Potholes in Baxenden
 

Me and mi sis where on our way through Baxenden yesterday in her new car, there was an ambulance coming the other way so she swerved to get out the way only to encounter two of the largest potholes i've ever seen...they must have been at least half a metre in width and quite a few inches deep, two of them in the road just BEFORE you get to the 'no mans land' bit between Bash and Hollands pies...we ended up with a knackered tyre thanx to them :mad: and had to go buy a whole new tyre

has anyone else encountered these huge craters yet? :mad::mad::mad:

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get back up with a camera and tape measure before teh council can fill it in and send them teh bill , i think roads are covered by lancashire county council but get your evidence before reporting it or they will fill it in and say what hole ?

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yeah you told me this on the phone last night accyman, its an extremely busy road, you go and do it lol

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lol that was really good input ;)

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its quieter at night ya dope and if you cant hear a bus coming up that hill then get a hearing aid lol

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Posted via Mobile Device if you were cocnetrateing on the road enough you would not of had to swerve out of the way! Whats to say the potholes could have been a child! And reply to the 2nd posw This is the american mentality SUE SUE SUE!!!!!

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mi sis (ya know the one) broke her toe late last night so she cant drive now lol, like i said, you do it ;)

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so your telling me you have never ever had to move out of the way for an ambulance?
an ambulance with no sirens, just the lights on?

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Posted via Mobile Device yeh but i have never swerve out the way because i have been concetrateing on the road enough to move out of the way safely avoiding all hazards to my car and people!

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tut

we where going UP Manchester road, cars infront of you, ambulance coming DOWN Manchester road

you try avoiding an ambulance like that without swerving, you pratt

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big difference between a hole in the road and a child thats 3ft - 5ft tall and moving and if you cant tell the difference between a pot hole and a child then perhaps its you who needs to examine his driving ability

as far as i am aware hitting a pothole wont fail your driving test where as hitting a child would

take no notice flashy , unfortunatly over the years computers and the internet have become more easily accesable which although a good thing has sadly left it easier for simpletons to use as well

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i think he's forgot what this thread is all about...POTHOLES

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Posted via Mobile Device manchester road is quite a big road and if other cars infront are moveing out the way than wouldnt you hav noticed this and done the same without haveing to swerve

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Posted via Mobile Device if they where as big as you say wouldnt you of noticed them and missed them!

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oh deary me

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Posted via Mobile Device this just goes to show why you never see any woman taxi drivers and why woman should be at home doing the dishes and washing

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deary deary me

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I once damaged a tyre, wheel and suspension in a hole on a road in Blackburn
When a hole is full of water it looks like a small puddle
It do not drive/swerve to avoid puddles:rolleyes::p

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I drive up and down Manchester rd Daily and not noticed the pot holes
are they near Aliance st? on my way out now so will take noticeif rd is quiet you want a pic of this pothole

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so your the person who ran over my neighbours cat puddles :eek:

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ok so you've probably gone by now Polly, they are on your left going towards Hollands, just before you get to the sign that says Baxenden(the one you see coming the other way), shortly after the tyre place

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know where you mean now will try and getacouple of pics for you

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i doubt mi sis would be able to prove anything now though, she already replaced the tyre

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Can I ask one thing....please spell check your posts...its really annoying.

P.s stop moaning...and claim off the council...they will never fix the mistakes if you don't point it out...a tyre costs a lot of money...money they should have spent to fix the potholes...and then this post would never have existed!!!

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Not you stop moaning Flashy...the other geezer...whats his face...erm I forgot...

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she'll certainly report it to the council, she isnt bothered about compensation for the tyre though

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Heh, 6 posts into your life on accyweb and you are wingeing about spelling...

If I was you I'd get used to it as you will never stop people spelling things incorrectly. Its an informal forum at teh end of teh day, spelling isn't THAT important as long as teh content is valid.


PS, BTW I was going to go back and change all the 'teh's' above but if you search round you will find its a quirk of my brain that I will more often than not spell it that way. I guess its just one of those things.....


UPDATE- Oooo, All my the's have been corrected!!!!!!!!! - I demand my t e h 's bacK!!!! Its what makes me ME!!!


As for the Potholes themselves, I nearly hit them this morning. At 6 am in the dark etc they are quite hard to spot unless you are critically examining the road surface in which case you aren't looking where you are going properly and are likley to end up running into someone/thing.

I'll be ringing teh council up myself later to make sure they do something ASAP.

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thankyou very much for that Ian, it would be much appreciated :)

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Looks like someone has fixed your brain for you - well on here anyway :D:D

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Quite the wrong word there flashy, the correct word to use would have ended in hole but began with an A:D

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lol, i was trying to be polite Jay ;)

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You can all help by filling in a form here Fill In

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If only someone could fix my brain :D

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i'll fill that in, but i hope its the road that gets filled in ;)

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did you not notice the flashing blue light and the siren going off :rolleyes: as you were going up/down the road! also it says you should not swerve out of the way to let an emergency service past you should pull over at a safe and convinet place to do so! i suggest you read the high way code again :D

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She wasnt driving, it was her sister, so why should she have to read the highway code??? And there are cases where you have no choice but to swerve from an emergency vehicle, you dont always get the opportunity to see one in plenty of time to "find a safe and convenient pleace to pull over" ive had to swerve to avoid a police car before now travelling at silly speeds towards me, you dont always see them in plenty time, think the issue of this thread was more the potholes in the road, that are sometimes un-avoidable for whatever reason and can and do cause damage to some peoples cars

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yes it was, thankyou Emzy :)

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With some people being polite doesn't quite hit the required target:D

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he'll learn soon enough Jay :)

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Had a call at 4:30 to confirm where they were. I pointed out that if a biker hit one it could throw them off.

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ooo i'd never thought about that Ian, i've filled that form in anyway, if they have a couple of complaints about it, it might get done sooner hey

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Call me a cynic, but it want be long before its made right now they know about it, well it is the County Elections in May:D

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i won't call ya a cynic, a realist more like.;)

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;););););):rolleyes:

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i've had a couple of emails from them in the last 24 hours so it MIGHT get done

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No might about it flashy, it will be done believe me:rolleyes:

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Wait till they send an email saying they have been filled in, then reply saying thanks for confirming that they were actually there and required attention, please let me know where to send the bill to for the new tyre. no harm in trying :)

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Sadly I am looking forward to them this time :D

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lol

had a phone call at 12.15 today from them saying thankyou for bringing it to their attention and that they where filled in yesterday because someone else had informed them about it too :D thankyou Ian ;) :D:D:D

the bloke on the phone was very nice and he was on the phone for about 10 minutes telling me that they can't go around continuously monitoring every road/street in Lancashire and that the highways agency rely on the general public to inform them of such things

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You could try the Wizard of Oz. The nearest thing we have on Accy Web is Jen the witch :p:D

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You cant be meaning me neil ... if i was i'd whip up a potion to stop people staring at me at the minute. Face is a mess as usual....:D

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Maybe if they carried out road maintenance on a regular basis there wouldn't be pot holes in the first place, just a thought:rolleyes:

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You and me alike Neil:D