[sperry]

Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey

I counted three (3) new Gigantor-sized potholes down a 1/4mi stretch of Broad street alone that opened up this morning due to the rain & heavy trucks. With the city's huge budget, responsible thinking and intelligent fiscal decisions, I'm sure they'll be fixed anytime now. Oh wait...

I watched this city's approach to "road maintenance" when I was sitting at a red light on that very same street a couple of days ago. I watched, slightly open-mouthed, as two guys in orange vests ran out into the street in front of me carrying a shovel apiece while the traffic was going the other direction. They proceeded to dump the steaming asphalt contents of said shovels into a pothole, lightly slap the pile of rubble with the shovels once, and scurry back to the sidewalk as our light turned green. Bravo, gentlemen. With such quality repairs in place, I'm sure the road will last another 2 whole hours before that pothole is wide open again!

You should have rolled forward, put a rear tire on the pile of asphault, and dropped the clutch spraying every last bit of it about 40 feet behind the car. Then driven away calmly.