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[–] Betch@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assure you, we also use 3D techniques in Canada.

[–] ebits21@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

With our freeze thaw cycle… I’m sure it’s much, much worse than Great Britain.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same down here in New England. We have a bunch of granite boulders waiting to move and drop a big cavity too.

Digging fence post holes here is ridiculous. You get maybe 1 in 20 that doesn’t have a 20-80lb rock partly in the way. It’s why we hav so many miles of rock walls in the woods from 200+ years ago.

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[–] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try driving in Canada in the winter. They're in 4d at this point

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trust me. The potholes in Canada are real too.

It's like the surface of the fucking moon sometimes

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 year ago

I’ve lived in Canada my whole life, and I’ve never seen a road so well kept that it needed pothole stickers.

[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I visited South Korea and drove while I was there, they had loads of fake speed bumps where they were just painted on but had no actual bump. Definitely made you slow down if you didn't know the area.

They also had lots of poles with flashing blue and red lights, so you thought there were cops ahead until you got close enough to realise it was just a pole.

The place is playing full-on psychic warfare on the roads.

[–] fidodo@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Speed bump stickers make sense, but fake potholes are a terrible idea as they'll get people to swerve around them to avoid wrecking their car. It sounds stupidly dangerous.

[–] CenturionKing@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Imagine you thought that the 3rd one was another fake, but it was real one. Car got almost destroyed.

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[–] HornyOnMain@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wonder how many idiots that weren't paying attention have swerved to avoid them...

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

This was my first thought. Hey! Let's freak out the people who are already driving recklessly. Nothing bad could possibly happen if we do that.

[–] Empricorn 2 points 1 year ago

About as many as days eroded the sticker, making it useless?

[–] DevilEater24@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

India: You guys are slowing down for potholes?

[–] sharkwellington@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago
[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This has me wondering. Every country thinks they have the worst pot holes. Is there anywhere where the people are like "yes our roads are excellent actually"

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Yes, and we like our secrets. Stay away.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't say perfect, but compared to what's south of us it defo feels that way

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[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is dumb as shit because canadian winters are much more harsh than UK. Asphalt degrades faster in harsher winters. Doubt they're hitting -50C in the middle of January

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't underestimate just how badly we Brits maintain the roads.

The whole country is a patchwork mess.

[–] cucumberbob@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

My local MP came around yesterday to brag that he and the local Tory councillor have made plans to fix a pothole nearby.

The bar is so low it’s below the floor.

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[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

In a lot of places we don't even use real asphalt, don't need to wait til winter because the damn rain washes out all the patches and then goes back to making things worse.

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't tell you how many times I've seen this same meme but with the countries changed.

Same images and everything.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Here's a revolutionary idea: speed bumps.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Or design roads that feel like you should be going slower. Trees, narrower lanes, more walking/biking infrastructure all help people naturally slow down. Big open stretches like pictured with the stickers don't feel like there is a reason to be going slow so people don't

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

There's speed bumps where I live. There's also a fuckton of potholes and there having to pave a mile of road which will take months.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Can be a bit too much

[–] PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

In my area I have speed bumps with potholes

[–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 year ago

In Florida, we use Canadian drivers to slow traffic.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like this is more likely to cause damage to cars, because now people will think real potholes are just stickers

Or people get into accidents trying to avoid potholes.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

🤣 Bullshit, drive through Quebec and you'll see potholes the size of the grand canyon.

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[–] SuperSynthia@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Man that made me think if a city just covered a pothole with a street sticker. Somebody just cruising along and then cathunk

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Look at Britain plagiarizing by stealing pictures taken in Lansing, MI.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've literally never seen these stickers anywhere up here. We have organic potholes aplenty.

These would be such a nightmare for civil engineers. You're just throwing down a random shape on the street, without any consideration for traffic accumulation.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

And those 3D versions work, that I can confirm. Lost a tire to one a few years ago.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where? I don't leave my home province much but I've never seen this.

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It’s fake.

[–] krigo666@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In California it’s 3D, just at batshit crazy speeds lol

E: if you’re not stuck in traffic

[–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Jesus I'll just drive on the grass

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

The roads in Canada are literal trash compared to UK wtf

[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Baltimore, MD: "Am I a joke to you?"

[–] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

and we here we have:
roads: optional

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