Sherman L. Cahal wrote:
> Johann Fitzgerald wrote:
> > Potholes only damage cars if you hit them if you're going fast. If you
> > cross them at 5 mph they do nothing. Besides, they help drainage out,
> > too.
>
> What an idiotic statement. What would happen in the winter, when the
> water inflitrates the pothole, causing it to break apart even more? And
> then seep into the subbase and cause the road to fall apart? I mean,
> hell, you are proposing NO maintaince on the road at all, so why not
> turn it into gravel? Your statement is conclusive to that; that is what
> the road will become without work to prevent these obstructions.
>
> What do you propose we do on interstates? Not repair the potholes? Let
> them become wastelands?

It beats wasting money fixing them.

>
> And your comment that it will slow traffic down is stupid. Speed humps,
> traffic circles and signs are much more effective. There is _no_ reason
> traffic should be going 5 MPH at any rate. 20 MPH is the lowest I have
> seen a residental street posted, and even that was too slow. 25 MPH
> would have been more effective.