Nasty pothole

[lenny]

"Britain’s pothole-ridden roads causing surge in breakdown costs
The AA dealt with 632,000 incidents related to potholes in 2023, where tyres, wheels, steering or and suspension were damaged."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/britain-s-pothole-ridden-roads-causing-surge-in-breakdown-costs/ar-BB1jY6tR

 

[lenny]

"Motorists who swerve late could be prosecuted for careless driving, it has been warned, as the scourge of potholes continues to plague UK streets. "

Drivers who swerve to avoid potholes set to be fined due to little-known rule

Motorists who swerve late could be prosecuted for careless driving, it has been warned, as the scourge of potholes continues to plague UK streets.

www.birminghammail.co.uk

 

[lenny]

" 'Revolutionary' AI-controlled robot deployed to prevent potholes forming"

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/revolutionary-ai-controlled-robot-deployed-172811040.html

 

[portals]

Pot holes are pr1cks.

We went for a lovely meal on Fri evening, it's approx 1m from where we live, hit a feckin massive hot pole in the dark on GWR near Hyndland (front offside), judging by the bump we got.

Front tire less than 6 months old shredded...

 

[guerney]

Pot holes are pr1cks.

We went for a lovely meal on Fri evening, it's approx 1m from where we live, hit a feckin massive hot pole in the dark on GWR near Hyndland (front offside), judging by the bump we got.

Front tire less than 6 months old shredded...

Nasty. What's the tyre type? Does Schwalbe make Marathon Plus for cars? Perhaps pothole-proof car tyres are a growing market.

 

[portals]

Unfortunately not, no magic green gel like I have on my ebike! ;-)

I had a M5 on the drive for a cpl weeks (long story), about 15yrs ago. Second time I took it out I got a puncture so used the cannister of gel/foam from boot....it got me home....but I did't realise that it fecks the tire and so you need to buy a new one....£240 if I remember correctly....

 

[lenny]

Thin, bacteria-coated fibers could lead to self-healing concrete that fills in its own cracks

Your skin heals from cuts and scrapes on its own − what if concrete could do that too?

theconversation.com

 

[lenny]

"Healing by magnetic induction of a novel cold pavement with asphalt emulsion and industrial by-products."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266616592400098X

 

[lenny]

Report potholes here;

FixMyStreet

Report, view, and discuss local street-related problems.

www.fixmystreet.com

The more potholes that are dated and reported, the easier it is to recover costs for damages to you bike (or body).

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/pothole-claims/

"Drivers who drive over potholes warned to expect car insurance price hike
The number of potholes has risen by 24 per cent since 2020, but council payouts to drivers are down 13 per cent, according to new figures."

Drivers who drive over potholes warned to expect car insurance price hike

The number of potholes has risen by 24 per cent since 2020, but council payouts to drivers are down 13 per cent, according to new figures.

www.birminghammail.co.uk

 

[lenny]

‘Daventry Banksy’ erects 26 signs to shame council over pothole-ridden roads

Mystery campaigner calls on local authority to repair streets properly

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[lenny]

Self-styled pothole vigilante uses spray paint to highlight craters

A furious motorist has become so fed up with his daily drive to work being blighted by potholes that he has taken matters into his own hands to shame his local council.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[lenny]

"Repairing all of the nation’s potholes would cost more than £16 billion, according to the Asphalt Industry Alliance."

Porsche driver ‘killed trying to swerve pothole’

Police believe 74-year-old motorist swerved to dodge crater and clipped BMW before losing control, hitting two other cars and a house

www.telegraph.co.uk

https://www.asphaltuk.org/wp-content/uploads/ALARM-survey-report-2024-FINAL.pdf

 

[lenny]

RAC pothole-related breakdowns ‘spring’ forward by 50% in 2024

Drivers endure 7,904 ‘pothole breakdowns’ during the first three months of 2024 as Britain’s roads continue to crumble

media.rac.co.uk

 

[lenny]

Channel 4’s Dispatches reveals exclusive findings on potholes, traffic reducing schemes (LTNs) and electric vehicle charging prices | Channel 4

Watch The War on Britain’s Motorists: Dispatches, Thursday 23 May 8pm, Channel 4

www.channel4.com

 

[lenny]

'Welcome to the moon' - Scottish town's pothole problem

Potholes in areas of the far north of Scotland are said to be regularly causing damage to vehicles.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[saneagle]

'Welcome to the moon' - Scottish town's pothole problem

Potholes in areas of the far north of Scotland are said to be regularly causing damage to vehicles.

www.bbc.co.uk

“The investment plans reflect a commitment to supporting sustainable and resilient communities," the council added. Wasn't the money supposed to be for repairing the roads? What's a resilient community. They said people are leaving Caithness because of the state of the roads. It doesn't sound like they're resilient. Maybe they're going to use the £50 million to build barricades around the towns to keep them from leaving.

 

[lenny]

"One objective was to improve transport connections within Europe. For many years, it helped pay for better roads, bridges and causeways in the Highlands and Islands."

"Other parts of the UK have also underspent their allocations, said the article, but with very much lower percentage of unspent funds, at less than 10%. It is not clear where those figures came from."

The political row over the unspent Euro millions

Is it true that £450m of European money allocated to Scotland will have to be handed back?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[sjpt]

"One objective was to improve transport connections within Europe. For many years, it helped pay for better roads, bridges and causeways in the Highlands and Islands."

The political row over the unspent Euro millions

Is it true that £450m of European money allocated to Scotland will have to be handed back?

www.bbc.co.uk

One change I noticed on our trip to the Scottish west coast this year is that they have removed all the signs saying that the much improved roads were built with EU money.

 

[saneagle]

One change I noticed on our trip to the Scottish west coast this year is that they have removed all the signs saying that the much improved roads were built with EU money.

Scottish nationalists have always been racists. How come you can have a Welsh nationalist party, a Scottish one, but an English one is a bunch of racist nazis?

 

[lenny]

Labour pledges to fix a million potholes a year in England

Councils would be given an extra £320m in funding over five years to fix broken roads under Labour's plans.

www.bbc.co.uk