Guerilla Pot Hole Spraying?

I'm considering this. I figure with a white shirt, yellow fluoro vest and maybe a clipboard, you might look 'official' enough to get away with spray circling holes in the road - a) so cyclists see 'em better b) so car drivers see 'em better and c) so the councils might get more heat about the state of the roads from parties a and b......

Those contractors spot marker sprays are pretty cheap and come in some heavy duty hi viz colours too!

I'm sick of the state of the roads.

i think you should do it dressed as a ninja.

this is an awesome idea. there are some outrageous potholes on the roads at the moment.

+1 ... Great Idea, Out for a ride yesterday and the roads are just terrible. I almost fell down a 3 foot hole at the start of Oxford street!

this is a really great idea, seriously. I punctured on one the other day.

if you sprayed 'in' them instead of 'around' them then no-one can really say 'owt. once they're repaired the paint'd be covered up. i'm gonna put a can of paint in my bag, any particular colour?!

I'm considering this. I figure with a white shirt, yellow fluoro vest and maybe a clipboard, you might look 'official' enough to get away with spray circling holes in the road - a) so cyclists see 'em better b) so car drivers see 'em better and c) so the councils might get more heat about the state of the roads from parties a and b......

Those contractors spot marker sprays are pretty cheap and come in some heavy duty hi viz colours too!

I'm sick of the state of the roads.

do you think the fluoro vest is totally necessary? do it quickly out of sight of any lurking cops and be gone. smiles all round.

Don't they usually spray circles outlining potholes that they're going to repair? Did I just make that up? Anyway, could be an extra benefit if it's true - get more of them sorted!

what you need is to carry a little stash of waterbombs full of liquid paint - that way when riding around you can bomb the little (or big) f*ckers and splash a load of paint around inside - no one'll notice shit and you'll be off

Can't you just look where you're going?

Can't you just look where you're going?

must.....not......feed......the......troll.....

what you need is to carry a little stash of waterbombs full of liquid paint - that way when riding around you can bomb the little (or big) f*ckers and splash a load of paint around inside - no one'll notice shit and you'll be off

an absurd but fantastic contribution!

Can't you just look where you're going?

a banal but sensible contribution!

I think it's a great idea, but isn't there a danger that if you make it look too official the people who should be marking them for repair will just assume that someone else is already handling it?

I'd go with a stencil saying 'FILL ME' and a big fat arrow :)

Or maybe just one saying TAX GOES WHERE?

Or maybe just one saying TAX GOES WHERE?

oooh, how subversive! :P

oooh, how subversive! :P

Coz it's like, there's a hole in the road, yeah? But at the same time it's like our tax is going down a hole, right? Keep it metaphorical.

Coz it's like, there's a hole in the road, yeah? But at the same time it's like our tax is going down a hole, right? Keep it metaphorical.

totally mexico

this is a great idea
but shouldnt everyone just group together and get a load of jackets and spray, then whenever we see one riding on our day to day buisness we can don the jacket, clipboard ect. and paint it
otherwise your never going to really spray enough?

Anyone know if there is a procedure for getting on the blower and reporting a monster pot hole? Is it just a case of hassling the local council?

There is a frickin cave on my commute, right on the line between 2 manhole covers, on a fast corner. I hate it. I looks at me every day saying... "one day sunshine – your mine".

this is a great idea
but shouldnt everyone just group together and get a load of jackets and spray, then whenever we see one riding on our day to day buisness we can don the jacket, clipboard ect. and paint it
otherwise your never going to really spray enough?

lfgss task force gogogo!

this is an great idea. There's a couple of potholes on camberwell highstreet that are utterly ridiculous, really deep...

http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/

http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/

hahahaha that site is great, i bet now that its on the forum it will get 100 more reports just today :)
although i think lfgss pothole finders/fixers ect. is better

http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/

Sent mine in just now. Easy to do the location on google maps. Thanks

Someone's beaten me to it. There is a description already there!

Might wanna move this to Private :S

You don't need to use fill that hole, they just pass on the report to the authority in charge of the road. Just call up the highways department of the council direct (or TfL if it's a red route in London); they have a legal obligation to sort it out once they've been made aware of it.

But I like the idea of the spraying.