Potholes

[zcacogp]

Chaps,

I'd grumble (or is that rant?) about potholes, but it would be predictable and a bit of a waste of bandwidth. The situation very suddenly seems to have become a LOT worse, but then everyone has probably already noticed that. (That is, if you have travelled along just about any UK road recently you would need to have been blind, deaf and utterly without sensation in your body to not notice its apalling state.)

However, as a more productive use of bandwidth, I found this site recently. (It was actually linked to in another PH thread.)

I've reported seven potholes in my local area. I'll wait to see whether anything happens about them. But, in terms of doing something rather than just sitting back and complaining on-line, it seems like a good idea.

http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/

Can I suggest that PH'ers do the same, and maybe (just maybe) some of these disgraces will get filled in.


Oli.

[AndyM31]

Last winter I had three tires (runflats) to be replaced, it was a sad story for the road. Suffice to say that all the incidents got reported and claims logged. More recently the issue was that one of the incidents on the potholes has caused an advisory on my rim during the MOT.

The roads in North Dorset and some in Wiltshire are looking more like a 4X4 of rally car run these days. I'm guessing that it is comparable in other counties as well.

[MattGTA]

Thanks for the link - I've just reported the monster at the end of my road, so we'll see what happens...

I'll post an update here when / if something is done !

[AndyM31]

All my claims when in January time and nothing has been heard yet from North Dorset. I shall be sending them a reminder in the not too distant future. I guess patience is the name of the game here but also being persistent.

[cs02rm0]

I've used it a lot over the last year. No action at all.

Think I'll be writing to the council next to tell them that if and when I see any accidents near these spots I'll be happily offering the details of the nearby reported potholes to those involved.

[Shmee150]

Just looked at my daily drive on that map and all the ones marked I know about, thinking if there are any more to add but will certainly do it from now. It's pretty horrific in London how many flags there are if you zoom in.

[Matt Evans]

Thank you for that - I've just reported both the huge hole in the main road through our village.

I've also reported the whole road through Farnley Tyas. The Council have just spent however much money extending and re-surfacing the pavements through the village in an attempt to avoid accidents, yet cars have to swerve all over the damn road in order to pass through

[bazking69]

Waste of your time. It won't get them filled any quicker. I'm just glad I'm no longer running a car with big wheels and rubber band tyres.

[Shmee150]

bazking69 said:

Waste of your time. It won't get them filled any quicker. I'm just glad I'm no longer running a car with big wheels and rubber band tyres.

It might not, but it's interesting. And for me who 50% cycles daily, 50% drives, it's certainly good to see on a map without having to create my own, where all the really bad ones are so I can avoid them.

[frosted]

bazking69 said:

Waste of your time. It won't get them filled any quicker. I'm just glad I'm no longer running a car with big wheels and rubber band tyres.

yep , it's just not worth it .

I started running about in 95 crv with off roading tyres and it's a dream to drive on London bumps /potholes . Only cost me 500 quid to buy