FabSwingers.com forum: Pot Holes

By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I don't know about other parts of the country but the Essex roads are crumbling and the potholes look like open cast mines. Even the M11 is almost too risky for motorcycles to change lanes safely.

I see people weaving in their lanes to avoid them.

The party with road repairs in their next manifesto gets my vote.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Sussex is awful. The roads are in a dreadful state, I don't remember them ever being this bad.

It's your local council that you need to approach I think

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By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

Same in Cheltenham.. I blame the Coronavirus.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’d vote for you Tom

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By *uicy jonesMan
over a year ago

near a big hill in s/ shropshire NOT in

Shropshire is shocking !!!!

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

I know there are 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You should see some of the roads in East London. Not fit for purpose.

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By *etLikeMan
over a year ago

most fundamental aspects

"Same in Cheltenham.. I blame the Coronavirus. "

I see what you did there...

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

Shropshire and staffordshire are awful, they dont seem to repair them like they used to. Instead of cleaning the hole out and lining it with tar then filling it and sealing around the edges they just throw tarmac in the hole then drive over it with a van then within a couple of weeks they start crumbling again.

Shropshire council keep saying they have no money but can find £1k per day to pay a consultant to see what can be done about the roads!!

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By *he Little Fuck MachineMan
over a year ago

Co.Antrim

Northern Ireland is diabolical, the roads are a disgrace.

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By *uicy jonesMan
over a year ago

near a big hill in s/ shropshire NOT in

"Same in Cheltenham.. I blame the Coronavirus. "

Noooo don’t start Tom off

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By *ee04Man
over a year ago

Essex

Just had to pay to get alloys welded due to poultry holes an it ain’t cheap

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All the blokes on here will now be headung to the M11 as any holes a goal

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By *lay-full-funCouple
over a year ago

stockport

We in stockport are not to bad most of our main roads have just been re tar-mac an there starting on back streets now but it has caused alot of traffic jams as they seem to of started every road at the same time

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By *ookMan
over a year ago

london

We could fill them with hand gel... if we could freaking get any ... I also blame the coronavirus

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By *ee04Man
over a year ago

Essex

It’s the fault of successive government’s not investing in infrastructure. But hey look on the bright side the majority of us are a few quid better of due to lower income tax etc

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By *uckslut and MCouple
over a year ago

Poole

We drive on the left? Or is that, "what's left of the road"?

We have, wells and mineshafts not potholes in Dorset.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"I know there are 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire "

Pot holes ?

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

local, but not too local

But are there enough to fill The Albert Hall?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So england is basically one big shithole?

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By *assy69Man
over a year ago

West Sussex and Wales

"Sussex is awful. The roads are in a dreadful state, I don't remember them ever being this bad.

It's your local council that you need to approach I think"

Yup, West Sussex potholes have cost me over £500 in this last few months with burst tyres and bashed exhausts ....... grrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

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By *ee04Man
over a year ago

Essex

"Sussex is awful. The roads are in a dreadful state, I don't remember them ever being this bad.

It's your local council that you need to approach I think"

It depends on the road,

Motorways and major trunk roads are the highways agency.

Local roads are the county council.

I did try to claim once for a tyre more bother than its worth and got nowhere. Gave up after sending the 5th lot of documentation to them.

It does wind me up you pay Road tax and the vast majority of fuel price is fuel duty, and then don’t for get the vat on the fuel and the price of the vehicle.

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"I know there are 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire "

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

"I know there are 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

Pot holes ?

Yep, was in the news today

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's shocking in Sussex, some roads are completely falling apart

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By *ilsaGeorgeCouple
over a year ago

kent

It’s terrible here as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pretty much a universal issue, I think.

Kent always used to be shite, and nowadays Orkney is certainly getting that way too.

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

"Just had to pay to get alloys welded due to poultry holes an it ain’t cheap"

Goddam chickens

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By * Sophie xTV/TS
over a year ago

Derby

One pothole in Birmingham cost me £3700 in repairs alone and because it had a dot of yellow paint, it means the highways agency didnt have to pay out.

My next car is going to be a Sherman tank

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By *arry WindsorMan
over a year ago

Heaton Park Manchester

The problem stems from poor design. A lot of roads are surfaced with porous surfacing to assist with drainage. In the eighties the majority of road surfacing was impervious and relied on surface drainage resulting in increased spray.

Someone decided it was better to reduce spray by allowing the water to "drain through" the top layer. However this results in failure of the adhesive bond and as soon as one stone is dislodged, the road surface starts to unravel.

(nearly 40 years in the industry)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They are terrible around here, I recently hit one and ended up falling off my brand new scooter and hurting my shoulder.

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By *he Queen of TartsWoman
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over a year ago

My Own Little World

Northamptonshire roads are pretty dire, but as the County Council are broke and had to be bailed out by the Gov a couple of years back, I don't believe we will see improvements any time soon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lincolnshire has it's fair share of potholes too. Driving along unlit roads in the dark knowing there are potholes lurking is rather unnerving.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I read India I think are using all their suitable waste plastic to make roads.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I would rather spend the High Speed Train money fixing the roads

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't know about other parts of the country but the Essex roads are crumbling and the potholes look like open cast mines. Even the M11 is almost too risky for motorcycles to change lanes safely.

I see people weaving in their lanes to avoid them.

The party with road repairs in their next manifesto gets my vote."

I blame Brexit.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"I don't know about other parts of the country but the Essex roads are crumbling and the potholes look like open cast mines. Even the M11 is almost too risky for motorcycles to change lanes safely.

I see people weaving in their lanes to avoid them.

The party with road repairs in their next manifesto gets my vote.

I blame Brexit. "

There has been such a lack of investment that I am sure it is not cost effective in the long run..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I read that a local council in surrey " For every 10 million invested in road repairs , 7 million was paid out dealing / fighting claims ..

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

"I would rather spend the High Speed Train money fixing the roads "

I'd rather both

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By *elshkinkyMan
over a year ago

south wales

I would t mention where the holes are on here as some blokes will try and shag them

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By *xMFM3sumsxxWoman
over a year ago

SouthWest Lancashire

There was a massive pot hole at the end of my road here for months (maybe over a year) and now the drains have been blocked for longer.

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

Report them, they don't inspect the roads looking for pot holes, as long as below 40mm They will normally fill them. I have reported many all on main roads or highway's and have been filled.

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By *itonmyfacebookMan
over a year ago

Burton on Trent

"I know there are 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

Pot holes ?

I think news about them is what inspired this lyric.

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By *itonmyfacebookMan
over a year ago

Burton on Trent

"I read that a local council in surrey " For every 10 million invested in road repairs , 7 million was paid out dealing / fighting claims .."

I've recently got reimbursed by the council for a N/S front tyre trashed by a pothole.

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