Potholes are a real drag for motorists, they ruin your tyres and your suspension.
For pedestrians they fill up with rainwater, so you get splashed.
But probably worst of all is for cyclists.
They can destroy your bike’s front wheel, you can land face first on the gravel, you can even end up under a lorry.
Everywhere potholes are a problem, everywhere councils ignore them.
Sure they’ll fix them, eventually, when they get around to it.
Which usually means months, sometimes a year later.
One cyclist in Bury, decided to elevate potholes up the council’s list of priorities.
He knew the council couldn’t be bothered about potholes.
But the council were red hot on covering up graffiti.
Graffiti left on display was like advertising that the council weren’t doing their job.
It was very visible so it was covered up immediately.
He decided to use graffiti to solve the pothole problem.
Wherever there was a large pothole in the road he sprayed a set of genitals round it. Read More
