UK roads are so full of potholes, Honda builds special test track

[WeX]

It seems that the good ol'British roads are more full of potholes than many of our counterparts, so much so Honda is having to build a special test track to simulate our roads on their new cars.

 

http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/10/britains-roads-copied-by-japanese-car-engineers-to-test-drive-vehicles-3589816/

 

So to those who have been saying our roads are not falling apart, there is proof that not only it is the case, but our roads are built to a lower standard than other countries.

[Resident]

It seems that the good ol'British roads are more full of potholes than many of our counterparts, so much so Honda is having to build a special test track to simulate our roads on their new cars.

 

http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/10/britains-roads-copied-by-japanese-car-engineers-to-test-drive-vehicles-3589816/

 

So to those who have been saying our roads are not falling apart, there is proof that not only it is the case, but our roads are built to a lower standard than other countries.

 

So you completely ignored this line in the report:

 

"Rough does not mean badly maintained or pot-holes. It means the different material."

 

The materials used are more porous than the euro counter-part and they're will be reasons for that. I'm not privy to those reasons but a reasonable assumption would be drainage.

[Murphy Jnr]

Honda have been doing there homework

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8971283/Best-cars-for-dealing-with-potholes.html

[Eater Sundae]

Honda have been doing there homework

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8971283/Best-cars-for-dealing-with-potholes.html

 

Generally, the prestiege makes seem to be more likely to suffer pothole damage than the "ordinary" makes - unless it's just that they cost more to repair.

[alchresearch]

Maybe there's a link to our roads and the recent airbag recall? Didn't Clarkson's go off on a bad road on that Top Gear special the other week?

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/9986175/Toyota-Honda-Nissan-and-Mazda-recall-3.4m-cars-over-possible-faulty-airbag.html

[Eater Sundae]

Maybe there's a link to our roads and the recent airbag recall? Didn't Clarkson's go off on a bad road on that Top Gear special the other week?

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/9986175/Toyota-Honda-Nissan-and-Mazda-recall-3.4m-cars-over-possible-faulty-airbag.html

 

I presume the Clarkson one was carefully scripted to go off when it did.