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Roads and the state of them
« on: February 15, 2009, 19:37:44 »
is anyone else finding the state of our roads is getting to a point where you need an offroader to drive them? Having just been to the inlaws we took the fiesta to save on the fuel and to be honest i wish i,d taken the landy :shock: some of the potholes are big enough to lose the flippin car in  :evil:
Iknow we have just had/having a cold spot but they have been bad for a while and thats just made it worse as the surface falls to bits
you now have quite large stones coming off other vehicles wheels and bouncing off your car as well so i wonder if windsceen sales have gone up :-k
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2009, 19:45:17 »
i have noticed since all the snow and frost there are lots of holes and cracks appearing all over the place and i travel about 2500miles aweek all over the country
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2009, 19:59:34 »
I have already damaged a tire and alloy on my mondeo due to the Third world roads we have here :evil:
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2009, 22:13:20 »
Oxfordshire used to be famous for its "Failed Roads" - ones in such bad condition the council erected signs disclaiming responsibility.
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2009, 00:28:13 »
Whenever I use my father's car I realise how poor the road conditions are, and this recent weather isn't helping the cheap patchwork-quilt type roads we have.
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2009, 06:28:23 »
Yea the roads are in a bad way at the moment. But as its the councils job to sort them out if you damage your motor on the road by hitting a pot hole etc you can claim off them for damage as it iirc comes under some law that the road must be safe to travel on
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2009, 09:05:49 »
Yes, Here in Coventry there are roads with 40mph speed limit with patches so bad you be lucky to travel at 30 is this a way trying to get people kill there speed. This has nothing to do with the weather as it was like it before the weather got to it.
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2009, 11:41:27 »
The roads are bad and i also do blaim the weather we have been having. A tarmac road, patch job is not sealed and the water gets under it, then we have a freeze and what does water do when it freezes??? expands.
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2009, 12:20:14 »
Quote from: KTM Gordo on February 15, 2009, 22:13:20
Oxfordshire used to be famous for its "Failed Roads" - ones in such bad condition the council erected signs disclaiming responsibility.

still are bloody bad. glad i got me landy
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2009, 12:42:10 »
Quote from: gtomo2 on February 16, 2009, 06:28:23
Yea the roads are in a bad way at the moment. But as its the councils job to sort them out if you damage your motor on the road by hitting a pot hole etc you can claim off them for damage as it iirc comes under some law that the road must be safe to travel on

Only once they've been reported. If you find a pothole or other hazard then report it to the council highways department ASAP.

They usually act on it fairly quickly because they know that if there's an accident they're now at risk of being responsible for it - especially where motorbikes are concerned.
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2009, 23:13:30 »
bad here too. great aint it . we are screwed for council tax , car tax, fuell tax . we have a week of bad weather . no grit to treat the roads . no bins emptied 2 weeks i think here ,then the roads fall apart .  rant over ..alan
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2009, 09:27:05 »
Yep the state of the roads is rubbish. I once hit a pithole so deep it buckled the alloy wheel and damaged the wheel bearing. Put a claim in against the council and they paid out so fair dues. However i am sure it would be cheaper to repair the roads properly than pay out the claims they must get.
Also is it just me or are the people who lay tarmac and repair the roads actually to blame. The reason i say that is i have seen several stretches or brand new resurfaced road and you would think you were on a roller coaster they were that uneven. Once again People unable to do a simple job properly. The local road to us was resurfaced so badly they came back the next week and ripped it up and did it again. Story of this country i am afraid. About time people started to take some pride in their work no matter what they do.
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2009, 09:48:10 »
roads are just as bad round here but see a good one on the news showing the council out filling in the pot holes putting the filling straight in to a hole full of water so the next night probly froze and pop straight out
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2009, 16:10:56 »
went up to rotherham to pick a bike up the other day and the roads around there are the worst i've been on for ages  :shocked:.i've been on smoother green lanes!
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Re: Roads and the state of them
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2009, 21:11:55 »
the main roads around buxton arnt to bad, but could take you down lots of bad / dangerous ones near mansfield
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