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pawoSD · #45 02-28-2008, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by lutzTD

keep in mind, germany has nice roads, but the entire country is smaller than Texas, their roads are mostly concentrated in cities with less raods between the cities instead of the urban sprawl we have and they pay some serious taxes. I think I prefer dodging the potholes

Have you actually seen their roads? They are flawless, everywhere. Its a pleasure to ride on them.

Germany has 140,700 miles of roads, the USA has 3.79 million miles of roads (insane)....but still.

There have been numerous reports of hour our country's infrastructure is crumbling. Buildings, pipes, sewers, bridges, roads, dams, everything is falling apart, and there's no money to fix it....we all know where that money is going.....and its not in the US.

My city, Grand Rapids MI, has 640 miles of roads....they are alloted enough money every year to resurface FIVE miles....IF the winter is gentle. This year they spent almost all the budget already on salt, plowing, and filling potholes with junk. So they say they might not be able to do any resurfacing at all. The city engineer said that something like 80% of the cities roads are considered in "poor" shape, while only like 5-10% are "good". Insanity.

Also, in Florida your idea of bad roads is different from that of a Michigan person. I went to FL last year, and their roads are AMAZING compared to Michigan. Georgia too....all so smooth and nice. You don't have the freeze cycles that destroy the pavement like we do.

We have some roads around here in such bad shape that it WILL break things on your car unless you come to a crawl and gently *unimog* your way over it. I should make a video. The other day I was crusing along at 35mph when I saw a HOLE in the road that would have killed my car....I jammed on the brakes and managed to stop right before it....it was probably 2x2 feet in size...and over a foot deep. And those are allll over the place. It snarls traffic and breaks things.