As I understand it the British Motorcycle Action Group MAG are gathering evidence of increasing motorcycle crashes caused by pot holes that blight our highways. Anyone that has suffered as a consequence of a pot hole and crashed as a result is invited to inform them and if willing be interviewed on camera. Contact Colin on
cbrown@mag-uk.org. This info comes from another motorcycle related forum.
I'm now back at work in Germany, but a few weeks ago I spent time in the UK.
I came into the UK via the train, the roads are not a great first experience of the UK to visiting foreigners.
The story gets worse, traveling through Kent, I was shocked how bad the roads have become.
Last time I was there was in July last year.
It's not just the pot holes, it's the stone wash, I nearly came to grief when hitting one cluster on approaching a junction.
From Kent to Hampshire was no better, my travels then took me over to Pembrokeshire.
Off the motorways I felt the roads were better in Wales.
Back in England the road degenerated again.
My ride from Wolverhampton to Kent one evening, was a nightmare of motorway surface water, joining strips and failed repair joints.
By the time I reached journeys end, I was a wreck.
Thankfully the next day's meet was a Zoom meeting. No need to be anywhere on time apart from downstairs in the kitchen with coffee.
Back to Europe and a 780 km day to get back to work.
Tired but in one piece.
The European motorways of France are not exactly billiard board smooth but better than the UK,
once into Belgium, Antwerp is the usual pain but the Netherlands and Germany are so much better.
I've said it before, so I'll write it here, visiting 'broken' Britain whether for work or to see family is really no fun.
A car behind me going through one particular bit of deep water din't make it.
The drains and the ditches appear to be full of silt and plastic litter.
As a visiting Brit. I find my home country depressing.
Over 3000 kilometres in two weeks and I saw only one litter collecting gang.
I was held up at a number of road works but none of them road repairs.
I don't think it's going to get any better very soon.
And on a final note; the South East BBC news blamed the state of the roads on the weather.
Not the councils who don't clear ditches, clear drains or collect litter or fill pot holes.
Not the road menders, makers who appear to do shoddy work.
It's not the fault of those who live with clogged ditches on their property or those who chuck litter out of their cars, its the weather.
Thank f#*k for that I thought it might be human error.
www.bbc.com
