What do we do?

[Lilith7]

I don't remember there being as many bloody pot holes on roads back then either. No idea what they use to repair them these days, but it doesn't seem to last as long; there was a big one locally this time last year & I was sorely tempted to put a small Xmas tree - with lights - in it.


Perhaps we all need an ELF. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGDSkFQEOjo

The substandard repair of potholes is only half the story. Raising the HGV limit to 50T has really cranked up the damage being done to our roads and not just pavement failure but geological structures well below (and above) the road surface due to the percussive forces being generated by that extra weight deep into the basement layers. I travel SH3 to the north of Taranaki frequently enough to see the subsidence that is increasingly happening through Mt Messenger, the Awakino Gorge and Mahoenui Hills, often tens of metres below road level and extemely expensive to rectify in many cases. A bit of pothole mix is far from what is required there!

I think that raising the limit has done damage if what you say is right, & if we were to change that tomorrow that damage would take time to repair if that's possible.
Isn't it odd, that for a species which can be brilliant & inventive, we can also be idiots sometimes.