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10th March 2021, 20:59 | #21 |
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+1 for the disgusting roads and I think it will be a while before I ride either motorcycle in the dark.
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10th March 2021, 22:32 | #22 |
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One thing that winds me up is how road safety is drummed into us.
Surely, road safety begins with the surface we are given to drive on! I seem to spend more time looking out for & trying to avoid potholes, cracks & disintegrating roads than actually looking ahead & around me while driving. |
10th March 2021, 23:07 | #23 |
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The roads locally are terrible.
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[QUOTE=first-things-first;2870150]I think the local council "engineers" who "look after" the roads should ride a motorbike (or better still) cycle one using a road bike and skinny tyres. Then they will get a "feel" for how badly surfaced the roads are (even before the pot holes).
[\QUOTE] Totally agree! However, the upper echelons of the local road highway engineering will be provided with a "company" vehicle. During one of my exchanges with Grant Shapps over the poor state of Hertfordshire road network, he suggested I contact the chief engineer directly, which I did. A meeting was arranged to drive over the routes I thought was bad. At the time I was driving a Rover 820 Vitesse Sport (obviously had a firm suspension). Due to Council policy he could not go in my vehicle (in case I was Mr. Kipper) and I went in his vehicle. His vehicle a soft wallowing Citroen. Needless to say, the journey was....aahem… different! [QUOTE] They are using up their budget before year end. To retain the same level next year is I think how the game goes ... [\QUOTE] All government, local or national, have to do this or as you say have a lesser amount granted in the next financial year. Councils though, have in the past "transferred funds from the highways budget to, say, social care. [QUOTE] I'm actually running out of badly surfaced roads! [\QUOTE] Make the move to Hertfordshire if you are feeling nostalgic ;-) Quote:
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[QUOTE=Gigagator;2870164]The bad roads in our country infuriates me.
We all claim 'they are particularly bad by me' which can only mean they really are that bad everywhere across the country. Here in Cardiff there's a nasty habit by the council of fixing potholes so poorly that they are disintegrating again within a matter of a week or two. I genuinely think my 4 month old daughter could fix a pothole better. I think there is a systemic problem whereby councils farm out the repairs to third parties who don't care about the quality of the work and just grab the cash and run, effectively. There's also nobody to hold them to account, as there rarely ever is where public money is concerned.[\QUOTE] It's all about money and materials. I doubt if many local authorities have their own highways workforce. Certainly either much or all is now contracted out. If the council costed a 3 X 3 foot pothole to be fixable at £100, then outsourcing the job they will want to see the contracted-out cost to be lower. You can guess the rest. The main reason is that the small repairs are not checked, probably a photo from a phone is sent and newly laid asphalt looks good even if it destained to disappear in a few months. Quote:
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The dangers of stone mastic asphalt are widely reported :-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme..._4/4278419.stm https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring...et-a-grip.html https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.a...debate/334777/
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Sat here feeliing despondant ( i think its the right word).
Just went out to set about the task of renewing rear calipers, discs n back plates but the broken rear spring isnt hard to miss so i have stopped before starting.... Couple of months ago got pot holed on NS real bad in the dark on main A road in Lincolnshire. front tyre (new) destroyed so claim went in with LCC. Just found the rear ns spring has also snapped which explains why i thought the rear was feeling a bit low the last weeks. on top of that Just spend a fortune at christmas in dealers having work done on rear now have to claim for that spring and im sure the council will be happy to hear it. Damn roads!!!
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There are more than 35 million cars , motorcycles HGVs LGVs on the road in the UK, so if on average each driver pays 100 GBP road tax, and 50 GBP MOT that is more than 5 billion GBP in tax revenue, then there is fuel duty, that must bring in at least 20 to 25 billion GBP, so what is the government doing with all these money, they are not spending it on mending pot holes that is for sure. |
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