New manhole covers

[summerdays]

Apparently Bristol is to try out some non-slip manhole covers...

Work is under way this week to install 16 Griptop covers to replace traditional iron covers, which can be slippery in wet weather and lead to accidents.

Bristol City Council became the first authority in the country to use the non-slip covers, which are topped with aggregate to offer more grip for motorcyclists and cyclists, when they were introduced on the new roads created as part of the Cabot Circus shopping centre development.

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/home...ety-fears/article-1528216-detail/article.html

I think I saw them as I was unlocking my bike at the office ... certainly spotted some kind of green covered square manhole cover being loaded onto the back of a truck. But wasn't paying them that much attention.

Now they need to come up with some non-slippy road paint!

 

[potsy]

you lot seem to be getting it all down there,not fair.
Saying that you have that accent to put up with so suppose it evens out in the end

 

[Jezston]

Oroight moi lover! Noice maaah'ole coverrrrs!

(sorry)

 

[Origamist]

This is really good news for motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders.

I remember when testing was taking place and they found the new anti-skid surface really worked. I'm glad it's being introduced in Bristol - hopefully it will be rolled out nationwide.

 

[mister oy]

aaah, takes the risky thrill out of a rainy day! no fun

 

[Origamist]

You've still got diesel, road paint, and mulchy leaves on a wet day - fill yer boots!

 

[thomas]

Seems like a really good idea. Road paint could be a bit less lethal too though...

 

[hackbike 666]

I hit quite a nasty sort of manhole thingy (in Patong) just like the drain that buckled my back wheel in Pert,Scotland in 1986.

 

[The Eighth Man]

You need the fun of backing it in like Valentino Rossi

 

[Tynan]

I was always taught to avoid paint on a scooter but I can;t say that paint has ever caused me any ag

metal in the road for sure, not ice

 

[BentMikey]

I've dropped my iron horse on paint in the rain. At a busy four-way stop near Fourways in JHB in front of lots of traffic. Oops, my own fault!

 

[summerdays]

I was always taught to avoid paint on a scooter but I can;t say that paint has ever caused me any ag

metal in the road for sure, not ice

Worst place is mini roundabouts when you are turning right... often the area of the roundabout is quite small forcing you to cross the white paint whilst turning.

 

[magnatom]

This was the result of a wet manhole cover. I learned my lesson that day!

 

[hackbike 666]

Worst place is mini roundabouts when you are turning right... often the area of the roundabout is quite small forcing you to cross the white paint whilst turning.

I fell on a mini rounderbout but I suspect there was diesel in the gravel,bloody cars.