Pot Holes - Larger than Life

[lazybloke]

If the potholes are fixed by the lowest tender then they'll be back next spring.

Next week, i think you meant?

 

[laurentian]

Cheap tyres are called ditch finders for a reason.

. . . and expensive ones are pothole finders too . . . it is a dilemma

 

[SteveH80]

If the potholes are fixed by the lowest tender then they'll be back next spring.

It doesn't work like that. All lowest tenderers will be working to the same specification, that's not to say the designer hasn't issued a rubbish spec.
Contact your council and ask to see the specification.

 

[FishFright]

It doesn't work like that. All lowest tenderers will be working to the same specification, that's not to say the designer hasn't issued a rubbish spec.
Contact your council and ask to see the specification.

A friend used to own a company filling potholes until he retired, he is my source.

 

[Alex321]

It doesn't work like that. All lowest tenderers will be working to the same specification, that's not to say the designer hasn't issued a rubbish spec.
Contact your council and ask to see the specification.

Workling to the same specification doesn't mean working to the same level of quality.

 

[oxoman]

Local road near me in South derbyshire has been claiming loads of vehicles, young oxo lost 2 tyres at the same time.

 

[Jenkins]

Suffolk County Council consider that this is OK to leave for up to 8 weeks before it's fixed

 

[ColinJ]

After what happened to me TWICE in Devon, I will not be doing this kind of thing again...

DON'T DO IT!!!!

 

[SteveH80]

Suffolk County Council consider that this is OK to leave for up to 8 weeks before it's fixed
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That's a brave decision by the Council, it's leaving itselfwide open to all claims for the next 8 weeks! I will need new tyres soon, but it's a bit far to go
Seriously though this is a case for the 'bucket of tar bodge' just to keep things safe for the next 8 weeks. I do wonder whose making these decisions and their level of competence to do so.

 

[presta]

View: https://x.com/TheGriftReport/status/2035280261420851381

Suffolk County Council consider that this is OK to leave for up to 8 weeks before it's fixed
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There was one similar to that near here, except that instead of the filling coming out, it had never been fully filled in the first place. They'd filled it to within about 4" of the top, then left it, and the trench went all the way across one side of the road.

 

[katiewlx]

Suffolk County Council consider that this is OK to leave for up to 8 weeks before it's fixed
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for a motorised vehicle it probably is...I dont think theyve ever done a bike safety assessment on potholes. but there have been a couple of Suffolk roads Ive been down lately, fair enough off the beaten track roads, but theyre still roads, that Id argue are almost impossible to drive unless you're in a tank or a tractor, the holes are so big and deep and numerous, youd be ripping wheels off cars if they hit them the kind of speeds I normally see people driving on them, again all of them 8 week fix notices. Not exactly plain sailing on a bike either as youre constantly focussed now on the road surface, rather than looking ahead more and trusting the road surface.

but I saw in the local news there was one road where they had reported 90 potholes or something, and Id swear Id ridden that road a couple of times this year, and I dont remember seeing a single pothole.

and then you see other holes marked up with the yellow paint and think well yes ok its a hole needs fixing before it becomes a major problem, but its tiny compared to some of the ones Ive already described, how are these smaller ones being fixed first, when theres a road thats basically collapsed.

 

[albion]

Like above sounds, mam tor road is 'abandoned' yet I prefer the 'adventure' to the slog over Winnats Pass.
https://www.dangerousroads.org/euro...ure-along-the-abandoned-old-mam-tor-road.html

 

[mustang1]

Is this the right thread for suggestions as to which car I should buy next? I need an off roader because all I see are craters.

 

[Hacienda71]

I ended up in hospital with a broken pelvis and ribs after hitting a pot hole a couple of years back.
I am building up a gravel bike to replace my carbon race bike as my new daily. Still love the road bike but sick of rattling around on dodgy surfaces trying to avoid potholes all over the place.

I did think about doing one random ride a month reporting every pothole I see on fill that hole to at least increase the reported stats. Tbh though the councils have been defunded since the last banking crisis. I spoke to the Cheshire East contractor at a meeting in 2010 who admitted back then it was a fire fighting exercise and they wouldn't be able to fully maintain the road as the budget was far too low. Suppose that is austerity. 🤔

 

[SteveH80]

Is this the right thread for suggestions as to which car I should buy next? I need an off roader because all I see are craters.

Perhaps a hovercraft of some sort? It will also come in handy during the annual floods.