Pot Holes

debodun

debodun

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way upstate in New York, USA
It's pot hole season! How bad are they in your area? Here, IMO, there are fewer, but what are there are larger and deeper (perhaps could swallow a Smart Car). There's one near where I pick up meals-on-wheels to deliver that could be stocked with fish, but probably not good for water skiing.
 

Our potholes are TERRIBLE ! Some roads are like obstacle courses - you have to zig and zag to avoid them ( and hope no one is next to you ). If there's a really bad one and your car gets damaged , you're out of luck - the city won't pay for it. Pot holes are a sore subject around these parts.
 

The other day I hit a pothole the size of a trench. It was scary, but luckily the car is okay. I'm avoiding that street now. A couple of years ago there was one on the exit ramp on a local highway I always use. It dented the rim of my wheel and flattened the tire. It cost me $300. to repair and no compensation from the city who should be fixing these things. GRRR. :mad: We get terrible potholes every year. Part of living in the Northeast.
 
You have not experienced serious potholes until you drive around the whole island of Jamaica. I had two flats, on one stretch, from Negril to Savanna la Mar. A Rasta, by the side of the road, working over a flaming steel barrel, repaired my tires, using nothing but his hands, a tire iron, and a few patches. Thereafter, I played the zig and zag game all locals have learned very well.
 
Pot holes started here a long time ago
when the local council started "Downsizing".

They are in every street, one council said
when interviewed for the TV News, "these
potholes are a good thing, they make the
crazy drivers go slower than any speed
sign would make them do".

Lots of people take the guilty Council to
the small claims court and most cases
are settled out of court, only the large
claims are fought.

Mike.
 
Most times you can avoid them but when another car is next to you then you have no choice but to almost suffer a concussion hitting your head on the top of the car.
 
Winter and Spring potholes are part of the "joy" of driving...in most parts of the country. Most of our roadways were built decades ago, and the normal freezing/thawing cycles always do damage as these roadways age, and the ground beneath them shifts. A driver has to constantly monitor the roadway ahead, and try to slow down and avoid these spots as much as possible. Most State budgets do not allow for major rebuilding of these aging roadways, so the norm is to just keep patching them. At some point, we are going to have to invest some serious money in major infrastructure replacement.
 
I agree with Don, we get what we are willing to pay for.

In my city they would need to replace the water and sewer lines before they invest in repaving the roads. The department heads and elected officials point fingers, commission expensive studies and apply for grants but nobody wants to raise the taxes to actually pay for repairing or improving anything.

This ain't the America we grew up in.:(

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