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Essay: Switzerland, Britain, road maintenance skills, economics, evolutionism, creation science and yodeling (view source)
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[[File:Isle of Wight.svg.png|thumbnail|200px|center|In 2013, the breakdown service Britannia Rescue reported that potholes now “take up a total area of 295 square miles (764 square km) in [[Britain]] – more than twice the size of the [[Isle of Wight]]”.<ref>[https://www.wheelwright.co.uk/blog/20131010-pothole-pandemic-costing-british-taxpayer-millions/ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS], WheelWright</ref>]]
[[File:Isle of Wight.svg.png|thumbnail|200px|center|In 2013, the breakdown service Britannia Rescue reported that potholes now “take up a total area of 295 square miles (764 square km) in [[Britain]] – more than twice the size of the [[Isle of Wight]]”.<ref>[https://www.wheelwright.co.uk/blog/20131010-pothole-pandemic-costing-british-taxpayer-millions/ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS], WheelWright</ref>]]
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In 2023, ''The Telegraph'' reported concerning the [[United Kingdom's road repair crisis:
{{Cquote|The pothole crisis is a peculiarly [[Britain|British]] phenomenon. Deeply unglamorous, moderately frightening and extremely easy to grumble about, the proliferation of potholes on the UK’s decrepit road network is gradually overtaking the weather as a go-to topic of conversation when you bump into someone’s dad in the supermarket.
It’s always been something of a cultural mainstay. Local newspapers rely heavily on disgruntled motorists pointing at potholes for their front page content, and Facebook is awash with groups of people complaining – as is our tradition – about the [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2023/04/07/the-pothole-scandal-can-no-longer-be-ignored/ state of the UK’s roads].
Britain’s road network – upon which we all rely – is crumbling, perhaps irrevocably, into disrepair. And the implications of that go far beyond scratched alloys and dented bumpers...
“It’s grim,” according to Ian Lancaster, director of the Asphalt Industry Alliance. “The figures speak for themselves; £14 billion one-time catch-up costs, which would take 11 years to complete, assuming we have the resources available to do it. It’s grim and I don’t think the public realises how grim it is.”<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/britains-pothole-problem-uk-roads-puncture-economy/ The pothole crisis is a peculiarly British phenomenon], The Telegraph, April 11, 2023</ref>}}
The [[United Kingdom]] (UK) website ''Fife Today'' reported in on July 27, 2022 on UK's road repair crisis: "Over 1.5 million potholes were reported across the country, but the AA says the actual number is likely to be much higher as the figure does not include pothole on motorways and major roads, and many go unreported."<ref>[https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/fife-worst-in-scotland-for-potholes-3783174 Fife worst in Scotland for potholes], ''Fife Today'' website, July 27, 2022</ref>
The [[United Kingdom]] (UK) website ''Fife Today'' reported in on July 27, 2022 on UK's road repair crisis: "Over 1.5 million potholes were reported across the country, but the AA says the actual number is likely to be much higher as the figure does not include pothole on motorways and major roads, and many go unreported."<ref>[https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/fife-worst-in-scotland-for-potholes-3783174 Fife worst in Scotland for potholes], ''Fife Today'' website, July 27, 2022</ref>
In 2013, Britain had one pothole in every mile of road.<ref>[https://www.wheelwright.co.uk/blog/20131010-pothole-pandemic-costing-british-taxpayer-millions/ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS], WheelWright</ref> In 2013, the breakdown service Britannia Rescue reported that potholes now “take up a total area of 295 square miles (764 square km) in Britain – more than twice the size of the [[Isle of Wight]]”.<ref>[https://www.wheelwright.co.uk/blog/20131010-pothole-pandemic-costing-british-taxpayer-millions/ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS], WheelWright</ref>
In 2013, Britain had one pothole in every mile of road.<ref>[https://www.wheelwright.co.uk/blog/20131010-pothole-pandemic-costing-british-taxpayer-millions/ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS], WheelWright</ref> In 2013, the breakdown service Britannia Rescue reported that potholes now “take up a total area of 295 square miles (764 square km) in Britain – more than twice the size of the [[Isle of Wight]]”.<ref>[https://www.wheelwright.co.uk/blog/20131010-pothole-pandemic-costing-british-taxpayer-millions/ POTHOLE PANDEMIC COSTING BRITISH TAXPAYER £MILLIONS], WheelWright</ref>
== The creationism-loving United States has faster roads than the Darwinism-loving UK according to the International Monetary Fund. God bless America! ==
== The creationism-loving United States has faster roads than the Darwinism-loving UK according to the International Monetary Fund. God bless America! ==