pot holes -- 'bout time they got their own thread

[Furniss]

Realistically they need to improve public transport to the point it is a preferable choice to car. That and ban suspension on cars so people aren't so isolated in there cars and drive at an appropriate speed for the road.

ban suspension

 

[Smiffy]

ban suspension

I think it's the only way you will slow people down. The speed people drive at on these potholes roads is ridiculous. Half the people on social media complaining about damage from potholes wouldn't be in that position if they drove a sensible speed for the road.

 

[Routy56]

I think it's the only way you will slow people down. The speed people drive at on these potholes roads is ridiculous. Half the people on social media complaining about damage from potholes wouldn't be in that position if they drove a sensible speed for the road.

I always say, "Drive at a speed that you can see to be safe and stop" and regarding potholes, "Be prepared to slow down or stop"
They sometimes catch me out but I refuse to go for a head on collision with on oncoming car

 

[TiltyShaun]

It's exactly the same here is NE Essex. We live in a very rural location with the B1352 running through with a 7.5T weight limit. With regular A120 closures the diversion is through this road with all the 44T LGVs going to/from Harwich International Port. Every time a lorry goes in the ditch or bridges get damaged and culverts collapse. As resident we always report this stuff to Highways England and Essex County Highways. They haven't got a clue until we get them on site.
A recent culvert blocked was causing serious flooding just down the road. Took me and other residents about 4 years of reports with photos to get it fixed
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The above is now fixed

But what seriously pisses me off is that fact that the authorities no longer clean out the ditches.
And the grips that let the water run from the road to the ditch are not cleaned out either.
The result is that the surface water runs down the road and not in the ditch - WTF is going on

The ditches around here are generally the land owners responsibility until it crosses under the road. Before we had the new fibre internet put in, we due the rips where being done as the kept taking out the BT line which is 50mm below the tarmac level!!

 

[V8Druid]

The ditches around here are generally the land owners responsibility until it crosses under the road. Before we had the new fibre internet put in, we due the rips where being done as the kept taking out the BT line which is 50mm below the tarmac level!!

pretty standard for them, then

 

[Giles]

Instagram video by Robert Jovic • Jan 15, 2026 at 11:01 PM

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Guy trying to get out a pothole lol

 

[Lancs Lad]

ban suspension

Or fit AT tyres and dont have stupidly big wheels.
Not had a puncture from pothole/kerb since I did in 10 years at least.

 

[bobthebuilder]

I always say, "Drive at a speed that you can see to be safe and stop" and regarding potholes, "Be prepared to slow down or stop"
They sometimes catch me out but I refuse to go for a head on collision with on oncoming car

Isn't that the law ?

 

[V8Druid]

Isn't that the law ?

High way code (as was, anyway)
many decades ago Ferrodo had a slogan .. " your right to speed is your ability to stop - fit Ferrodo "

 

[Bucket on wheels]

 

[V8Druid]

 

[Quattromike]

In the two miles I drive to work each day along the A95 there’s 3 sets of temporary traffic lights for sections of road repairs, subsidence issues, thats not being carried out until they get money in the budget for the work to proceed, but the lights are still there and will be for months/years to come until they scrape enough money together. The cost of having and running the lights over the time they are talking will probably more than surpass the cost of the repairs if they just get on with it.

 

[Diggerdavey]

In the two miles I drive to work each day along the A95 there’s 3 sets of temporary traffic lights for sections of road repairs, subsidence issues, thats not being carried out until they get money in the budget for the work to proceed, but the lights are still there and will be for months/years to come until they scrape enough money together. The cost of having and running the lights over the time they are talking will probably more than surpass the cost of the repairs if they just get on with it.

Driving a car back to customer last night. Hit a pothole in dark. Burst two run flat tyres. Going to cost around £600 to replace. Council website states if they prove they have adequate maintenance regime in place they will not accept claims for vehicle damage. I can see trying to claim will be a fruitless exercise. Made going to work an expensive day

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Tackling ours today. Scraping off the berms and throwing back into the hole with some 803 and old bags of cement. Will tide us over till summer when I can get some tarmac in there .

Mind you I said that back in 2021 when I did this last time

 

[V8Druid]

Driving a car back to customer last night. Hit a pothole in dark. Burst two run flat tyres. Going to cost around £600 to replace. Council website states if they prove they have adequate maintenance regime in place they will not accept claims for vehicle damage. I can see trying to claim will be a fruitless exercise. Made going to work an expensive day

I spent 6+ months fighting Hereford Council and then their 'specially employed solicitors' trying to get recompense for a wheel and tyre in a massive pothole that would've killed a motorcyclist, right on the driving line around a blind left hander ... they ended up trying to prove their regime with copy/paste doc.s that were blatantly contrived/fraudulent ... when you are up against that level of deceit it's time to give up

 

[Jimoz]

The way these councils go on about pot holes you'd think its rocket science. Surely it can't be that hard. What's the score to do them properly? Cut out to a nice edge, compact hardcore to uniform level below surface, base and top then seal the joints. Or am I naive and its actually much more complex?

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Tackling ours today. Scraping off the berms and throwing back into the hole with some 803 and old bags of cement. Will tide us over till summer when I can get some tarmac in there .

Mind you I said that back in 2021 when I did this last time

There we go. Free cement from the skips/waste transfer station and no more potholes at this end of the yard. (For now)

 

[Lancs Lad]

There we go. Free cement from the skips/waste transfer station and no more potholes at this end of the yard. (For now)

Do you want a job?

 

[Smiffy]

The way these councils go on about pot holes you'd think its rocket science. Surely it can't be that hard. What's the score to do them properly? Cut out to a nice edge, compact hardcore to uniform level below surface, base and top then seal the joints. Or am I naive and its actually much more complex?

I put the long version several pages back.
Basically you need a pothole pro or a skidsteer planer and take out a considerably lager area than what has obviously failed. Plus sealing the joints is not approved in the highway due to the accidents it has caused.

 

[Diggerdavey]

I spent 6+ months fighting Hereford Council and then their 'specially employed solicitors' trying to get recompense for a wheel and tyre in a massive pothole that would've killed a motorcyclist, right on the driving line around a blind left hander ... they ended up trying to prove their regime with copy/paste doc.s that were blatantly contrived/fraudulent ... when you are up against that level of deceit it's time to give up

Thanks for the heads up. Probably wasting my time claiming as I suspected. They will have that locked down so it’s impossible to claim.