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The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past
all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? I'm guessing not. An educated guess. |
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On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote:
Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? "Whereas hot applied thermoplastics has a typical shelf life of 18 months, JMS provide you with the solution and guarantee to more than triple the lifespan" 7.5 years. LOL. |
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On 23/05/2019 11:21, R D S wrote:
On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? "Whereas hot applied thermoplastics has a typical shelf life of 18 months, JMS provide you with the solution and guarantee to more than triple the lifespan" 7.5 years. LOL. There was (is?) a system we (the UK) used to build roads which was supposedly cheaper. As I recall, they put in the 'base layers' and then a 'top coat' (or coats). The idea was, provided the top coats were renewed every x years (x was quite small, I think 5-10 at most) the road would last for ever. Needless to say, the top coats weren't replaced in many cases, so the base layers got damaged, and the whole idea flopped. Whether it would have worked if applied correctly is open to debate. Certainly, I can think of (main) roads that seemed never to need repair but weren't made of tarmac - but they were darn noisy to drive on, a combination of the joints between the concrete (or concrete like) slabs and the ridges on the slabs. -- Smile for the camera ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxyL2_38EsQ https://www.gov.uk/report-benefit-fraud https://www.jobcentreguide.org/claim...-benefit-fraud https://childsworldamerica.org/anima...o-child-abuse/ |
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On 23/05/2019 12:03, Brian Reay wrote:
On 23/05/2019 11:21, R D S wrote: On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? "Whereas hot applied thermoplastics has a typical shelf life of 18 months, JMS provide you with the solution and guarantee to more than triple the lifespan" 7.5 years. LOL. There was (is?) a system we (the UK) used to build roads which was supposedly cheaper. As I recall, they put in the 'base layers' and then a 'top coat' (or coats). The idea was, provided the top coats were renewed every x years (x was quite small, I think 5-10 at most) the road would last for ever. Needless to say, the top coats weren't replaced in many cases, so the base layers got damaged, and the whole idea flopped. Whether it would have worked if applied correctly is open to debate. Certainly, I can think of (main) roads that seemed never to need repair but weren't made of tarmac - but they were darn noisy to drive on, a combination of the joints between the concrete (or concrete like) slabs and the ridges on the slabs. Quieter versions of concrete roads were developed, but never used. IIRC the biggest difference was instead of the ridges, they laid the concrete smooth and then when almost solid, they cracked the surface with an impact machine. That created random grooves at all angles, that didn't cause the tyres to "sing." By then though everyone was moving on to tarmac, so we get roads that need resurfacing on a regular basis (more regular than they actually get) and need a lot of maintenance and repair inbetween. SteveW |
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The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? I'm guessing not. An educated guess. On a main road near us, a company is resurfacing large squares of tarmac surface layer with blacker tarmac-like material. They have been holding us up for days now, with traffic lights around each area they resurface. They must have done about 20 to 30 patches so far. It doesn't look as if it will last, particularly at the interface between old and new surface, and the new patches are noticeably bumpier than the unrepaired areas. -- Bill |
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On 23/05/2019 16:20, Bill wrote:
They have been holding us up for days now, with traffic lights around each area they resurface. They must have done about 20 to 30 patches so far. To be fair this went down quickly, though it does appear that they have simply warmed the old surface up and pressed stones into it. Perhaps a very thin layer of something new as it's a slightly different colour but they didn't go all the way to the edge and there's no perceptible rise. The building is still rattling as the trucks go past so a fail there. |
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unless you drive on it or get frosts.
Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "R D S" wrote in message ... On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? "Whereas hot applied thermoplastics has a typical shelf life of 18 months, JMS provide you with the solution and guarantee to more than triple the lifespan" 7.5 years. LOL. |
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I noticed a message on local radio the other day, bus stops in x y and z
will be out of commission for three days due to application of non slip coating to the carriageway. What? I'd hope that all roads were non slip myself. Then there are the speed bumps which are so polished cars cannot get over them. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "R D S" wrote in message ... On 23/05/2019 16:20, Bill wrote: They have been holding us up for days now, with traffic lights around each area they resurface. They must have done about 20 to 30 patches so far. To be fair this went down quickly, though it does appear that they have simply warmed the old surface up and pressed stones into it. Perhaps a very thin layer of something new as it's a slightly different colour but they didn't go all the way to the edge and there's no perceptible rise. The building is still rattling as the trucks go past so a fail there. |
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R D S wrote
The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. It wont be shaking the building. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. They mostly dont dig anything up when resurfacing. Thats what RESURFACE means. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? Depends on how you define temporary. Even digging the whole thing up and starting again will only be temporary fix. I'm guessing not. An educated guess. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Fri, 24 May 2019 03:01:30 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. It wont be shaking the building. In auto-contradicting mode again, you abnormal senile pest? -- Kerr-Mudd,John addressing senile Rot: "Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)" MID: |
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On 23/05/2019 12:03, Brian Reay wrote:
On 23/05/2019 11:21, R D S wrote: On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? "Whereas hot applied thermoplastics has a typical shelf life of 18 months, JMS provide you with the solution and guarantee to more than triple the lifespan" 7.5 years. LOL. There was (is?) a system we (the UK) used to build roads which was supposedly cheaper. As I recall, they put in the 'base layers' and then a 'top coat' (or coats). The idea was, provided the top coats were renewed every x years (x was quite small, I think 5-10 at most) the road would last for ever. Needless to say, the top coats weren't replaced in many cases, so the base layers got damaged, and the whole idea flopped. Whether it would have worked if applied correctly is open to debate. Certainly, I can think of (main) roads that seemed never to need repair but weren't made of tarmac - but they were darn noisy to drive on, a combination of the joints between the concrete (or concrete like) slabs and the ridges on the slabs. Have you done the SW section of the M25 recently? -- Adam |
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On 23/05/2019 18:01, Rod Speed wrote:
They mostly dont dig anything up when resurfacing. Thats what RESURFACE means. You think? |
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"R D S" wrote in message ... On 23/05/2019 18:01, Rod Speed wrote: They mostly dont dig anything up when resurfacing. Thats what RESURFACE means. You think? I know. |
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On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote:
The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? I'm guessing not. An educated guess. Well I phoned the council up last week to complain about a pothole on my street. And they fixed like this. Done on purpose to win a bet I made down at the pub with one of the lads that does the work. http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Potholep.jpg Barmaid said it will last 3 minutes. -- Adam |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Fri, 24 May 2019 04:42:03 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: I know. The ONLY thing you know is the sick senile contents of your sick senile "mind", you abnormal 85-year-old, trolling, senile Ozzietard! -- Sqwertz to Rot Speed: "This is just a hunch, but I'm betting you're kinda an argumentative asshole. MID: |
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On 23/05/2019 16:20, Bill wrote:
In message , R D S writes The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? I'm guessing not. An educated guess. On a main road near us, a company is resurfacing large squares of tarmac surface layer with blacker tarmac-like material. They have been holding us up for days now, with traffic lights around each area they resurface. They must have done about 20 to 30 patches so far. It doesn't look as if it will last, particularly at the interface between old and new surface, and the new patches are noticeably bumpier than the unrepaired areas. I can't work out why we have such a problem. Over 30 years of holidaying in the North of France (Brittany) I have driven along one particular road that has dozens of large rectangular patches to the surface. They are so smoothly joined that you don't feel anything as you go over them and in 30 years they haven't deteriorated. I have also driven on a brand-new road there and everyone in the car commented on how smooth it was, with no undulations at all. Why can't we manage even a half-decent road surface or lasting repairs here? SteveW |
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On 23/05/2019 19:20, ARW wrote:
On 23/05/2019 12:03, Brian Reay wrote: On 23/05/2019 11:21, R D S wrote: On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? "Whereas hot applied thermoplastics has a typical shelf life of 18 months, JMS provide you with the solution and guarantee to more than triple the lifespan" 7.5 years. LOL. There was (is?) a system we (the UK) used to build roads which was supposedly cheaper. As I recall, they put in the 'base layers' and then a 'top coat' (or coats). The idea was, provided the top coats were renewed every x years (x was quite small, I think 5-10 at most) the road would last for ever. Needless to say, the top coats weren't replaced in many cases, so the base layers got damaged, and the whole idea flopped. Whether it would have worked if applied correctly is open to debate. Certainly, I can think of (main) roads that seemed never to need repair but weren't made of tarmac - but they were darn noisy to drive on, a combination of the joints between the concrete (or concrete like) slabs and the ridges on the slabs. Have you done the SW section of the M25 recently? No, not been down South (other than by train) for a good few years now. I changed jobs and stopped travelling all over the country. SteveW |
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On Thursday, 23 May 2019 19:22:59 UTC+1, R D S wrote:
On 23/05/2019 18:01, Rod Speed wrote: They mostly dont dig anything up when resurfacing. Thats what RESURFACE means. You think? no, he plainly doesn't |
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On 23/05/2019 16:20, Bill wrote: In message , R D S writes The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? I'm guessing not. An educated guess. On a main road near us, a company is resurfacing large squares of tarmac surface layer with blacker tarmac-like material. They have been holding us up for days now, with traffic lights around each area they resurface. They must have done about 20 to 30 patches so far. It doesn't look as if it will last, particularly at the interface between old and new surface, and the new patches are noticeably bumpier than the unrepaired areas. I can't work out why we have such a problem. Over 30 years of holidaying in the North of France (Brittany) I have driven along one particular road that has dozens of large rectangular patches to the surface. They are so smoothly joined that you don't feel anything as you go over them and in 30 years they haven't deteriorated. I have also driven on a brand-new road there and everyone in the car commented on how smooth it was, with no undulations at all. Why can't we manage even a half-decent road surface or lasting repairs here? SteveW Do other countries regard roads in the same way as here in that they are not just for traffic on their surface but the function of being a convenient right of way for the various services as well? It seems that even if the highway is resurfaced to a good standard it isnt long before one of the undertakings that are allowed to dig holes do so and the patch repairs have ruined the smoothness for a decade or more. It wasnt too critical in towns and cities where speeds were low but many a good open fast road in the country has been ruined by openreach removing cables from pole runs and placing them in ducts. Prime example here where tree roots must have frustrated laying the conduit a quick diversion and buggering the surface was done rather than dig deeper on the field side. https://goo.gl/maps/dmVE2xAki6zQCRhV6 A little further on a change from one side to the other not even done the shortest route , why couldnt they move it underneath rather than wreck the road. https://goo.gl/maps/3XDWWw9rraCCToWXA Cheap quick job for them , years of imperfect road for the traffic that uses it. GH |
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Marland wrote:
Steve Walker wrote: A little further on a change from one side to the other not even done the shortest route , why couldnt they move it underneath Bloody spill chuck, should be mole underneath. https://goo.gl/maps/3XDWWw9rraCCToWXA GH |
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On 23/05/2019 19:51, ARW wrote:
On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? I'm guessing not. An educated guess. Well I phoned the council up last week to complain about a pothole on my street. And they fixed like this. Done on purpose to win a bet I made down at the pub with one of the lads that does the work. http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Potholep.jpg Barmaid said it will last 3 minutes. At least he got to make a statement. I wonder if there are there any potholes near parliament that need fixing. |
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Why can't we manage even a half-decent road surface or lasting repairs here? We do seem to manage it on motorways now, an overnight closure seems to be able to do a 'perfect' strip of wearing coat about 1/4 mile long, so over the course of a week several lanes and strips get done in an area. Presumably that's organised by the highways agency, not done by tinpot local councils who are one step up from "psst! want your drive doing mate" |
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On Fri, 24 May 2019 06:34:12 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote: Steve Walker wrote: Why can't we manage even a half-decent road surface or lasting repairs here? We do seem to manage it on motorways now, an overnight closure seems to be able to do a 'perfect' strip of wearing coat about 1/4 mile long, so over the course of a week several lanes and strips get done in an area. But they still seem to restrict 5 miles of motorway in order to "work" on 1/4 mile (that is when anyone is doing any work at all)! |
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Wonder if this technique would work on my tarmac drive and how cost effective it is
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family.me.uk says... I can't work out why we have such a problem. Over 30 years of holidaying in the North of France (Brittany) I have driven along one particular road that has dozens of large rectangular patches to the surface. They are so smoothly joined that you don't feel anything as you go over them and in 30 years they haven't deteriorated. And the attitude to speed humps in this country is ridiculous. No way can you drive at anything like the speed limit over these obstructions, so what's the point? Tfl say that the maximum gradient of a speed hunp or table son a bus route should be 16:1. This is a bus route that I used to use daily - what's the rate of attack here? https://goo.gl/maps/L8AN2JZEG5CfX5NW9 The leading edge rises to pavement hieight at nigh on 1:1! I've driven a lot abroad, particularly in Belgium and I've noticed that if the speed limit is, say, 70km/h (~42mph), you can drive over a speed bump at 70 with no problems. I only ever had a problem once when one gave me a bit of a jolt, but that was my fault as I discovered the followeing day that I'd missed the town boundary marker obscured by trees and it was actually a 50km/h limit. I dropped my speed to 50km/h (~30mph) and no problem. Proof posiutive to me that, correctly implemented, they can and do warn speeding drivers without impeding the normal traffic flow. -- Terry --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On 23/05/2019 19:51, ARW wrote:
On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? I'm guessing not. An educated guess. Well I phoned the council up last week to complain about a pothole on my street. And they fixed like this. Is there only me who is seeing a weeping cock? |
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On 24/05/2019 13:42, Terry Casey wrote:
And the attitude to speed humps in this country is ridiculous. No way can you drive at anything like the speed limit over these obstructions, so what's the point? In the 20+ years i've lived in this choked to death town i've seen one bit of road built (plenty bollarded off and one-wayed though). Anyway, a potentially usable stretch of road was built recently, linking 2 areas, excitement over though when I drove down it and nearly lost my front axle as I literally 'hit' a road table. I slowed down at the next one to under 20mph and it was still unbearable. The road is unusable along with one of the roads they've connected it to as that has had the same treatment. MOT last week. Broken front spring. Put 2 and 2 together? |
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On 23/05/2019 19:51, ARW wrote:
On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? I'm guessing not. An educated guess. Well I phoned the council up last week to complain about a pothole on my street. And they fixed like this. Done on purpose to win a bet I made down at the pub with one of the lads that does the work. http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Potholep.jpg Barmaid said it will last 3 minutes. Most things last 3 minutes for her, I suspect. |
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On 23/05/2019 22:46, Steve Walker wrote:
On 23/05/2019 19:20, ARW wrote: On 23/05/2019 12:03, Brian Reay wrote: On 23/05/2019 11:21, R D S wrote: On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? "Whereas hot applied thermoplastics has a typical shelf life of 18 months, JMS provide you with the solution and guarantee to more than triple the lifespan" 7.5 years. LOL. There was (is?) a system we (the UK) used to build roads which was supposedly cheaper. As I recall, they put in the 'base layers' and then a 'top coat' (or coats). The idea was, provided the top coats were renewed every x years (x was quite small, I think 5-10 at most) the road would last for ever. Needless to say, the top coats weren't replaced in many cases, so the base layers got damaged, and the whole idea flopped. Whether it would have worked if applied correctly is open to debate. Certainly, I can think of (main) roads that seemed never to need repair but weren't made of tarmac - but they were darn noisy to drive on, a combination of the joints between the concrete (or concrete like) slabs and the ridges on the slabs. Have you done the SW section of the M25 recently? No, not been down South (other than by train) for a good few years now. I changed jobs and stopped travelling all over the country. There is a section of concrete MWay there that is just a bit noisy when doing 70MPH but when the traffic slows down to 20MPH the gaps between the concrete section shake the van. -- Adam |
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On 24/05/2019 16:25, Andrew wrote:
On 23/05/2019 19:51, ARW wrote: On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? I'm guessing not. An educated guess. Well I phoned the council up last week to complain about a pothole on my street. And they fixed like this. Done on purpose to win a bet I made down at the pub with one of the lads that does the work. http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Potholep.jpg Barmaid said it will last 3 minutes. Most things last 3 minutes for her, I suspect. Two week course of antibiotics was the last thing I was told about her. -- Adam |
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Carriageway retexturing?
On Friday, 24 May 2019 13:42:26 UTC+1, Terry Casey wrote:
And the attitude to speed humps in this country is ridiculous. No way can you drive at anything like the speed limit over these obstructions, so what's the point? to annoy lawful drivers. OTOH those who don't gaff simply swerve & do double the speed limit. Tfl say that the maximum gradient of a speed hunp or table son a bus route should be 16:1. This is a bus route that I used to use daily - what's the rate of attack here? https://goo.gl/maps/L8AN2JZEG5CfX5NW9 The leading edge rises to pavement hieight at nigh on 1:1! I've driven a lot abroad, particularly in Belgium and I've noticed that if the speed limit is, say, 70km/h (~42mph), you can drive over a speed bump at 70 with no problems. I only ever had a problem once when one gave me a bit of a jolt, but that was my fault as I discovered the followeing day that I'd missed the town boundary marker obscured by trees and it was actually a 50km/h limit. I dropped my speed to 50km/h (~30mph) and no problem. Proof posiutive to me that, correctly implemented, they can and do warn speeding drivers without impeding the normal traffic flow. The idea was always to physically stop speeders, and inconvenience to normal drivers was the accepted price. But since it's not desired to hinder emergency vehicles they're now often designed so one can swerve & go full tilt - so speeders often do. Of course this means they no longer make much sense.. NT |
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Carriageway retexturing?
On 24/05/2019 19:18, ARW wrote:
On 24/05/2019 16:25, Andrew wrote: On 23/05/2019 19:51, ARW wrote: On 23/05/2019 11:18, R D S wrote: The road outside work is rutted and potholed. There's trucks coming past all day and night, local residents can't sleep, you have to wonder how much shaking a building can take before it falls down. So a letter came from the council that a stretch was going to be resurfaced, i'm noting from my office window that this is happening, yet nothing has been dug up. These people are here, http://www.jmslincoln.com/hfs.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaZ-6OLKzc Is there any danger this will be more than a temporary fix? I'm guessing not. An educated guess. Well I phoned the council up last week to complain about a pothole on my street. And they fixed like this. Done on purpose to win a bet I made down at the pub with one of the lads that does the work. http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Potholep.jpg Barmaid said it will last 3 minutes. Most things last 3 minutes for her, I suspect. Two week course of antibiotics was the last thing I was told about her. Its the anti-virals that should worry you. |
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