How many of us hate these bad road conditions,

It seems that whenever I move to a new place the road is terrible and then they fix it, so there is all the disruption and dust and noise, but then, wheee, a shiny new smooth road to travel. Unfortunately it will not stay that way.

Are you from India? If you are, then you must be knowing how irritating it gets to drive on these bad roads. Our country is full of them, and nothing can be done about it. Even if they lay new roads, soon after the work is finished, within a week, you would see labourers working on the road again, digging some pit to lay cables or fix wires or water pipes and soon the road is back to it's original condition as it was before. Ha ha ...

they finally dumped something on our roads..unfortunetly all that's going to do is dirty the snow and keep it around longer.some of it is melting today,but it's going to be a royal mess tonight when it freezes over.

There was an article in our newspaper just the other day saying that instead of repaving, they're tearing up the tarmac and just going back to dirt roads. The towns don't have the money for road upkeep in this economy any more. Hopefully they will continue to put salt and dirt on the roads during winter like they have been so it won't be icy. Is that what you call grit lorry in your country? I can't imagine hospitals and drs offices not having something on the ice so people won't get hurt. This sounds horribly dangerous where you are.

Hi jj, the roads and the pavements here in my village are really treacherous, my friend has been walking my dogs for me as I have had the swine flu but the past 3days he hasnt been able to cos he slipped over on the ice twice in the village I live...and as you know there is yet more snow to come even the rain is turning to ice now it is so cold..so much for a white christmas eh?...LoLo

since i don't have a car and walk everywhere this hasn't affected me a much as it seems to everyone else but i have felt for the ambulance/fire crews and poor mountain rescue who've been doing overtime having to assist them everywhere. It was difficult going into town today up near me it's not heavy traffic but town was just slush which made it alot hazzardous. On the plus side i've been acting like a kid again throwing snowballs and making snow angels with the pooch guess there is still a kid in their somewhere lol

sounds like montreal they really do not do much here at all to keep the roads nice, they don't even have to bring out the snow plows for 72 hours after a major storm as well. It is just terrible.

That is very bad not to have these parking lot not treated the cities need to do get it done!

They come out around here as soon as snow falls and put sand down in the major intersections. I think they do a pretty good job here. What I hate is alot of areas get bad chuck holes and it takes forever to get them fixed. It seemed like forver anyway when you drive over them ever day, day in and day out. Gets old.

This was a particular problem for me on Monday whilst on my journey to work. I was driving my usual route to work and hadn't quite made it to the main road so was taking each corner with extreme caution and tried to keep off the break as much a possible. Anyway as I was approaching a junction to turn into a another side road I must of hit a patch of black ice. Having been practically stationary and only having turned the wheel slightly suddenly I lost control of the car and I felt myself doing a 180 on the road. When i'd finished skating on the road I was left facing oncoming traffic. Have never experienced anything like that before. Eventually when I did reach the main road I was so freaked out I didn't feel safe driving above about 40mph on a 60mph road. Even when I reached my destination I had to leave the main roads and again travel on ungritted surfaces. Eventually having to park in an icey car park on a steep hill. Am really hoping the roads won't be as bad next week when I have to go back to work.

Oh yes, many of us hate bad road conditions. Icy roads are the most scary for me to drive on, as no matter what, there is so little one can do to control the car when it goes into a slide!

For us here, there hasn't really been any bad winter weather up to this point. However, I know that when it does hit, it is going to be bad and we are going to have to deal with the roads being terrible if not impassible. I know that our street is not very high up on the priority list so if we are hit with a strong winter storm we will possibly be trapped on our court for a few days because of the fact that courts do not fall onto necessary road treatment lists.

OH I sure do hate them bad road conditions. One has to be so careful not to run the care over deep holes, since its likely to blow out tires. Have you ever had that happened to you. My friend just the other day lost 2 rear tires on that and it was costly to repair.

ALL!. all of us hate bad road conditions (with one exception of course). And are they? They are the politicians who loves bad roads so that they can have budget for the repair. And budget means money, I mean kick-backs for them. But I'm only talking about politicians in my country. Hope that others are not as what I think politicians are.lol

I hate, hate, hate these road conditions. We try to work around it but it doesn't seem to help. And they can never plow these roads properly. Took three days to have almost all the snow melt off of it.

we all hate it..its the responsibility of the Govt..which always seem to be sleeping..in my city also i have so many roads that need to be broadened and many need repairing..the area which are newly developing..buildings get built there ...but not roads which are supposed to be made ready first...its all the laziness of the government people, once they occupy the seats, they care only for their pockets..at least in India i have seen this..don't know about other countries.

I dont like the traffic more than the bad road conditions actually. But if those two things are present at the same time then its quite close to intense irritation. I wouldnt mind bumping on rocky roads as long as it doesnt damage the car. Though it could be very dangerous travelling in under developed slippery roads. That's like having no brakes. Bumps are kinda breakers from the full effect cause the car would have a chance to stop or slow down at points but with the slippery roads it is kinda like not having actual control of ones' car. The passengers and drivers will be helpless in such cases. The government officials or just the community should be pitching in to make sure that the roads are safe, most especially during the winter season. Take care always.

Yes bad road condition is a cause sufferings to us. Why don't you tell your city mayor abut this problem?

most of us daily work holder will hate the bad road condtion actually and seems they always have to repair the road or renew it again and again. they make the road more like one zipper that is can pull it very easily and the crowded cars on the road never less but more and more daily.

It is bad when you have to drive on bad roads because they have not clear yet. Sometimes I think they just wait to see if the sun will melt the snow so they do not have to get out and clean them.