Back roads good or bad?

[middletont13]

If you live in the country side like i do there is lots of back roads and some of them are brill for a joy ride and going for a joy ride it's great until you meet a pothole and if you hit one of them a speed in a low sports car you will make a right mess of your car. I think they sould be sorted out!!!

[anonymous-user]

report them at www.fillthathole.org.uk

it does actually get something done most times

[Jazzerd]

I feel your pain, there are lots of great backroads around here but sadly they are in an awful state. I lost a newish back tyre to one a few months ago -£250 thank you very much.

[middletont30]

Jazzerd said:

I feel your pain, there are lots of great backroads around here but sadly they are in an awful state. I lost a newish back tyre to one a few months ago -£250 thank you very much.

Yes, thank you, the back roads are awful i am glad someone is with me.

[GTiFrank]

I wrote a dissertation on potholes. Found that they are worse on rural roads in general. And they cost a st load to the general motorist. Trouble is our wet climate and colder winters are to blame not the road building methods themselves. Basically crap weather = roads that are too expensive to maintain properly.

[Efbe]

GTiFrank said:

I wrote a dissertation on potholes. Found that they are worse on rural roads in general. And they cost a st load to the general motorist. Trouble is our wet climate and colder winters are to blame not the road building methods themselves. Basically crap weather = roads that are too expensive to maintain properly.

so come come roads seem so much better to me across scandinavia, which has worse weather?

or thinking about it canada, or japan.

[Funkateer]

We have underinvested in road maintenance for many years. Even basic surface dressing, which whilst being a bit of a pain due to loose chippings, sealed the old road surface prolonging its life.

The last government cut back road maintenance, whilst spending money elsewhere in many pointless 'public services'. A great shame

[GetCarter]

Efbe said:

so come come roads seem so much better to me across scandinavia, which has worse weather?

or thinking about it canada, or japan.

Actually we have the worst climate for roads... much worse than Scandinavia. The problem is not the cold, or the rain, but the warm-cold-warm which freezes and thaws in all the cracks in the tarmac.

Not that I'm making any excuse for the crap roads mind. They should be sorted properly rather than continually patched up. It'd be cheaper in the long run.

[DrivingForward]

Back roads are good for short cuts, but often have schools on them.

[GetCarter]

DrivingForward said:

Back roads are good for short cuts, but often have schools on them.

Not round here they don't.