Why the F*** do they surface roads with loose stones?!?
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Surely there's a better way? Surely they realise that when driving along you're just gonna get lots of tiny pings as the f
king stones bounce off your car?
Even if you take it easy some fker is bound to come hurtling down from the other direction giving you a shower of pebbles.
One hit sounded like a small rock earlier! It's a bit dark to have a look but there's got to be a massive chip from it.
bds!
king stones bounce off your car?Even if you take it easy some f
ker is bound to come hurtling down from the other direction giving you a shower of pebbles.One hit sounded like a small rock earlier! It's a bit dark to have a look but there's got to be a massive chip from it.
b
ds!
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ludicrous speed said:
Surely there's a better way? Surely they realise that when driving along you're just gonna get lots of tiny pings as the fking stones bounce off your car?
Even if you take it easy some fker is bound to come hurtling down from the other direction giving you a shower of pebbles.
One hit sounded like a small rock earlier! It's a bit dark to have a look but there's got to be a massive chip from it.
bds!
Why?king stones bounce off your car?Even if you take it easy some f
ker is bound to come hurtling down from the other direction giving you a shower of pebbles.One hit sounded like a small rock earlier! It's a bit dark to have a look but there's got to be a massive chip from it.
b
ds!Because stonechips aren't actually the end of the world and we as a nation don't want to give all our money over as tax and are a nation of f
kwits who always vote for a bunch of assholes who give all of our income tax over to a pile of wasters who never ever will work.Oh and its a cheap and quick method of resealing the road to stop water damage and giving it some more grip
Edited by thinfourth2 on Sunday 15th August 08:00
thinfourth2 said:
ludicrous speed said:
Surely there's a better way? Surely they realise that when driving along you're just gonna get lots of tiny pings as the fking stones bounce off your car?
Even if you take it easy some fker is bound to come hurtling down from the other direction giving you a shower of pebbles.
One hit sounded like a small rock earlier! It's a bit dark to have a look but there's got to be a massive chip from it.
bds!
Why?king stones bounce off your car?Even if you take it easy some f
ker is bound to come hurtling down from the other direction giving you a shower of pebbles.One hit sounded like a small rock earlier! It's a bit dark to have a look but there's got to be a massive chip from it.
b
ds!Because stonechips aren't actually the end of the world and we as a nation don't want to give all our money over as tax and are a nation of f
kwits who always vote for a bunch of assholes who give all of our income tax over to a pile of wasters who never ever will work.Oh and its a cheap and quick method of resealing the road to stop water damage and giving it some more grip
Seriously, what's the point? either do the job properly (as in plane up the road, re-lay) or leave them alone
Scuffers said:
thinfourth2 said:
ludicrous speed said:
Surely there's a better way? Surely they realise that when driving along you're just gonna get lots of tiny pings as the fking stones bounce off your car?
Even if you take it easy some fker is bound to come hurtling down from the other direction giving you a shower of pebbles.
One hit sounded like a small rock earlier! It's a bit dark to have a look but there's got to be a massive chip from it.
bds!
Why?king stones bounce off your car?Even if you take it easy some f
ker is bound to come hurtling down from the other direction giving you a shower of pebbles.One hit sounded like a small rock earlier! It's a bit dark to have a look but there's got to be a massive chip from it.
b
ds!Because stonechips aren't actually the end of the world and we as a nation don't want to give all our money over as tax and are a nation of f
kwits who always vote for a bunch of assholes who give all of our income tax over to a pile of wasters who never ever will work.Oh and its a cheap and quick method of resealing the road to stop water damage and giving it some more grip
Seriously, what's the point? either do the job properly (as in plane up the road, re-lay) or leave them alone
thinfourth2 said:
Scuffers said:
it may be cheap in the short term, but it last 10 minutes, and in the mean time it's cost a shed load of people windscreen, several bikers to have offs, huge numbers of stone chips to peoples pride&joy cars, etc etc.
Seriously, what's the point? either do the job properly (as in plane up the road, re-lay) or leave them alone
Do you want to pay 100% tax ?Seriously, what's the point? either do the job properly (as in plane up the road, re-lay) or leave them alone
that's before you account for the costs in insurance claims due to the s
t surface and stone damage.I think it's all about 'skid resistance' isn't it? The Local Authority measures this and if it's fallen below a 'safe' level then the road gets resurfaced.
Which would be fine, if it weren't for the wonderful annualised target-driven culture that has seeped out of the private sector (where it often makes a lot of sense) into the public sector (where it doesn't).
Despite its many other problems, cheap surface dressing does raise skid resistance back to a 'safe' level in the short term. And that single criterion is enough. Job done. This year's targets met. This year's bonuses paid. Children and small furry animals saved. The Local Authority can proudly boast (with some nice statistics to back them up) about how many miles of road they have resurfaced this year and how much safer we all are as a result.
Long-term costs, and indeed any other considerations outside of the specific targets they are working to, are simply of no consequence.
Which would be fine, if it weren't for the wonderful annualised target-driven culture that has seeped out of the private sector (where it often makes a lot of sense) into the public sector (where it doesn't).
Despite its many other problems, cheap surface dressing does raise skid resistance back to a 'safe' level in the short term. And that single criterion is enough. Job done. This year's targets met. This year's bonuses paid. Children and small furry animals saved. The Local Authority can proudly boast (with some nice statistics to back them up) about how many miles of road they have resurfaced this year and how much safer we all are as a result.
Long-term costs, and indeed any other considerations outside of the specific targets they are working to, are simply of no consequence.
- geek hat on* As ten ninety said, its all about the skid resistance. Over time a road surface gets "polished" by all the travel on it and it becomes quite dangerous, especially in the wet. Also gets a lot noisier over time as well, you can really tell when you come across some new road surface and then go back onto the old one. the yellow coloured "Shellgrip" is the same principle; a layer of stone that has an incredibly high skid resistance to it, i think a lot of the stone chips come from Wales as you cant just use any old stuff.
Scuffers said:
Seriously, what's the point? either do the job properly (as in plane up the road, re-lay) or leave them alone
Have you any idea how much it costs to plane a road surface and relay it, it you think you are paying a lot in tax now, suggest this for every road surface and your eyes will water, you will be paying them just to go to work.Surface dressing should settle down fairly quickly, it is the twonks who take no notice of the advisory signs that are the problem.
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