Guerilla Pot Hole Spraying?

But I like the idea of the spraying.

if one of the many graphic geniuses on here designed a little stencil saying lfgss or something to put next to the whole, it could be even better...
or is that too much?

too much/pointless.

pretty though! I would actually like to do a photographic survey of london potholes, but then i am extremely boring and a tad prententious!

My friend Simone did a beautiful set of photos of road side railings that had been dented and buckled in collisions. More interesting than potholes perhaps.

Bunny-hop?

if one of the many graphic geniuses on here designed a little stencil saying lfgss or something to put next to the whole, it could be even better...
or is that too much?

good idea TowTow i think by coming up with the idea you've volunteered make a stencil that says "crack kills" then LFGSS in smaller letter at the bottom

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.

No, all you need is this:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/roadusers/reportastreetfault/newfault.aspx

It's a one-stop shop. TfL pass the details on to the local highway authorities. Works very well.

(Tsk, tsk, TB, short memory? ;) )

IF you do this, could you get the one outside Angel Tube,
that things is like 4inches deep.

No, all you need is this:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/roadusers/reportastreetfault/newfault.aspx

It's a one-stop shop. TfL pass the details on to the local highway authorities. Works very well.

(Tsk, tsk, TB, short memory? ;) )

Is this not the same problem as fill that hole, though? i.e. you have to wait for TfL to pass on the details, rather than going direct to the authority.

I am VERY impatient.

No, all you need is this:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/roadusers/reportastreetfault/newfault.aspx

It's a one-stop shop. TfL pass the details on to the local highway authorities. Works very well.

(Tsk, tsk, TB, short memory? ;) )

brilliant...page bookmarked!

IF you do this, could you get the one outside Angel Tube,
that things is like 4inches deep.

I'm in Scotland, but will see what I can do.....

;)

No but seriously, thanks for the overall support of the idea - I think it would be a reasonable excuse if caught to say you were doing it as a 'safety measure' don't you?!

Is this not the same problem as fill that hole, though? i.e. you have to wait for TfL to pass on the details, rather than going direct to the authority.

I am VERY impatient.

No, it's quick! It also has an excellent logging system. And there's absolutely no need to worry about any changes in the local authorities.

I reckon go for it, and i'd go down the hi-vis route during the day so everyone gets to see how much it sucks.
But 2x to getting the council to sort it as well.

I think everyone should do this whenever they get a spare afternoon. Worth making sure you don't interfere with other contractors spraying for cables, roadworks etc tho. Someone might get pissed at that.
I've got a hi-vis, prob gonna be free on friday so i may do around arsenal, finsbury etc if i get the chance. Just keep going til the can runs out i guess.

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

Fixd.

what ive done before is,
take a photo of the hole with a 2p coin next to it as a scale ref,
find the details of the highways dept withthe local councils and mail them the pic with address.
managed to get a nice mail back saying that action would be taken, and despite my doubts 3 weeks later all the holes were filled alond that stretch or road.

Still think a yellow circle around them would be a good idea.
go to a builders merchant and you can buy cans of road marking paint :)

Problem is that in a heavy traffic area the paint will have worn off again in a week or two.

Problem is that in a heavy traffic area the paint will have worn off again in a week or two.

bingo, you said it all, that's the biggest problem with London is that it have a sporadic road network with lots of one-way system (bloomsbury/fitzrovia a good example).

let have an example, says New York, we all know that New York have those grid pattern road network, so if a section of road is in dire need of repair, they can easily close that section down and reroute the traffic.

London, being an old city dating back to Roman time (and further), it wasn't designed for motorised vehicle in mind, and notwithstanding the bombing of London during WW2, it still wasn't despite being rebuilt (and already been tarmac'ed), so when a section of road is in bad shape, the best they can do is try and repair the damaged as quickly as possible to avoid big traffic jam the next morning, New Oxford Street is a good example of that, it's a constantly busy road that would cause chao if it shut down to tarmac'ed the entire road.

it's not a question of the council not bothering to fill in the potholes, more of the road network in London not giving them a chance to properly fix the road before the morning come.

the same go to the NYC subway, their subway is just below the road and have another line bypassing the station, so when a station is in need of repair, the train just simply baypass it, as well as being just underneath road surface, maintenance can be done easily due to bringing equipment from above down to the station/tunnel easily and quickly.

Again due to the Underground being the oldest, as well as being a deep levels railway (minus the sub-surface line such as the Circle, District, etc.), the clue is in the name, "deep", as well not having an extra tunnel bypassing the station, it needed to be close every night to carry on maintenance work on station, tunnel, railways etc. as well as the usual daily 'fluffer', who clean the tunnel of dirt everyday (or every week, I don't remember) that get collected everyday, dust, dirt, human skin, newspaper, food, hair, liquid, etc.

Many of us take London for granted (as well as the Underground), but in reality, it's hard to keep an system that wasn't designed to cope with modern technology running well.

bugger, I end up writing an eassy and going off topic! ah fuck it (and all of it were assumption, don't take my word for it!).

We have also had a snap of freezing weather recently thus giving us more potholes/cracks. The councils will catch up but it will take a while. In the meantime 'keep 'em peeled'.

@ Ed, that was truly an essay mate :-)

I'm in Scotland, but will see what I can do.....

;)

No but seriously, thanks for the overall support of the idea - I think it would be a reasonable excuse if caught to say you were doing it as a 'safety measure' don't you?!

What part of scotland are you in? I'm in edinburgh and some of the roads are shocking.

bingo, you said it all, that's the biggest problem with London is that it have a sporadic road network with lots of one-way system (bloomsbury/fitzrovia a good example).

Yes, they're an extremely ill-fitting superimposition on a network that would be far better without them.

let have an example, says New York, we all know that New York have those grid pattern road network, so if a section of road is in dire need of repair, they can easily close that section down and reroute the traffic.

London, being an old city dating back to Roman time (and further), it wasn't designed for motorised vehicle in mind, and notwithstanding the bombing of London during WW2, it still wasn't despite being rebuilt (and already been tarmac'ed), so when a section of road is in bad shape, the best they can do is try and repair the damaged as quickly as possible to avoid big traffic jam the next morning, New Oxford Street is a good example of that, it's a constantly busy road that would cause chao if it shut down to tarmac'ed the entire road.

Actually, the potential drama caused of loss of motor traffic capacity is usually exaggerated. People adapt, traffic finds another way. It's only when people don't know about a change in capacity yet that the main problems arise. It's never quite 'chaos'; it becomes pretty congested, but it never becomes so congested as to stop working altogether.

It's not a question of the council not bothering to fill in the potholes, more of the road network in London not giving them a chance to properly fix the road before the morning come.

London's approach to fixing has not created a long-term legacy of stability. The typical sticking-plaster remedies instead of rebuilding streets with strong foundations means that major streets need to be resurfaced every few years. It's all extremely costly and really doesn't work. The alternative, of course is pretty horrendously difficult, too--London has so many different services running under its carriageways (sewers, electricity, telecommunications, gas, water), basements and cellars extending out from buildings, and other complex subterranean infrastructure, that proper rebuilding jobs would take years in some cases. It's almost a catch-22, but you almost wish that someone would start somewhere and see if the thorough approach is more beneficial.

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No, good post, Ed! Can't com you but would if I could.

the local councils are reaching the end of the financial year
they have been saving up cash for contingencies
their next years funding relies on how much they actually use this year
watch out for loads of roadworks / repairs leading uup to the 1st april as boroughs spunk their cash to get a zero balance for next years dish out
best time of the year to get the potholes reported

Spend your time reporting the pot holes rather than spraying them.

I am completely behind you on this one. Have a look at some of the ones that have been sprayed by officials to be fixed and try to duplicate it as realistically as you can.

One of the bastards on my commute is so big that it took me out and pinched my front wheel :-O.

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

When I first saw this link I thought that it was going to be porn! I very tentatively clicked the link hoping that there was some hope to this forum. Ahhh, humanity restored!

No, all you need is this:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/roadusers/reportastreetfault/newfault.aspx

It's a one-stop shop. TfL pass the details on to the local highway authorities. Works very well.

(Tsk, tsk, TB, short memory? ;) )

Left my comment about a specific pothole that I hope they will fix.

What part of scotland are you in? I'm in edinburgh and some of the roads are shocking.

Aberdeen - I've seen your roads, they're vastly superior to ours! But still not very good.

Furry boot town, lovely. I hear you have some lovely oil up your way. I'm studying mechanical engineering at Heriot Watt and they make it seem like Oil is the only way to go.

the local councils are reaching the end of the financial year
they have been saving up cash for contingencies
their next years funding relies on how much they actually use this year
watch out for loads of roadworks / repairs leading uup to the 1st april as boroughs spunk their cash to get a zero balance for next years dish out
best time of the year to get the potholes reported

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