BMF Report-a-Road

veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

Hi,

Nearly came off of my bike earlier while turning right onto a dual carriageway and hitting a massive gouge in the road with my front wheel.

Spoke to a mate on MSN about this, and he said another guy he knew on a Bandit came off a couple of months ago on this gouge.

Have been searching the web for a way to report it, and found this:

https://www.bmf.co.uk/report-a-road

Seems like a pretty useful index, get naming!

T

Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

Excellent, been wanting to tell them about a very badly pitted corner near my house.

killa · Won't Shut Up Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Karma :

Sorry to be so negative, but what are the chances of them sorting the roads?
Is it based on a kind of score, so roads with the most reports get looked at?

On the dual carriage way from Tewkesbury to Gloucester (via Combe hill) in the right hand lane the road is so poor it makes your bike bounce, and this is on a long right hand bend, if you didn’t know about it and went to overtake with pace you could end up coming off badly.

I know what your saying Tobes, the huge holes that I see around Cheltenham have been there far too long now, I seriously have no idea why they haven’t been sorted.
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veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

I sent an email at 1am, got an email back at 7am saying they'd take a look

Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

Damn impressed. I just got a call from them saying they'd been out to inspect it this morning, and that it wasn't posing any immediate threat at the moment but that it was due for re-dressing later this year.

Somerset County Council, damn good service!

JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

OMG Somerset County Council doing something quick?

I must be dreaming.
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Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

Most councils have a section of their website where you can report road faults.
I've contacted Wandsworth Council and West Berkshire council, they have both fixed the fault within 48hours.
If they don't fix the fault after you have reported it and there is an accident because of it, they are liable for the damage.

veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

That'll teach me to not click the link. Laughing

Dark · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Karma :

My missuses old man works for the highways people in our area which is quite handy, we're constantly reporting things to him and its sorted quickly Wink

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moonym20 · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 12 Jun 2002 Karma :

you wana try North Yorkshire County Council, now they are a waste of space!

you report a road to them and someone may come out and look then they give a lame excuse to the agenda of 'it is well within limts' or 'is due an inspection later on this year' bloody tight fisted lib dems Evil or Very Mad

on a funny side a road near acomb has lots n lots of pretty coloured lines on it, and the council comes every now and again to add more colours to it Very Happy

oh and their repairs on some roads are crap! their guys really need training to make a good lay of tarmac, most repairs last 2 weeks before they fracture Sad

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MattEMulsion · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Karma :

I've filled in an online form before for Derbyshire County Council to report a deep pothole in the road before, one that was on my way to work. Within a day or two it had been attended to, and filled in properly. I think they will just laugh at you if you report a whole road as being uneven or bumpy, but if you report a specific problem they will attend to it as soon as possible.
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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

LMAO.

Dear Somerset CC,
The M5 needs to be widened to 4 lanes. I expect there to be 4 lanes in 2 days. KTHXPLZ. Laughing

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