Yorkieabroad

not a lot of snowploughs in south texas, but the roads are still crap....build em damn fast though....our local strecth of I-10 is going from 8 to 18 lanes in a matter of weeks.....and not a squeaking environmentalist to be heard...all drowned out by the bulldozers and 18-wheelers!

ImHere

Britain has snowploughs. They just dont come out very often. The B roads in britain are screwed up by tractors and other heavy farm machinery.

ladylisa

Knew you were joking, but at the time was stroking my pooch, so felt it appropriate to defend pooches brethren

ImHere

Rushman

I think there's a general agreement here that the roads in the US pretty much suck. The state of the roads here is compounded if you happen to be unfortunate enough to drive anything made in Detroit.
As if the roads aren't bad enough, I don't see the point in trying to navigate them in big pick up trucks and SUV's that were designed and built with all the agility of a dinosaur with a wooden leg that's just had a weekend session with Oliver Reed!!
I love the addiction here to horsepower but don't understand why they apply so much horsepower to vehicles that shake the fillings out of your teeth when you ride over an empty cigarette packet.

ImHere

Although Im sure some people will tell you you're imagining it and to get over it

snowbunny

Roads in the Northern US do suck. Roads here in Texas are pretty darned good. If there's a pothole, it is more than likely due to settling of the road over time rather than snow/damage from snow removal equipment or snow tires. As to an 18-lane I-10,
:scared: the main damage that's done to roads is along I-10 and I-30 and the like from cross country truckers. Texas is a relatively litter-free state and I'm always relieved to find that what had looked like roadkill from about 1/2 mile away turns out to be yet-another 18-wheeler tire that has bitten the dust. I usually do not stop to see if it is still alive

TouristTrap

Our roads in Tampa are so bad, that the prez actually commented in a speech a few months ago, stating that they were the worst he'd ever ridden on. I drove through downtown this week, something I don't normally do, and have to agree with him. They are horrid!! They've gotten worse the last two years; before that they were fine.

Circus-of-Power

The roads in rural Illinois were akin to a patchwork quilt .... an old ragged patchwork quilt at that. Some laid from concrete, some tarmac and some are just crushed dirt. Mind you in the local "big" town they have been laying the same stretch of road for over 6 months ... something to do with the Unions and demarcation, so I'm told.

A lot of the back roads are blighted from the scars of the numerous tornado's that plague the area.

The other problem is wildlife.... most commonly deer and stags ... one of which ruined my brand new Grand Prix last year ..... the cheeky git even puked its dinner all over the windscreen as it bounced over the top ... The wife thought we had hit a rabbit

Desdemona

Ok you prophets of doom. It's the downward spiral the economy has taken since Bush and the Republican administration 9/11 and the Iraq war. Just trying to put things back in perspective here. It isn't just the roads. Our libraries are open only three days of the week now. We've risen from the ashes before and we'll do it again. Circle of life or should that be cycle? Give us a break will ya

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soonerpete

Here in Oklahoma they have no money to repair the interstates. Knackered my suspension driving down to Dallas a few weeks ago. More hole than road in some places.

Desdemona

Yep. No money to fix roads. But lots to wage an expensive war

snowbunny

There sure are a lot of abandoned Roman cities in England.

soonerpete

Not to mention unnecessary and illegal.... (cue flamewar...)