Bob, In North America, everything above the latitude of roughly Rome has trouble with potholes. The climate is such that the temperatures are below 0 degrees Centigrade every night and often below 0 Fahrenheit (-16 deg C?) during the December-March time period. This includes most of the population of the Northeastern and Midwestern US, and all of our Canadian friends to the north.
In most cases, nobody does much to repair the roads during this season. Some of this is lazy politicians. Some of this is the technical difficulty of working in frozen conditions. (The daily freeze and thaw plays havoc with the surface.) As a result, there are often only two driving seasons here, Winter and construction season. Delays are unpleasant parts of both seasons. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > One of my peeves with them forcing Kyoto on us is that the > > infrastructure where I live has deteriorated to the point where > > driving a small vehicle has become a safety issue, yet we will > > be penalized even more for driving vehicles that will stand up > > to the roads. > > seems to me you should be getting your politicians to fix the > potholes!
