Dam Pot holes !

[mick1836]

And watch the road more closely next time? These potholes are getting increasingly common as the cuts continue.

This idea may help you to spot them

 

[johnnyb47]

To be honest whether I should of seen the pot or not is not really the point or reason why I felt strongly about reporting it. I reported it because I thought it was dangerous to road users. My car is just a piece of metal at the end of the day and at the worst it would of just caused some damage to it ,which would of ended up in me attempting to claim for damage. The point of me reporting it was because it could of potentially killed a scooter /Motorcycle/cyclist.
A car will just crash over it ,but a two wheeled vehicle rider could of been thrown off into an on coming vehicle.

 

[night rider]

you going at 60mph would have potentially killed a scooter/motorcycle/cyclist/pedestrian. Obscene speed to be going at

 

[mustang1]

This is why one needs an SUV.

 

[vickster]

you going at 60mph would have potentially killed a scooter/motorcycle/cyclist/pedestrian. Obscene speed to be going at

Surely that depends on the road? Don't normally get big potholes on motorways (nor cyclists, pedestrians or scooterists) but you do on dual carriageways

I don't disagree that doing 60mph on a national speed limit single carriageway country road is perhaps foolhardy at this time of year especially

 

[vickster]

This is why one needs an SUV.

I don't think the OP lives in Chelsea though

 

[PatrickPending]

There’s an app for iOS and Android that I’ve heard is effective:

https://www.fillthathole.org.uk/

It’s by Cycling UK. It includes a camera element so you can add an image of the offending pot hole to the report.

Never used it myself yet though so I’m not sure of its effectiveness.

This is where I report them - generally find they're fixed reasonably quickly.

 

[Dayvo]

The snow is slowly releasing its grip and asphalt is beginning to appear. However the state of the roads is absolutely appalling.

This seems to sum it up:

 

[ADarkDraconis]

If you search for memes involving my state this is one of the first ones that come up... funny but unfortunately very true. They filled one on a street next over last week but my street and the adjacent one are like running a gauntlet, and we have reported it.

 

[alicat]

Don't normally get big potholes on motorways

Not as large as in Ohio, but yesterday I was shocked at the size/amount of the potholes on the M1 s'bound just after it passes between Leeds and Garforth.

 

[Jody]

Hit a few shocking potholes on the way down to Paris this week. 130kmh (80mph) speed limit and every one went with a bang. Side roads I can understand to some extent but not major A/M roads

 

[Dave 123]

I've just driven from North Wales to Cambridge. The M6 has its potholes, but the A14 is riddled with all shapes and sizes of hole.
They must have caused a few incidents. It beggars belief.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

I had to have a wheel reshaped after hitting a pothole on the next road to where I live. I was not impressed.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I was not impressed.

Your man (I assume man here but lady it may equally be) didn't do a good job then?

 

[BianchiVirgin]

I hit a mega pot hole in early Feb, a bit like OP. In March a rattle/thumping started and it transpires now that the shock is shagged. It's a rental from Europcar (company thing) but it has been painful to get them to actually accept something is wrong. Anyway, car is being replaced next week. "Funny" that such an impact could do this but not damage the tyre or wheel and only knocked the alignment out a tiny bit.