Minty_Fresh
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Registered: 1st May 08
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getting me so pissed off with driving my car, cant enjoy a nice drive, im constantly concentrating on the potholes in the road, either hit them which is a bad bang through the car or im swerving around them and if needs be over the middle lines to get round them...
lately they have seemed to have got worse, got to the stage i dont want to drive my car if i dont have to..
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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Surely you cant be talking about our wonderful British roads?
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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I know your pain mate. There are roads road here I dont go down anymore because they're that bad people behind me must think im pissed, I have no problem swerving onto the other side of the road to avoid them 
Edit: The £170 claim for when my car got damaged by a pothole has still not been awarded to me yet after 4 months. Don't you just love councils 
[Edited on 29-05-2009 by shaunmods]
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Jack91
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Registered: 2nd May 09
Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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I thought thats why we paid 'Road Tax', or is that so polish people can drive up the motorway the wrong way ?
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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The roads round here are all so well kept, they seem to take pride more up here than down in england.
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Efckitson
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Registered: 8th Jun 08
Location: Tamworth, Staffordshire
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Yeah tell me about it Shaun!.. I have only really started to notice them now my car is lowerd, but got dam that road going into college!
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
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quote: Originally posted by Efckitson
Yeah tell me about it Shaun!.. I have only really started to notice them now my car is lowerd, but got dam that road going into college!
That road is a complete joke! everytime they 'repair' it the same thing just happens over and over because the do such a shit job of it. The glascote road is another one that isnt too brilliant lol.
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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Vigilante roadworks tbh.
There was one in my village (several next to each other but there was this particularly bad one) that was almost a perfect circle, about 1 foot across. Took them months to fix it.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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lots of potholes got filled recently..
new road surface on M62 near me, massive road works on M18 i think...
If no one reports potholes they are not likely to get filled..
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Minty_Fresh
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Registered: 1st May 08
Location: westmidlands
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theres to many to report tbh 
i would just say sort every pothole out, and re-surface everyroad..
job done
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aron
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Registered: 10th May 07
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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you can report them to your council and they have to sort them within a week (i think)
i can report them online for my local area, although not idea (they should be on the case anyhow) it does sort the problem.
weaving all over the road because of stretched tyres / nice wheels due to potholes is not cool lol
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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I have reported my road mid last year, not heard anything back. If it wasn't as bad as it is, I'd go fill the holes myself, but it's not just pot holes it's all uneven, awful to drive down even when I'm in my mums standard Fusion you get bumped all over the place never mind my car!
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crazybrightman
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Registered: 30th Mar 09
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we spend billions every year as motorists in taxes wether it be fuel, road tax, insurance tax, vat on car parts,tyres etc etc to drive on the road i wonder how many pence of that gets put back into the roads?
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Skylined
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Registered: 27th Sep 05
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Bent my wheel on a pothole 
Can't remember where it was to go take a picture and try claim though
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GTM
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Registered: 24th Nov 08
Location: Kingswinford, West Midlands
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The roads are shite round here Jay. There is a hug pothole by the dell stadium that i hit riding my bike about 5 years ago never even attempted to fix it.
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LukeD
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Registered: 23rd Jan 07
Location: Shropshire
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quote: Originally posted by aron
you can report them to your council and they have to sort them within a week (i think)
i can report them online for my local area, although not idea (they should be on the case anyhow) it does sort the problem.
weaving all over the road because of stretched tyres / nice wheels due to potholes is not cool lol
No not cool, but this is the result if you dont do it...... 
Tamworth services on the entrance.

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Ryan
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Registered: 23rd Jun 08
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Are they the wheels you went to belgium or somewhere for?
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LukeD
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Registered: 23rd Jan 07
Location: Shropshire
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quote: Originally posted by RYAN89
Are they the wheels you went to belgium or somewhere for?
yeah. my second outing with them and that happens. luckily they wernt too major and now fixed thankfully.
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