Measuring the depth of potholes.

[snorri]

There have been many comments regarding poor road surfaces in recent months but I think some of us may have been measuring the pothole depths incorrectly.
Some tips here from Cheshire West roads authority.....

View: https://twitter.com/Go_CheshireWest/status/971330505248509954

An amusing thread

 

[Markymark]

I got a job after university measuring the depth of potholes. It wasn’t a career I had planned on, I just kind of fell into it.

 

[Milkfloat]

I tend to use my axle to measure the holes around here - if the axle is lower than the surrounding tarmac it is a big one. Since the recent bad weather my bunny-hop technique has been tested.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Everyone knows how high a tin (of tomatoes) is.

 

[Drago]

There have been many comments regarding poor road surfaces in recent months but I think some of us may have been measuring the pothole depths incorrectly.
Some tips here from Cheshire West roads authority.....

View: https://twitter.com/Go_CheshireWest/status/971330505248509954

An amusing thread

The chap pictured is doing it wrong. By using a short level, he is measuring a smaller pot hole using a datum point from within a large pothole. This will give a lower figure that if he had taken that datum from the level of the road surface itself.

50mm, near as dammit 2", seems a helluva deep level to still not require corrective works, particularly as over the eyars people have sued successfully for damage or injury from irregularities as small as 1/2".

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I got a job after university measuring the depth of potholes. It wasn’t a career I had planned on, I just kind of fell into it.

Was it meant to be a full-time job or were you just filling in?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Here's a picture of @Markymark on the job (so to speak)

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I see he is wearing his helmet. But where is his miner's lamp?

 

[Low Gear Guy]

I got a job after university measuring the depth of potholes. It wasn’t a career I had planned on, I just kind of fell into it.

I think your career has got into a bit of a rut.

 

[dodgy]

The twitter thread has been entertaining, thing it really lit up when Chris Boardman retweeted it.

 

[Milkfloat]

The twitter thread has been entertaining, thing it really lit up when Chris Boardman retweeted it.

Looks like it has gone now?

 

[dodgy]

HAHA, indeed it has, they've been getting a right kicking over it.

 

[Drago]

They've gone off to have a go at Badly Swiggings on his Twitter feed, make themselves feel a bit better.

 

[snorri]

HAHA, indeed it has, they've been getting a right kicking over it.

Indeed, the people at Cheshire West provided great hilarity by failing to comply with the well proven advice to stop digging when you find yourself in a hole.