UK Roads are F-ing cr@p.
Discussion
I have just returned from a few years in Australia.
I have been shocked by the number and size of potholes on the roads in my local area (South Manchester).:
Some roads seem to resemble something between the moon and rural roads in Romania.
Potholes so deep you could break your ankle if you stepped in them unsuspectingly at night.
People b
h and moan about the roads in Australia but really they are miles better than here. Roads tend to be wider and straighter also.
I was running 18" alloys on my Skyline (with coilovers) over there and there were only a handful of bad potholes that worried me. I'm driving my STi Impreza here with stock 16" alloys. I was thinking about going to 17" but I am really thinking is it worth it? I wouldn't even dream of 18". Lord knows how people drive about with 19" or 20" alloys?!
It's not my arse I'm bothered about but bending/breaking a suspension arm or wrecking a wheel.
Anyway that's just my POV having been away for a while. Maybe everyone else is just used to it!?
I have been shocked by the number and size of potholes on the roads in my local area (South Manchester).:
Some roads seem to resemble something between the moon and rural roads in Romania.
Potholes so deep you could break your ankle if you stepped in them unsuspectingly at night.
People b
h and moan about the roads in Australia but really they are miles better than here. Roads tend to be wider and straighter also. I was running 18" alloys on my Skyline (with coilovers) over there and there were only a handful of bad potholes that worried me. I'm driving my STi Impreza here with stock 16" alloys. I was thinking about going to 17" but I am really thinking is it worth it? I wouldn't even dream of 18". Lord knows how people drive about with 19" or 20" alloys?!
It's not my arse I'm bothered about but bending/breaking a suspension arm or wrecking a wheel.Anyway that's just my POV having been away for a while. Maybe everyone else is just used to it!?
3sixty said:
Another Mancunian here... and yes, the roads round here are shocking.
They seem to be crumbling. I heard the very cold weather made it a lot worse over the winter?..and of course we have had utility/phone companies digging up every road left, right, and centre over the last decade and now those patched up roads are f
ked. The ice/frost and abrasion from the traffic exploits the seems between the patches and original roads.Edited by SmoothRB on Sunday 4th April 23:21
yawn i love these threads and sweeping comments. British roads are actually some of the best I've driven. Yes the day to day roads can have potholes etc but you know, when on holiday, you tend to not go into the day to day heavy use roads.
French roads are great. yes if you stick to the main, and I mean main, toll roads otherwise same or often worse than here. British roads are actually not that bad compared to anywhere on the earth
French roads are great. yes if you stick to the main, and I mean main, toll roads otherwise same or often worse than here. British roads are actually not that bad compared to anywhere on the earth
stigmundfreud said:
yawn i love these threads and sweeping comments. British roads are actually some of the best I've driven. Yes the day to day roads can have potholes etc but you know, when on holiday, you tend to not go into the day to day heavy use roads.
French roads are great. yes if you stick to the main, and I mean main, toll roads otherwise same or often worse than here. British roads are actually not that bad compared to anywhere on the earth
Not when you consider the amount of tax we pay to drive in the UKFrench roads are great. yes if you stick to the main, and I mean main, toll roads otherwise same or often worse than here. British roads are actually not that bad compared to anywhere on the earth
I've lived in Nairobi and the roads here (wiltshire) are just as bad as Kenya.
Do they - replace a whole section of roadway if there are some bad potholes?
No - they get 1 bloke and a truck filled with Macadam to wonder up the road with a shovel full here and there.
Sometimes not even packing them down on our rural roads and just letting the Chelsea tractors roll it flat.
What happens? The holes are back in a couple of months
I'm glad I've got black car, all of that tar flicked up doesn't show until I'm polishing it, when I have to work my arse off to get rid of it.
Do they - replace a whole section of roadway if there are some bad potholes?
No - they get 1 bloke and a truck filled with Macadam to wonder up the road with a shovel full here and there.
Sometimes not even packing them down on our rural roads and just letting the Chelsea tractors roll it flat.
What happens? The holes are back in a couple of months
I'm glad I've got black car, all of that tar flicked up doesn't show until I'm polishing it, when I have to work my arse off to get rid of it.
odyssey2200 said:
stigmundfreud said:
yawn i love these threads and sweeping comments. British roads are actually some of the best I've driven. Yes the day to day roads can have potholes etc but you know, when on holiday, you tend to not go into the day to day heavy use roads.
French roads are great. yes if you stick to the main, and I mean main, toll roads otherwise same or often worse than here. British roads are actually not that bad compared to anywhere on the earth
Not when you consider the amount of tax we pay to drive in the UKFrench roads are great. yes if you stick to the main, and I mean main, toll roads otherwise same or often worse than here. British roads are actually not that bad compared to anywhere on the earth
stigmundfreud said:
odyssey2200 said:
stigmundfreud said:
yawn i love these threads and sweeping comments. British roads are actually some of the best I've driven. Yes the day to day roads can have potholes etc but you know, when on holiday, you tend to not go into the day to day heavy use roads.
French roads are great. yes if you stick to the main, and I mean main, toll roads otherwise same or often worse than here. British roads are actually not that bad compared to anywhere on the earth
Not when you consider the amount of tax we pay to drive in the UKFrench roads are great. yes if you stick to the main, and I mean main, toll roads otherwise same or often worse than here. British roads are actually not that bad compared to anywhere on the earth
The motorist is a cash cow that gets raped daily.
In the past 6 months the roads situation has gone pearshaped in brum as well! stloads of potholes everywhere!
Went to Holland last month and the difference was night and day. Perfect roads and road markings everywhere! Then again, public transport was awesome and they had proper cycle lanes rather than the half assed dangerous ones we have!
tloads of potholes everywhere!Went to Holland last month and the difference was night and day. Perfect roads and road markings everywhere! Then again, public transport was awesome and they had proper cycle lanes rather than the half assed dangerous ones we have!
It's that stty winter we've just had and I can assure you it's not just Manchester, we've been up there for the weekend on a visit and the roads are just as bad there as here in the South West. Theres a short road to one of my familys houses that is becoming almost impassable unless by 4x4. The council "patch" it at least once a month but it makes not a jot of difference, they'd have saved money just retarmacing the whole road in the first place.
Unforatunately given that the countries bust, I can't see them getting better anytime soon.
tty winter we've just had and I can assure you it's not just Manchester, we've been up there for the weekend on a visit and the roads are just as bad there as here in the South West. Theres a short road to one of my familys houses that is becoming almost impassable unless by 4x4. The council "patch" it at least once a month but it makes not a jot of difference, they'd have saved money just retarmacing the whole road in the first place. Unforatunately given that the countries bust, I can't see them getting better anytime soon.
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