Transport Secretary Potholed

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"A pothole has taken the Transport Secretary’s car off the road.

Heidi Alexander’s Mini Cooper had to be towed after it hit a “crater worthy of the Moon” "

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/16/transp...

[phil4]

And blames the councils.

[JagLover]

phil4 said:

And blames the councils.

Well it was in Oxfordshire. Not exactly renowned for care of its roads. Too busy putting in LTNs and odd 20 mph zones.

[.:ian:.]

If it was so big, how come she didnt see it?

[Police State]

That useless professional ponce was responsible for utterly fking up London's traffic.

The sooner we are rid of these moronic dogmatists, the better off we will alll be.

[phil4]

JagLover said:

Well it was in Oxfordshire. Not exactly renowned for care of its roads. Too busy putting in LTNs and odd 20 mph zones.

Agreed, and yes unfortunately live in Oxfordshire.

[hondajack85]

We know the state of the roads but the car makers keep making stupid cars with low profile tyres on alloy wheels.
We need big high profile tyres on steel wheels for this moonscape.
Legislation needed as peoples' vanity trumps all usually,and people like being in something that can run over pedestrians and leave themselves without a scratch.

[bloomen]

hondajack85 said:

We need big high profile tyres on steel wheels for this moonscape.

This is one of the great mysteries of our time. I wonder if people realise rubber band tyres need replacing when they buy cars with them fitted.

I was looking at a Lexus, then priced up a half decent set of tyres - 1600 quid.

Which will last for rather less time than the olden days because of the weight. And all you receive is a degraded experience vs the chunkier and cheaper sizes.

[Yahonza]

What a shame. Hopefully this slowed down policy making for a day or so.

[normalbloke]

bloomen said:

hondajack85 said:

We need big high profile tyres on steel wheels for this moonscape.

This is one of the great mysteries of our time. I wonder if people realise rubber band tyres need replacing when they buy cars with them fitted.

I was looking at a Lexus, then priced up a half decent set of tyres - 1600 quid.

Which will last for rather less time than the olden days because of the weight. And all you receive is a degraded experience vs the chunkier and cheaper sizes.

I have literally just finished a little side project on one of my cars. Gone from 225/50/17 on factory alloys to 215/65/16 on factory steels. While I appreciate that a 50 series tyre isn’t THAT low a profile by today’s standards, the difference is night and day. It’s just a little more pothole resistant.

[Mr Whippy]

hondajack85 said:

We know the state of the roads but the car makers keep making stupid cars with low profile tyres on alloy wheels.
We need big high profile tyres on steel wheels for this moonscape.
Legislation needed as peoples' vanity trumps all usually,and people like being in something that can run over pedestrians and leave themselves without a scratch.

That’s all great but ignores the fact motorcyclists and cyclists are even more vulnerable to these and yet those vehicles are actively encouraged.

Rough roads are a function of st build quality, which is essentially waste.
It’d be cheaper to have good roads than perpetually maintain badly.

[bstb3]

.:ian:. said:

If it was so big, how come she didnt see it?

To be fair she'd probably been driving through it a few minutes before hitting the far side edge.