Roads resurfaced with tar and chipping stones.....

[dowahdiddyman]

davepoth said:

There's a good reason for doing the road this way - It doesn't get damaged by frost like tarmac does, meaning that you don't get massive potholes.

Sorry but it does, the roads around here have all been done over the last couple of years, and they are still crap after the last couple of winters. As has been said it costs a damn sight less than a full resuface,less than half the cost per mile.

Think it`s bad in car, try ride a motorbike over the damn stuff when it`s been freshly done, it`s like bloody ice!

[thinfourth2]

davepoth said:

There's a good reason for doing the road this way - It doesn't get damaged by frost like tarmac does, meaning that you don't get massive potholes.

This is pitsonheads where the worst possible thing that could happen to your car is a stonechip or even worse a tar spot

A pothole is far better as it will only destroy your wheels and suspension which is way better then a stonechip

[Getragdogleg]

Cornwall has splashed out on a quick dressing of tar and sharp stones just in time for the summer tourist season.

Its st, as usual anything Cornwall council turns their hand at ends up worse than before but at a huge cost.

[ffc]

They just did the A322 out of Bracknell with the tar and chippings resulting in this:

http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/news-and-events...

(apologies for also posting this in the regional forum).

[LMC]

East Lothian Council do this. Downright bloody dangerous

I was driving in an ambulance response unit to an emergency in the middle of the night a couple of years ago. Country road, no streetlamps.

Came round a bend then onto this garbage; arse end of car went out to about 60 degrees while I promptly shat a brick. With pure skill :hehe or blind luck the car straightened and I went on my merry way.

I went back the same way after the job to have a look. There were dozens of pebble "mini speed bumps" where the dumper must have been shaking its load empty.

There was a 3 car smash a few hours later at the same bit when folk were on their way to work.

[Ari]

thinfourth2 said:

This is pitsonheads where the worst possible thing that could happen to your car is a stonechip or even worse a tar spot

A pothole is far better as it will only destroy your wheels and suspension which is way better then a stonechip

You can slow down or drive round pot holes

[Oxhead]

They did it on the roads around where my girlfriend lives a couple weeks back, absolutely horrendous and to be honest down right dangerous. Scattering the whole surface in lose gravel? Whose genius idea was that! No chance of stopping and the noise of stones being flicked up doing the 20mph limit was painful!

[thinfourth2]

Ari said:

thinfourth2 said:

This is pitsonheads where the worst possible thing that could happen to your car is a stonechip or even worse a tar spot

A pothole is far better as it will only destroy your wheels and suspension which is way better then a stonechip

You can slow down or drive round pot holes

So you would prefer potholes to a tiny stonechip

[scorcher]

Not long done a good quick B road near me. On a couple of corners it stops just before the bend and then 20/30feet later it starts again once around the bend. They've also laid it over about a mile of lovely perfectly smooth asphalt that was only put down about 18 months ago.The asphalt was put down because its a damp shaded area and years of previous surface dressing had just crumbled. Muppets!

[Nedz]

I am not convinced that the council are doing this to protect the roads from further damage.The roads i was refering to in the op were obsolutely sound and survived the last two winters no problem and im sure would survive many more 'freak winters'.

There are many other roads in my area which suffered terrible damage over the winter and as i said these have just been patched up and not subjected to the tar and chippings treatment.

As for prefering this to pot holes i disagree! Give me pot holes any day! As already mentioned pot holes are easily seen and avoided.

Im sure if everyone who has been a 'victim' of this genius way of fking up our roads went to their local council demanding the damage to be repaired ie.respraying their very expensive cars they would be facing a much heftier bill than fixing the odd buckled alloy or bent suspension arm.

[Ari]

thinfourth2 said:

Ari said:

thinfourth2 said:

This is pitsonheads where the worst possible thing that could happen to your car is a stonechip or even worse a tar spot

A pothole is far better as it will only destroy your wheels and suspension which is way better then a stonechip

You can slow down or drive round pot holes

So you would prefer potholes to a tiny stonechip

No, I'd prefer they repaired the roads properly

[pit5top]

They do it alot in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, particularly in the more elavated areas where the roads have been ruined. What I can not understand is how roads in cold parts of Europe are OK?

[daveenty]

ffc said:

They just did the A322 out of Bracknell with the tar and chippings resulting in this:

http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/news-and-events...

(apologies for also posting this in the regional forum).

Totally irrelevant to the topic (which I also have to suffer and hate) but what a cool site.

Highlighted a paragraph by mistake (or boredom) and it spoke to me. (after pressing the button)

Never come across this before, and glad I was sober when I did.

[Willy Nilly]

They have done the road that I cycle on to work. It was no big deal, I didn't get hit once by a stone, so your paint work would have been ok. The road is miles better now, it has loads of grip. They have redone the paint and cats eyes. Happy days.

Some roads have been relaid with fresh tarmac. I am sure there is a good reason why some roads get dressed with chippings and other get redone. If we had a limitless supply of money we could have roads relaid every year, but we don't. So stop whining about a few chips on your paint work.

[Zwoelf]

daveenty said:

ffc said:

They just did the A322 out of Bracknell with the tar and chippings resulting in this:

http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/news-and-events...

(apologies for also posting this in the regional forum).

Totally irrelevant to the topic (which I also have to suffer and hate) but what a cool site.

Highlighted a paragraph by mistake (or boredom) and it spoke to me. (after pressing the button)

Never come across this before, and glad I was sober when I did.

So that' what my council tax pays for. fked roads and talking websites. I'm even happier about the extra half an hour driving anywhere this week has taken...

[chrisr29]

ffc said:

They just did the A322 out of Bracknell with the tar and chippings resulting in this:

http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/news-and-events...

(apologies for also posting this in the regional forum).

Drove in and out of Bracknell on this today. It's shocking, drove in through a rolling dust cloud and out in the rain with yellow muddy water running up the windscreen.

You could see the old road surface appearing in stips through the poxy gravel they've chucked on top of it.

The week before they'd closed lanes off 'cause they were cutting the grass, this week they bugger everyone's journey up with stupid gravel. wkers!

[sparkythecat]

Shouldn't this be in the roads forum?

[dfen5]

Worst part about it is the noise. If you happen to live on a road where this has been done, the noise from the traffic increases 100%, bloody awful road noise.

[The Black Duke]

The council are doing all the roads around my home with this and have spent the last couple of weeks repairing all the pot holes and are just starting to lay this 'surface treatment' according to the letter they sent around they said the stones will only be an issue for a few days and then they will get a road sweeper to go up and down the road a few times to pick up the excess. I have seen this stuff laid properly and it is quite grippy if done correctly. Lets just hope they don't scrimp and save.

[shouldbworking]

Constantly being done around here in somerset, even on heavily potholed roads where nothing is done to rectify the actual problem. The new surface serves to camouflage the potholes making it even more annoying when you hit them.

As for cycling or riding a motorbike, its an accident waiting to happen. Nearly spilled off the motorbike the other day under gentle braking on a road that had had this treatment a while back, leaving a swathe of ball bearing like pebbles between the tyre ruts.