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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

The roads around here don't need stickers. They're bumpy enough to make my scooter's bell ding on its own riding over them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bold of them to assume everyone who sees this will slam on their brakes instead of swerving and potentially into traffic causing accidents.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

I am going to assume that the top photo is either fake or satire.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The UK thinking they have even close to the amount of potholes as a country that has -50° to +40° temps...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Our councils have been defunded so much that they basically don't maintain the roads. Our potholes now have "bounce" damage, where trucks have driven into the hole and bounced, further causing rebound holes. Those are now widening.

I've driven in Poland in rural areas. There are places in the UK now where Poland had better road surface.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Those roads at the top aren't even Canadian. We have more than enough potholes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Florida uses retired Canadians to slow traffic.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Only during the winter months.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Hahaha. Oof. Too true. Or at least as far as I know.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not good at photos, but why does the dude in the Canada picture look so badly photoshopped?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Probably because it's a joke and not real

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

What I meant was: why do I instinctively know that it's shopped? As in what is technically wrong, not why is the photo manipulation crap. I wasn't trying to offer critique, ffs I couldn't make something even this convincing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Completely ridiculous as far as solutions go - the only reason the cars are going too fast in the first place is because the very same government overbuilt the road.

So the alternative to not overbuild the road, saving plenty of money in the process, was always there. This just wastes money then wastes a little bit more to add insult to injury.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

If you look close enough you can see the water mark. Pretty sure it's shopped.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Completely agree. They could also build traffic-calming infrastructure on this stretch of road that doesn’t necessitate tricking people into a false reality like ridiculous pothole decals do (which I hope are not even real and are made up for this meme, but probably are real).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

A portable (pot)hole?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The downside of those stickers is that they stop working once people learn they are stickers and increases the chance of people driving full speed into an actual pothole

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

The downside of the stickers are probably that they are not real.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I only see upsides here. Some people need expensive lessons in order to learn anything >.>

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

It sounds great until you become part of the lesson once this person loses control and crashes into you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

As a Canadian, I can't imagine our governments spending money on fake potholes when we're rich in the real thing.

I mean, after poutine and sex clubs it's what everyone remembers about Montreal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

You guys have sex clubs that sell poutine too? I gotta go to Montreal

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Hahahahaha I'm from Montreal and I approve this comment.