Unless the pot hole is filled with water and then you can't tell its there. One local hole litterally ripped a couple of peoples wheel/suspension apart. They had no idea it was there
If a puddle is so big it could hide a ruinous pothole and you can't avoid it while remaining in lane, why drive through it fast? Slow down. I take no credit for that advice: early on in my driving, I was told off by my instructor for swerving out of lane to avoid the potholes on the left as I drove into my home village.
Ordinarily, I'd just report the breach of the site rules, but I'm interested: do you think all of what I wrote is rubbish? If so, please, find me any way on
https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/roads/report-a-problem to see previous reports.
Actually, while finding the links for Cambs and Lincs, I discovered they've both upgraded their sites so previous reports are now visible to the public - well done to them! - but it's still a farking nuisance to need to know which side of a border you were on and whether a fault is a borough or county responsibility before you even start reporting it.
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.
It used to require manual intervention before it sent things to councils and only handled potholes, whereas FixMyStreet (which also accepts photos) handed other types of faults (such as flytips) and was faster. That may have changed.