Jeremy Clarkson Forum

[who_me]

Got a bit hacked off by chippings on roadworks, the found this ""Once the bitumen and chippings have been laid, a heavy roller provides an initial degree of embedment but the real work of consolidation is provided by the traffic." on a Council statement on their website. So, I get to do the work of steamroller for them, for free. Hmmmm...

[Ivor Bigtruck]

Not to mention the damage to paintwork, broken windscreens and light lenses, punctured tyres, etc, etc.......

Disgraceful way to surface a road. Should be banned purely for safety reasons. Mate of mine hit some loose chippings on a bend surfaced in this way and came off his motorbike a few weeks ago. Result - four broken ribs and a punctured lung. Bike okay though, which is all he was really bothered about. Good job he's a tough bugger!

I remember about ten or fifteen years ago they re-surfaced the M1 near Watford Gap in this way. Caused bloody mayhem afterwards. Wonder which twat thought that was a good idea?

[welshwizard]

This type of re-surfacing is called surface dressing. It's fine for farm lanes etc, but should not be used for high speed roads. The local authority I worked for years ago ignored this and dressed a high speed link road....... Net result was a large bill for replacement windscreens, and after sticking their heads in the sand for 3 years a very large bill to mill it all off and re-surface with hot rolled asphalt.

[who_me]

I got bored of me just talking about it, so I made a website, it's at http://www.freesteamroller.co.uk, if anyone wants to email in the details of their chipping damage, I'll see if I can't get a register going. There goes my free time..