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Re: scooter riding on the UK's crappy pot holed roads
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:08 pm
by rondon
try riding a hard tailed Harley on these roads ffs it's like being kicked in the gut every time you hiy one
Re: scooter riding on the UK's crappy pot holed roads
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:28 pm
by timexit17
Have to admit I agree.
Always used to think, apart from a few noticeable exceptions (A614 Driffield road anyone?) , that after a couple of weeks driving on a Greek Island's roads that the UK roads were pretty damn good in comparison.
Sadly in the past few years the UK has nosedived in road quality (particularly raised ironworks as others have noted) so much that even the poorest parts of the EU are now comparable.
At least Greek Islands have decent weather and friendly people..........
Re: scooter riding on the UK's crappy pot holed roads
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:32 pm
by Muttley McLadd
timexit17 wrote:
At least Greek Islands have decent weather and friendly people..........
Greek holiday homes might be quite well priced shortly too.
Re: scooter riding on the UK's crappy pot holed roads
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:38 am
by warts
They may even accept an IOU.
Re: scooter riding on the UK's crappy pot holed roads
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:45 am
by ArmandTanzarian
When I was in Northern Ireland last year a local bloke told us that the easiest way to tell when you'd crossed the border into the Republic was that the roads would instantly improve. He wasn't wrong.
Re: scooter riding on the UK's crappy pot holed roads
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:12 am
by ArmandTanzarian
Its official, according to the World Economic Forum our roads are in the same state as those in Namibia or Puerto Rico. That's pretty crappy by anyone's standards
http://www.theguardian.com/news/reality ... lity-check
Re: scooter riding on the UK's crappy pot holed roads
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:04 pm
by DigDug
ArmandTanzarian wrote:When I was in Northern Ireland last year a local bloke told us that the easiest way to tell when you'd crossed the border into the Republic was that the roads would instantly improve. He wasn't wrong.
Things must have improved a lot as when I was there 10 years ago the roads in the south were terrible.
Re: scooter riding on the UK's crappy pot holed roads
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:59 pm
by ArmandTanzarian
DigDug wrote:ArmandTanzarian wrote:When I was in Northern Ireland last year a local bloke told us that the easiest way to tell when you'd crossed the border into the Republic was that the roads would instantly improve. He wasn't wrong.
Things must have improved a lot as when I was there 10 years ago the roads in the south were terrible.
Funnily enough, the bloke that said it did follow up by saying that it used to be the other way round.
Re: scooter riding on the UK's crappy pot holed roads
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 7:17 pm
by philz
I always report potholes to my local authority via the Highways Dept. It does assist with any future claims if it's reported and they do nothing but I tend to find the workmen are now out pretty quick. If they don't know they are not liable as inspections are only done periodically but if reported it puts the liability back on the Highways Dept.