Do we really know where potholes are though, I would think not. I mean when you drive over it you know, hey pothole here, and probably people know hey this stretch of road is badly maintained but unless you have an accurate map of where each pothole is then it follows what you do is to select a stretch of road and say we will go down this stretch and fix it this month.
Which would seem inefficient if you had a cheap way of amassing exact data on where precisely all the potholes actually are.
So when you drive over that pot hole, as a responsible citizen you call the local highways department and report it, then they know where it is. At least that's how it should work. Fairly cheap and effective.
>So when you drive over that pot hole, as a responsible citizen you call the local highways department and report it,
ok, so I guess I have never, ever, ridden with a responsible citizen.
I have ridden with people who, on the way to important meetings, see cars that look abandoned out in a field and they get out and investigate to make sure they really are abandoned, but not responsible enough to call up 'somebody' and report the locations of potholes as encountered?
In Europe it's normal; if you encounter a road safety issue you report it and a crew gets sent out to fix it.
I think in the US people stopped giving a shit, because you know it probably won't get fixed so any time soon so why bother?
Which would seem inefficient if you had a cheap way of amassing exact data on where precisely all the potholes actually are.