A compact prepackaged explosive charge issued free of charge to car and truck drivers and motorcyclists, designed to produce an intense radial shockwave. Placed in a water-filled pothole, it widens an deepens the hole by 300%, without dispersing any fragments outside the confines of the hole, and rendering the road entirely impassible.
And then the local road authority have to come along and fix it, rather than ignoring it for another 18 months.-- 8th of 7, May 19 2017 Penile code violations ala Wanksy. http://www.foldingb...ing-penis-graffiti/ [2 fries shy of a happy meal, May 20 2017] //have to// sp.: might-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 19 2017 The somewhat forlorn hope is that a local councillor's chauffeur-driven limo will plunge into the abyss, ideally ending his or her life, but failing that distracting them a little from the endless round of carping, self-aggrandisement, infighting, cronyism and blatant nepotism for just long enough for them to cease playing pocket billards and spend taxpayers money on something the taxpayers actually want and approve of, rather than squandering it on grandiose ego-massaging projects which are doomed to failure and ridicule even before the feasibility study reports that the whole concept is ludicrous, impractical, and a complete waste of resources.-- 8th of 7, May 19 2017 If that happened, the money would be spent on (a) a memorial plaque (b) a full investigation of the accident (c) a bunch of flowers tied to the nearest tree or lamp-post, distracting drivers from the actual hazard and (d) additional road signage warning drivers of the hazard.
A better solution, surely, would be to design a shaped charge that, when placed in the pothole, shears off a sloping layer of tarmac such that the pothole becomes merely a shallow depression.
Alternatively, a large disc of thermite could be used to simply melt the roadway, allowing gravity to level it before it cools and re-sets.-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 19 2017 "There was a series of bad ones in my commute home - I interwebbed up the responsible authorities and sent them messages informing them I was going to plant trees in them." — normzone, May 19 2017-- 8th of 7, May 20 2017 ^ That is an interesting idea, if property owners were responsible for road repair... fix it or we put a tree in the hole and a bypass in your front yard.-- FlyingToaster, May 20 2017 //There are several dirt roads in the same area that are maintained by property owners, each owning the section just in front of their parcel of land.// Are you talking about MB's section of road in front of his estate that has a toll booth at each end?-- Canuck, May 23 2017 I can assure you, when I have my people do a cavity search, they don't use any sort of easement.-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 23 2017 // they don't use any sort of easement //
They don't ? What do you call that thing like a pair of pliers with prongs on the side, then ?-- 8th of 7, May 24 2017 I will use a real world example to point out a flaw.
the road I live on washes out every spring. this was ignored. The mail person totaled there car in it a few years back and sued the county for it. Now my road has a sing that says road closed use at own risk every spring and it's still washes out every year.
you see my point though.-- dev45, May 24 2017 //Now my road has a sing that says road closed use at own risk every spring and it's still washes out every year. //
The lyrics are ok... but you can't really dance to it.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, May 24 2017 No, sounds like one of those Folk song dirges beloved of the finger-in-the-ear and Arran sweater brigade, along the lines of "Owwww, my pig is dead, my house fell down, the mine's fallen in and the squire's raped my daughter, owwwww ...."
Music to slash your wrists by.-- 8th of 7, May 25 2017 random, halfbakery