of holding Amey and the likes to account?
Business model become tire fitter for this time of year, probably not have to work for rest of the year.