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Re: British Roads - Pothole Purgatory?

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:17 pm
by Jacques
Because of 'The Fuckers'......plagued by them apparently...who ever they are.....

Re: British Roads - Pothole Purgatory?

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:40 pm
by Sam Slater
[quote]I drive 1.3 miles[/quote]

Lazy twat! !laugh!


Re: British Roads - Pothole Purgatory?

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:11 pm
by Lizard
I,m fit as a butchers dog, but I wouldn,t walk 1.3 miles in Carlisle...


Re: British Roads - Pothole Purgatory?

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:18 pm
by Sam Slater
[quote]I,m fit as a butchers dog, but I wouldn,t walk 1.3 miles in Carlisle...[/quote]

Why not? Your dad probably would have at your age. Your grandad, great grandad, great great grandad (and on and on and on) all would have had to whether they wanted to or not.

What's 1.3 miles, a 20 min walk?

Ok, if it's a bad area, at night, and you're over 60.............and female..........or confined to a wheelchair it's fair enough.


Re: British Roads - Pothole Purgatory?

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:41 am
by Flat_Eric
Lizard wrote:

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I live (and drive) in Germany, Lizard. And a lot of German Autobahns are worse than the UK's motorways. Though granted that's still not saying much for the UK's motorways.

Many of them still have long stretches of just 4 lanes (that's 4 in total - 2 in each direction).

There are no cats eyes or reflectors to demarcate the lanes and central reservations.

The painted white lane lines are often badly worn away.

There's no illumination to speak of - including sometimes of roadsigns (drive across the border from Luxembourg into Germany at night, and it's as if someone suddenly turned off all the lights).

The surfacing often leaves a lot to be desired.

You can rarely go more than about 20 or 30 miles at a time without encountering some sort of roadworks or contraflow system (they've been widening some sections of the Autobahns in recent years, but it's a slow process that'll take years and years).

And "Autobahn tailgating" (at high speed, of course!) is a German national past-time.

All of which combined often makes German motorway driving a stressful and unpleasant experience - especially at night in the pissing rain.


Re: British Roads - Pothole Purgatory?

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:41 am
by strictlybroadband
Officer Dibble wrote:

> but they always seem to have plenty of money
> to spend on asylum seekers, benefit claiming chavs, and African
> debt relief

Not the race card again!


Re: British Roads - Pothole Purgatory?

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:21 am
by Sam Slater
Flat_Eric

You're not allowed to make out any European -or even worldwide- nation is in any way, any worse than the UK. It's in the FAQ's if you look hard enough.

Hopefully no one will notice. Don't worry mate, mums the word & all that.


Re: British Roads - Pothole Purgatory?

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:57 pm
by Lizard
"Ok, if it's a bad area, at night, and you're over 60.............and female..........or confined to a wheelchair it's fair enough."

I,m all of the above and Black, Gay and Polish, so you can see my point cant you?