Pothole plan

Potholes are the scourge of commuters and the source of hours of complaining around the office water cooler. In the UK one pothole vigilante, a 72-year-old man, decided one morning to fill one particular pothole after 17 months of complaining to the council. That first pothole job took the man 15 minutes to repair using a friend's tarmac and tools. He reportedly said the hole was so big that a handrail should be put around it to stop people falling into it. He went on to fill 50 more potholes and the counci
February 24, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
Potholes are the scourge of commuters and the source of hours of complaining around the office water cooler. In the UK one pothole vigilante, a 72-year-old man, decided one morning to fill one particular pothole after 17 months of complaining to the council. That first pothole job took the man 15 minutes to repair using a friend's tarmac and tools. He reportedly said the hole was so big that a handrail should be put around it to stop people falling into it. He went on to fill 50 more potholes and the council eventually offered him some training and a job.

Meanwhile in Russia, angry commuters decided to embarrass their local officials into action. Some have been planting potatoes in potholes to see if the spuds will grow quicker than the time it takes the local authority to send out a repair team. In another city, activists are naming and shaming local politicians by painting facial caricatures of the mayor and council members around the hole with the hole as the face’s mouth.

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