Why are the roads in this country so poor compared to other countries such as Holland? I had a look at some random roads on Google and the roads look really smooth with no potholes but on our roads they are mostly terrible especially in rural areas.
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Just views of random roads. Most in Holland have a cycle path completely separate from the road which is actually as good a quality as the road. I'm not going to appreciate what I have because quite frankly, the cycle paths in this country are p*ss poor or sometimes non at all.
Typical examples:
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Urmmm yeah but they don't pay taxes to help maintain the road surface!
But obvious post is obvious (wind up!)
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People whinging about roads is a particular bugbear of mine. We have it far better than people will ever care to admit.
We have a fantastic universal system of road signs, we have an excellent motorway network, we have excellent road markings and on the whole we have pretty decent road surfaces.
Thats right, pretty decent road surfaces.
I have driven thousands of miles in both the USA and Australia and compared to here, the roads are an order of magnitude worse. You will often encounter potholes you could almost park a motorbike in on the Interstates, on offramps and onramps and on city streets. The signposting is nothing like as good as it is over here, either. I am genuinelly amazed that anyone in either of those countries can tolerate anything with low profile tyres the roads are that bad. Every time I made a right or a left turn in Rockhampton, QL, I smacked the front bumper of my completely bog standard saloon car on the enormous dips at the side of the road.
Yes, some countries in Europe are lucky enough to have effortless, smooth and sweeping roads but we are far, far, far from having the worst. We just dont realise how good we have it, frankly. Plus we love to whinge about everything.
We have a fantastic universal system of road signs, we have an excellent motorway network, we have excellent road markings and on the whole we have pretty decent road surfaces.
Thats right, pretty decent road surfaces.
I have driven thousands of miles in both the USA and Australia and compared to here, the roads are an order of magnitude worse. You will often encounter potholes you could almost park a motorbike in on the Interstates, on offramps and onramps and on city streets. The signposting is nothing like as good as it is over here, either. I am genuinelly amazed that anyone in either of those countries can tolerate anything with low profile tyres the roads are that bad. Every time I made a right or a left turn in Rockhampton, QL, I smacked the front bumper of my completely bog standard saloon car on the enormous dips at the side of the road.
Yes, some countries in Europe are lucky enough to have effortless, smooth and sweeping roads but we are far, far, far from having the worst. We just dont realise how good we have it, frankly. Plus we love to whinge about everything.
A recent survey has been done about peoples satisfaction of road surfaces in the UK.
Nationally it has gone from 46% to 33% over the last four years.
It has fallen further than anything else that local authorities are responsible for with the exception of winter gritting!
The definition of a pothole has also changed.
Defects now have to be 40mm deep before action is taken, compared to 25mm previously!
www.fillthathole.org.uk
Nationally it has gone from 46% to 33% over the last four years.
It has fallen further than anything else that local authorities are responsible for with the exception of winter gritting!
The definition of a pothole has also changed.
Defects now have to be 40mm deep before action is taken, compared to 25mm previously!
www.fillthathole.org.uk
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Satisfaction is all about perception though isn't it? It's a completely meaningless yardstick. What is 'satisfaction' when it comes to roads and is it ever realistically acheivable?
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Is it just me or is there far more road noise on UK motorways than on french motorways *in general, not all the time!* Always seems much much louder when you pop out of the tunnel back to blighty.
I bet there would be tbh. It'd be more expensive, but it'd be there.
I don't buy groceriesBut the money in your pocket wouldn't be there
I found the motorways in Holland fairly rough, it was very noticeable driving between France and Holland.
I don't buy groceries
xD What do you buy then?
