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[Keith ABS]

   Essex county council is throwing out all pot hole claims as they say you could have done the damage anywhere and just taken a picture of a pot hole. Scum suckers
Keith B

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Down here in Kent it was announced yesterday that at present pot hole repair rates it will take the Council 12 years to sought it all out!

[ffcgary1]

Remind me again why we pay a ROAD FUND LICENSE !!

[dbug]

Remind me again why we pay a ROAD FUND LICENSE !!

To fill government coffers mate

[ffcgary1]

Ahh yes silly me, i thought it was to repair the roads,

[omega3000]

Well the pot hole inspector has been round the roads with his yellow spray can  Picking at random the worst ones ... its an absolute disgrace how these roads have gone to pot over the last 3 years , i should imagine pot hole man has a job for life .

[albitz]

I was driving down a narrow road near home last night,car coming from the opposite direction.Braked,steered to the left hand edge of the road to give him room,then BANG.Hit a deep pothole while suspension was compressed.
Immediately noticed the unmistakeable rumble of a deflated tyre.
Used a can of tyreweld which was pretty useless,but allowed me to slowly limp the last mile home.It was dark and wet,so dont know yet if Ive damaged anything else.
So,a new tyre (at least) needed.

[omega3000]

Maybe our road tax could be a solution to fixing the pot holes  You have to laugh about this country's priorities .

[kevinp58]

Well the pot hole inspector has been round the roads with his yellow spray can  Picking at random the worst ones ... its an absolute disgrace how these roads have gone to pot over the last 3 years , i should imagine pot hole man has a job for life .

Thats because over the last 20 odd years all they have done is to spray that tar s*%t and put down chippings and not rectfy the cracks or problems  I remember when they would scrape off a layer and repair before laying a new surface and then it lasted years, it was a lot more to do but saved money in the long run as it was done properly to last.  Also when you see them patching bodging they scrape out and lay the cold asphalt in the hole that is wet and full of crap  so how on earth do they expect it to last more than the next rainfull and freeze. 

[kevinp58]

That is some damage, and I am surprised that more wasn't done apart from that and the tyre.   I certainly would want to check out the wheel bearing and steering rods.

Checked everything and seems all ok  it drives straight and no rummblings or noises so got off reasonaly lightly I got a good second hand pair of shocks from albits and had another set of wheels so mobile again. 

[TheBoy]

Looks like SL shock. These seem to corrode badly in places, I wonder if thats a factor as well, pothole being last straw...

[kevinp58]

Looks like SL shock. These seem to corrode badly in places, I wonder if thats a factor as well, pothole being last straw...

Yup they are SL  and I had it on my mates lift to have a good look around and saw they were very corroded when at full extent  and thought I must get them changed and before I could this happened. 

[TheBoy]

so on their last legs anyway...  ...its just this things always happen at an inconvenient time

[Webby the Bear]

i went over one that i didnt even see at the weekend..... sounded like the car had split in two! (checked though and all was good)

bas....d pot holes 

[kevinp58]

i went over one that i didnt even see at the weekend..... sounded like the car had split in two! (checked though and all was good)

bas....d pot holes 

Mate if I had seen the one that did this I wouldn't have gone over it