No joke there. The Fosse Way has been completely resurfaced iirc 4 times in, ohhhh, 2000 years. Same with the A5 (Watling St). The M1 is constantly being resurfaced. Depth of foundation is key, even minor Roman roads had foundation beds 4 feet deep. That’s why they last so well.
I managed to pop both left hand tyres on the same pothole a few years ago, cracked the front wheel and bent it out of round. The council claimed that it wasn’t a pothole as it extended to the gutter, it was a “collapsed edge” instead so go whistle! So they got an invoice for a wheel, two new tyres, fitting and my time at charge-out consulting rates, plus interest...
They’re fine in Japan where the roads everywhere are like freshly poured glass... but our mediaeval rutted dirt tracks?The clue is 30 section tyres... without any sidewall the road impact is passed straight onto the wheel and suspension.
So tyres knackered, alloys cracked, springs broken, bushes worn out and an uncomfortable ride all for fashion...
Did they pay?
The councils are bloated caricatures of what they were originally envisaged as. Their primary reason to exist now is simply to exist. Not provide the services that we pay them to provide. That’s the real problem.The government only give small allowances to councils for road repairs, they can't blow the entire amount on one stretch of road.
Eventually and with much sucking of teeth!
Result!
A tad harsh, I work for,
