The Politics of Potholes | WheelHouse

Potholes are a scourge on America’s roads. We know how they happen and how to repair them, so why don’t we? Join Nolan Sykes as he explores the economics and politics behind America’s pothole problem.
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[@Donut]

🎵 Watch out for the pothole, Watch out for the pothole 🎵

[@ga-america5030]

Donut Media oh noooo. Your tire is all flat and junk... let me get out my cellular, oh wait I'm a pothole, I don't have a cellular.

[@antdidntwakeup]

Snakes in the grass but I walk ,Got sum new boots on the back it says golf, so I be prepared for they bites they all talk,I left the condom in the grass so fuck off😤

[@kingmatthews5436]

Ahhh yes Tyler the creator Now why can’t I see all the other comments on this video

[@philspaghet]

GEORGE GEORGE GEORGE OF THE ROAD

[@Valenciaa_allen]

Please do Mustang Models!! Cobra, svt, mach1, ect..... !!!! Way over due!!

[@aarondesilva9578]

Just use flex seal

[@nobullshit9721]

Sgt Jack Halifax idk that seems like a lot damage tho

[@cal920c]

That's a lotta damage.

[@BrianNaeem]

Not a bad idea theoretically, just fill in the holes and the rubber can expand and contract with the hole.

[@matthew_natividad]

Wood filler

[@Killso420]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKPCdaudZrGXrrc

[@zacharymessner6157]

When they fix a pot hole in my area....it turns into a mini speed bump, like way to go you fixed a problem with another problem

[@visualdarkness]

They do it so that the cars and trucks compress it over time, making the repair more long-term.

[@weldonyoung1013]

@@visualdarkness , that's only when a crew digs into the roadbed. Try riding a bicycle, not only are those like steps but once traffic compacts them there is a dip both into the patch and the dip at the other end becomes a step up.

[@OskaIvanovichSmirnov]

At least they fixed it. In my country, the road has more cracks than my ass but no body cares whatsoever.

[@petrolmonkey1973]

@@OskaIvanovichSmirnov doesn't sound like much.

[@CL4SSiCS]

Here outside my house in the uk a main road been repaired over 30 times over the years and all they fix the potholes with is gravel so it turns into a pothole after 2 weeks again

[@arnavgautam319]

America: We have most potholes. Belgium: Try coming here, bro... Meanwhile, INDIA: hold my chai...

[@ZIA9421]

Was about to comment that 😂😂

[@RajPatel-by3wj]

😂

[@Or1s]

Meanwhile in Russia kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZDYiWqfaK9-qbc

[@wouterberings6535]

belgium doesnt have more potholes than america tho

[@cal920c]

Canada: Bet you won't come here ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Goatcha_M]

Where I live the government tends to repair the same stretch of perfectly fine road every year while ignoring nearby roads that are in atrocious condition. In particular the main street of the city is in terrible condition and is just getting worse, its not some back road, its the main street of a city of 300,000.

[@visualdarkness]

You saw why. Reoairing the worst roads cost exponentally more than a decent one.

[@widestride5951]

same

[@blitzn00dle50]

I live in St. Louis, where they recently redid Chippewa and I-44 for no fucking reason at all while Jamieson and Martin Luther King remain absolutely dreadful

[@gremlincc]

The last time the gas tax was raised was the last time Pumphrey saw his dad

[@razortreadway]

hey man, the truth can hurt ya know

[@aceroxwell5829]

#TheSavageryWasReal #Damn #IFeltThat

[@devilgene3154]

Thats a sore issue but Pumphrey jokes about it himself. I know that doesnt mean we can but if its not malicous why not its the internet. Not like he called the guy a bastard.

[@truevamp9857]

LmAo

[@mockemperor953]

But would you rather have a little tax of more than $0.25 every time you fill up gas or would you rather have a totaled car so you have to buy a brand new car with the crappy insurance that America has and then you have to get car insurance for that car you have taxes on that car that adds up to a lot I rather pay a tax for better roads and even your life

[@Mr6Sinner]

I can’t remember the last time I saw a “filled” pothole that stayed fixed past one rainstorm..

[@kevinv2582]

I can

[@YamahaR12015]

Because our roads were meant to be maintained at strict intervals. They neglected it because our government is trash. Now we are busy trying to patch holes rather than fix them. So now we are playing catch up but we're never gonna catch up

[@JenkemSuperfan]

Uriah Siner that's the idea

[@TheDude4077]

Blayne see also: our minimum wage, and just about every other government program and policy that requires updates and ongoing attention

[@YamahaR12015]

TheDude4077 true

[@claudesmoot1880]

If all of the money of the current tax wasn't going into corrupt people's pocket, the roads would be fine.

[@harshbarj]

Well, no. There simply is not enough coming in to cover it all. It's called basic math.

[@punnequraq]

harshbarj yet, the military gets over 500 billion dollars a year while roads only need 200 million. there’s enough, trust me.

[@theguy1240]

Remy 200 billion

[@ComidaDelBrain]

Okay Claude

[@snek9353]

Yup

[@scottwarwick7514]

Politicians love building new infrastructure because it makes them look great, repairing infrastructure is sadly not as sexy...

[@Salty_reviews]

As an employee of a road construction company I can tell you the problem is that the sub grade isn't being properly made and the pavement above it is not thick enough in addition to that the companies all want to employ 5 supervisors to every 1 laborer. State inspectors see the defects as the roads are being built and they don't give a shit and don't say anything, I guess they can't be bothered with the paperwork.

[@eddiehardt1260]

mgrande11 In Illinois, I see road construction workers sitting on their asses all fucking day. When they finally DO finish the job, 5 years have already passed.

[@DevinEMILE]

At my job we have a saying. Good enough for government work.

[@ryanvess6162]

I live just off a secondary road and its been replaced 3 times in ten years. Each time they neglect the subsurface and then lay down less than 2 inches of ashpalt and the plows rip it up over winters. After three years of salt and plow blades it needs resurfacing. Can't imagine how much money they'd save if they had just redone it correctly.

[@rmason4358]

Eddie Hardt Same in the UK. Miles upon miles of very disruptive lane upheaval and very little work.

[@irishwristwatch2487]

I see you also use the M5 lol "Complete by October 2018" yeah right. They'd only done one bloody side by then!

[@nykel]

In my country to draw attention to pot holes people basically planted tress in them it's pretty funny cuz they got fixed right away

[@jusbertmeza4424]

Watzetzface no he means they pulled it out the ground and filled the pothole with dirt and planted it. It’s actually a smart protest to send a message and as he said they got fixed fast. The government will keep getting away with putting the blinders to ignore real issues so we send subtle protests and it worked

[@Shazzkid]

Thing is tree roots will just destroy the area more...

[@laurenthomas9305]

@@Shazzkid they weren't given time to root. They were removed and the pothole fixed right away.

[@Micro13bk]

Start planting hemp in the holes, it will make the news and put pressure on the goverment xD

[@NauticalStag]

If Dominos could do it, why can't the Government?

[@mac4416]

Exactly

[@JaredConnell]

What did dominos do?

[@JSM00n]

@@JaredConnell are you really this dense? Just Google it moron

[@JaredConnell]

@@JSM00n What am I supposed to google?

[@JSM00n]

@@JaredConnell "dominos fixes potholes" why are people so dense 😐

[@VGF80]

"I'm driving here I sit, Cursing my government For not using my taxes To fill holes with more cement"

[@nicholastaylor5530]

lmao ikr

[@nicholastaylor5530]

Tyler's a genius bruh

[@Backwardsman95]

I love TOP

[@Pornetini]

1:13 coincidentally Belgium's roads are also shit. Greetings from the Netherlands

[@hannahsmovies5612]

i agree, greetings from belgium.

[@_underscore_2381]

French road become worst and worst every day. I think after winter; our roads will become like German or Belgium roads... My mother has actually broken her rims and 3 tires cause of route condition... greetings from France.

[@R4M_Tommy]

Come to italy and try ours

[@ernestcarpentier]

Yes here in Belgium we have terrible roads hahaha

[@e7234]

come to Bulgaria pls, you are gonna love your roads

[@FreestylerAlbert]

When I need to certify my car it's safe on the road, why the roads don't need any certifications they're safe for drive?

[@AaronTheToney]

This would end up working for the worst there would be too much bureaucracy involved some pen pusher coming to 'inspect' the road whilst taking tons of taxpayer money and then if the road would be deemed ' unsuitable ' I can imagine them closing off the whole road until whenever the workers arrive to fix it could be months.

[@endeavor8850]

We should just stop certifying cars...

[@alexhulinsky7954]

Road inspections are a thing

[@k-874]

Driving through a road filled with potholess is like driving through a minefield

[@blitzn00dle50]

It's a specific skill. That's why, before I get my driver's license, I want to do a speedrun of the worst road in my city for potholes, Hall Street up by I-70. I want to be able to drive like I'm playing Mario Kart so I don't hit potholes too hard

[@LezerniWolf]

People: My area has the most potholes Fayette County, Pennsylvania; the area where I grew up: Hold my bent axel

[@blitzn00dle50]

Literally no one doesn't say that. I actually rarely see people saying the roads where they live are good, unless they're Dutch or Japanese. The roads where I live, St. Louis, are actually in pretty good condition for the most part. Some roads here are infamous for their potholes, like River Des Peres, Hall Street, Jamieson, Martin Luther King Jr, and oh dear god Bayless motherfucking Avenue. But others like Jefferson, Skinker, Kingshighway, Big Bend and Lindbergh have lasted so long without needing a repave that there are depressions in the road at every traffic light

[@drewherron3947]

Do one on car speakers and what car had them first, and how they have evolved

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Yeah

[@Gonzalezautoblog]

Make a RUF up to speed pleaseee

[@Daapse]

As much as i love the yellow bird. I don't think it's big enough of a car to get an "up to speed". Maybe RWB if we're lucky cause they already did the 911

[@markmcspedon-havir5310]

Ooooo pls

[@Daapse]

Yes. But i just said i love the yellow bird

[@sycabo4450]

Absolutely. RUF deserves the spotlight for a week. Amazing work.

[@cesar-lf1jw]

Ed bolian

[@enriquuu]

In India we have many more potholes! We have reverse speedbreakers which go underground :D !

[@himeshreshamiya7830]

Enrique F ok pajeet..

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

Reverse speed bumps? Sounds 100% like a wheel removal system

[@mihirgohil7168]

@@ThomasFarquhar2 totally

[@mihirgohil7168]

@@himeshreshamiya7830 we love to test our suspension system😂

[@jumbomuffin1316]

How much income tax do you pay? Probably none so stop complaining

[@matthews95_]

So instead of shifting their budgeting around, they’ll just raise taxes on the citizens? Lol ok

[@rogerrock12games]

And lower taxes for the insanely rich

[@stiangjrvad9593]

@@rogerrock12games and that was the way under the french king

[@kirubashankar7249]

They should stop their funding on US Military and shift the budget towards recreating roads.

[@bandit8578]

@@kirubashankar7249 wow, man stupid idea but A for effort.

[@kirubashankar7249]

@@bandit8578 tell me why it's a stupid idea

[@jumbowana]

You aren't going to convince me that extra taxes will go to upkeeping the roads. I live in Illinois and the "extra" tax we pay means that our roads are way worse than the next state over even though they don't have an extra tax.

[@cameronjohnson8296]

For real, I live in Kentucky and the second you cross the bridge to Illinois the roads turn to absolute shit

[@Ryukachoo]

6:50 Holy shit that's an AMAZING idea. Few forces are more powerful than super protective parents yelling THINK OF THE CHILDREN

[@lb9gta307]

Ryukachoo Helen Lovejoys unite! Only problen is they'd ask for speed humps every 20'.

[@DaddyLongLegs44]

Was riding my motorcycle when I passed a pair of potholes that could've easily buckled me off my horse. I could've rode on by but thought about the next rider. He/she might not miss it and end up seriously injured. So I pulled over and called the city and told them about it. Next day it was filled. Good on ya Mesa, AZ for the quick response. Bad on ya for that sneaky speed cam on Pecos...

[@knivessuch2144]

I’ve Seen this before but the fact that I hit a damn crater this morning rounding a corner this made me want to watch again. My poor baby

[@UnStr4tegic]

Ramchargers!

[@__sno__3820]

Who needs speed bumps when you have potholes

[@brokkrep]

Win-Win!

[@blitzn00dle50]

Recently my grandpa hit a pothole in his jeep on Humboldt Street in St. Louis that was shaped in the perfect way to basically be an inverted speed bump

[@azharbobat2818]

Not from the US but this video was really informative especially the info about road wear and quality. Great stuff

[@connork.2131]

When I go to get Culver’s in Wisconsin, I get a massage that costs me a tire and my wallet

[@weldonyoung1013]

Wait til they ask you to pave the road in gold. Think suspention & frame damage.

[@Koltrain]

im there with ya

[@psgmrguy18]

Your commentary, while having good points, is only 1 dimension of the problem. Simply tossing money at a problem doesn't always fix it. The asphalt industry loves the cash cow of city/state contracts. Guaranteed a lab analysis of the asphalt on average would have issues with purity. Chemical fillers are added to cushion profits. Concrete roads are "too expensive" it is said and so asphalt is the preferred material, but the politicians are short-sighted and don't realize they're being conned at the taxpayer's expense. Concrete companies vastly outnumber asphalt companies, which makes a bidding process much more competitive and potentially cheaper, but the sad truth is many politicians are grossly incompetent and have no negotiation strategy. The average city council is full of people with a nice smile, but lack the ability to get the job done. Don't believe me? Go to meetings/events with elected persons and pay attention to what they say beyond the normal cute small talk. Additionally, politicians can conveniently defer to talking about infrastructure issues like potholes as a diversion tactic at opportune moments. It happens all the time. Many of the problems we face in society aren't always because of a lack of technological progress, or because of financial burdens.

[@stuff6181]

@@MrFlynryan that's cause you live in Canada.

[@CoryMck]

Capitalism

[@arjun6358]

Asphalt has good grip

[@kielgraves8104]

We had that problem in my city for years, still do. The roads here are/were AWFUL, and they were all asphalt. Finally they're redoing a ton of streets, and they're even putting in concrete streets that will actually last instead of just falling apart again after a year.

[@qdllc]

Having a driveway paved, the company doing the job would only use certain suppliers because most put out poor quality.

[@honeybee0014]

Uncle Jerry: "Nurse Nolan! You forgot to wipe off the bottom left corner of the lens for the wide shot camera! And I'm ready for my sponge-bath!"

[@KaizenCodes]

Watching this from Namibia. Filling potholes with tears.

[@quillmaurer6563]

This is part of why I've rejected the idea of lowering my car... In many cases, just patching potholes and fixing other issues as they arise isn't a viable long-term solution, the whole road needs to be re-done. Potholes are just a shallow-surface problem (literally), the problem extends much deeper - many bridges are falling down, in desperate need of replacement. Some are being repaired, but that's a loosing battle. Much of our highway infrastructure was built in the '50s-'60s, and was designed for a 50-year lifespan - it's done well, but it's time is up. Something I've seen a fair amount of in Colorado (particularly the Denver area) is small quiet neighborhood roads being redone before main city streets, which seems absurd. But there's another thing we must keep in mind with this other than cost - road repair, and even moreso much-needed complete rebuilds, require that roads be partially or fully closed or diverted for some time. This further increases the cost of traffic management around the construction, hinders traffic, causes traffic jams, and all other manner of bad things, I imagine that's part of the reluctance to do these long-overdue repairs, especially to spend the time (not to mention money) do them properly. Something I'd like to see more efforts on is doing construction quickly, developing methods to make it all run faster - do in a couple days what often seems to take weeks or months, do in a month what can take years, which would be helped by being able to close the entire road for that brief time rather than a large portion of the effort being working around a partially-open road. New methods in planning, having all equipment and materials staged beside the project prior to attacking. Using new equipment that can do the whole task quicker and with fewer steps - I envision a train-like repaving machine that rips up old asphalt, recycles it onboard, does whatever necessary surface treatments, repaves, rolls, paints, all in a single pass, without having to ship material in or out and no boots on the ground (much safer). To have everything in place, each machine movement and step planned out like a choreography. For workers to have been briefed in detail on the plan and exactly what they would be doing when. Attack and give it all they got, maybe the mentality of a football team or military force (compare with current construction workers standing around), try to build a team and camaraderie mentality among them. And get shit done!

[@zeroelus]

Quill Maurer Poor road conditions & potholes (though I don’t live in the US) is a major reason why I stopped dailying a hot hatchback for a, tall riding CUV. Yes, the enthusiast in me laments the choice, but low profile tires and stiff suspension components fair horribly with poor roads, it can become too expensive/tedious to maintain them.

[@kdash3215]

zeroelus I can remember the day my motor blew on one of my cars. That car had low profile tires and my substitute ride had some decently chunky 60 profile tires. The difference in ride quality over bumps was night and day. That was on a 2 year old car vs a 12 year old car respectively.

[@microbuilder]

We dont need an increase in taxes, we need a decrease in crap spending. And for as cheap as dirt roads might be to repair, they go to hell much faster...if you think potholes are bad, try driving down several miles of washboard!

[@BloodEagle.]

microbuilder That's like most of the roads here in Wyo

[@dogle9258]

I agree less spending on crap, but it's actually one of the few taxes that all goes to it's intention. It just needs to be like 5 times more

[@microbuilder]

Trevor Risen same here in Minnesota, many dirt roads are so bad you cant go more than 15-20mph without destroying your suspension (or your back) or losing control.

[@microbuilder]

Krimson Wolf true enough, but if we were to cut spending we could funnel more money into road repair, with something more durable than asphalt. They fixed a few potholes down the road from me last summer, and the heat alone caused the patch to lift and make an even bigger hole.

[@dogle9258]

microbuilder hate to hear that man. Hope your front end holds up

[@gunmachineproductions9851]

The roads of Illinois are shit. I can personally say, I live here

[@apexone5502]

@@craigjensen6853 I remember when I visited Detroit back in '03. The worst roads I've ever experienced. I've been on gravelly dirt roads that were smoother than the roads I had experienced there.

[@LancasterResponding]

6:54 Hey someone in my area did the same thing and got the pothole fix.

[@VituMV]

Raising taxes is a bogus answer to this problem. It only allows for more corruption and more poor public money management. As a civil engineer who knows a thing or two as the host pointed out I can tell you the lobby inside the white house and senate make billions a year in the sole purpose to keep these roads in poor conditions. A dear friend of mine who graduated 30yrs prior to me and has specialized in asphalt and road building has built countless roads who require little to no maintenance. Wanna know the catch? They're all privately owned. Like I said, public money is but a thing of waste to politicians and big corporations. Also another lame excuse people give is saying that roadworks help keep people employed. Yeah, so does drug dealing but I don't see them raising their flags asking for your vote. Bottom line is if you don't complain they'll stick it up further until you can't take it anymore.

[@karremanchill95]

Can you tell us more about these magic roads that don't require maintenance?

[@normanbreau295]

​@@karremanchill95 Not a civil engineer but I'm a software developer who writes and maintains software for civil engineers for managing road networks and tracking maintenance and repairs. And the cheapest way to have good quality roads is simply preventative maintenance. When a road is freshly paved it will have a certain lifespan, while specific duration will vary based on climate and traffic load... it may last 2-3 years in a near perfect condition before you start to see faults in the road. Then eventually the road condition will reach a "critical" point, where the road is no longer structurally sound, and its rate of deterioration increases drastically. Once this critical point is passed, it may only last 6-12 months before the road becomes nearly unbearable to drive on, or at the very least very uncomfortable. Then after this phase, the rate of deterioration smooths back out. If you plot the rate of deterioration over time it will look like an "S" curve. Now obviously it is extremely expensive and time consuming to scrap up the entire road and do a fresh pave. It is far more cost efficient to do preventative repairs every year so that the road never reaches the critical point. And in the northern places like in Chicago or Canada, where they experience freeze and thaw cycles each year, that will drastically decrease the lifespan of a road. So preventative maintenance is far more important.

[@Phrancis5]

@@karremanchill95 Roman roads have lasted thousands of years - or look at Germany's high-speed autobahn. It has a crazy thick foundation layer to resist water expansion and cracking. We just don't build things to last as long here.

[@jusbertmeza4424]

Vitu dude your dumb most of roads paved now WERE some by private companies. Just because the government is funding it doesn’t mean they built it. They outsource it to private companies and give them contracts to maintain it which they often don’t. The only reason why it’s expensive now because we let it get this bad. Keeping up with maintenance on the road keeps costs down but we ignore it and in the end it costs more from ignoring it.

[@hiramesensei3112]

@@jusbertmeza4424 pay attention to what he said. He didn't say the roads weren't built by private companies. He said the best roads were "private roads" ie roads not owned or payed for by the government. They are privately owned, and so the owners want to get a good value for their dollar, because they have to spend their own money to fix it. For politicians, it's not their money that builds or fixes the roads, so they don't give a shit how much it costs. And like he said, often it's better for them if it costs more, because they get lobbied by those same companies who are going to build the roads.

[@TheBambam1230]

Legalize all drugs. Tax them like crazy. Decrease the money spent trying to stop people from doing those drugs. There is your surplus of money. FYI if people want to do drugs they are going to do it no matter how many laws you have on the book. For example i could aquire any type of drug I wanted in Middle school and I lived in an upper middle class area lol

[@TheDude4077]

Not to mention the money saved from incarceration. We have so many people locked up over petty marijuana charges. Keeping inmates ain't cheap

[@THExWASP]

also legalizing/regulating prostitution would also make a nice source of tax revenue too c:

[@jose6066]

Alligator Andy that ain’t gonna happen, because the same system that’s trying to stop drugs is the same system that fed them and still is feeding them to the people for a profit.

[@81bhoke]

CA spends 512 billion a year needs 13b according to San Jose Mercury news per yr for ten years to fix outdated highways and roads. Maybe CA should re-prioritize its budget or not. But you dont need North Dakotas money because CA wants to spend 56b a year on gov pensions or 48b on welfare and 110b on healthcare. Pony up or drive into a pothole.

[@TheBambam1230]

Dartanion- California is a bad example for anything. Don't ever used California as an example

[@OfficialMeep]

You guys from US are lucky, here In lithuania after winter there is quite some potholes, but they are not too bad, but when they want to fix it, then it becomes really bad. lets say there is a small bump on almost all streets in the city, and few potholes, they fix it like this, they choose the street, they dig out big ass potholes, to re fill, but the main thing they leave them, for about 1-2weeks and all you have in 300m street about 50 potholes in shape of square, that are man made and they are so deep, that, you can damage wheels or suspension only by going 10km/h and they are there to stay for 2 weeks, let me note you that before that there was like 2 potholes and minor bumps in that street before fixing it and after that, they choose next street and repeat, until next winter comes, those streets literally a mine field. oh and half of the time they forget to put down a sign that go slow and that there is potholes, almost everytime you find out about potholes the hard way, almost everyone I know have damaged the car to that issue including me, this is such a stupid problem that should not exist, just fix the potholes the same day you started fixing them.

[@Sciron]

The solution is buy a pizza from dominos and say a pothole was in the road and ruin your pizza.

[@befer]

Solution to what

[@grandadmiralthrawn8116]

@@befer hunger and flat tires

[@brendancharles7837]

@@befer Dominos will fill the pothole

[@alxatllggaming9983]

Nolan, do an episode on the rivalry between Ford and chevy in the US

[@LukemDakuwa]

Neither of them have been as successful as Cummins, end of story.

[@alxatllggaming9983]

Dakuwa, fair enough, I thought it might be an interesting topic and give us foreigners an insight on the legendary rivalry

[@alxatllggaming9983]

Dakuwa, but TBH, In my opinion, a turbo diesel spool will beat the sound of any aspirated v8 anyday

[@LukemDakuwa]

alxatllg gaming The rivalry hardly has any footing in deeper auto history anyway. Mostly just dudes trying to measure displacement when it was hip to blow hella gas since neither could keep up with dodge.

[@alxatllggaming9983]

Dakuwa yeah right, thanks for the insight 👍

[@orangebuddyman4204]

my father gave me a small loan of a million dollars

[@benjaminphoenix1]

That line always cracks me up😂

[@CrainRacing]

A million dollars is a small loan when it comes to real estate investment. When people hear that line they think of all the things they can buy with a million dollars, not how to invest it.

[@Antenox]

CrainRacing You missed the fact that his FATHER was the one to give him the loan. Not a bank, not a credit union, just dear old daddy. That's what highlights how stupidly out of touch Trump is, and that's what Trumpettes seem to ignore. I don't know if you're a Trump supporter or not, but when Trump supporters see Trump haters mocking Trump for saying "Daddy loaned me a million dollars," Trump supporters think that the only thing Trump haters are mocking is the dollar figure, when really it's the WHOLE statement that Trump haters find absolutely ridiculous.

[@willschultz5452]

Yes and in his case lose the money! If you can't make money starting out with a million dollar something is definitely wrong with you

[@easilyoffended9535]

CrainRacing also that million isn't ajusted for inflation, today it would be over 8 million that he really got

[@bibasik7]

Engineering Explained got his rims bent on a pothole.

[@nipsarecomingoff1902]

6:50 I have found my purpose in life.

[@ghw1985]

mine too lol

[@WigglingWaffles]

I live in Michigan. By far, the worst state for road conditions. Why do our roads suck? Because politicians propose tax increases and new taxes year after year saying "its to fix the roads" then they put the money into programs that aren't even road-related. For example, the gas tax increase of ~18 cents/gallon was supposed to generate 500 million in revenue per year for the state. But then, 350m went to "education" (which translates to salaries for administrators) and 110m went to "welfare programs" (ie "poor people" who abuse such programs to avoid working) Oh, then they choose to do road "improvements" instead of fixing existing roads. 2 mile stretch of highway that doesn't need repaving? Repave it for 13 million dollars, then ignore the literal minefield on the road just before the onramp. Then, they increase the cost of registration, and enforce the replacement of license plates older than 10 years, regardless of condition. It's alright to tax people to death "to fix the roads" as long as 80% of those tax dollars go to wasteful spending right? right?

[@trevorscott4285]

WigglingWaffles gotta love Michigan roads. I drive a lifted truck with cushy offroad suspension and big mud tires and it's still like riding on the rumple strip. It's about time for some camburg long travel suspension and air shocks

[@Turdsmear]

Surprisingly this year and last year a ton of Michigan roads are finally getting attention

[@jamesgustafson7962]

I bet Alaska has worse road quality. Not only is there little funding but we have very few roads that very highly traveled. It’s worth it to drive slow

[@peglegtimm4778]

The reason I've replaced my fork seals three times in a year is because of the road leading to my place of employment. To avoid replacing fork seals again I've taken to riding in the opposing lane of traffic just to avoid the minefield of potholes the north traveling side of the road. I will be part of the 33% of road condition fatalities.

[@robc8468]

Reminds me of the other Michigan boondoggles like tax increases to improve the water quality of the great lakes raise the taxes then the money they were already spending on the lakes goes to other things instead. Same goes for the lottery profits which were supposed to go to improve the schools the lottery money did go to the schools but the other money the state was already spending on schools got subtracted from education and went elsewhere.

[@samhaines8228]

how about local businesses getting to advertise by every pothole they sponsor the repair of?

[@ethanhowell4481]

Sam Haines we don’t have that many businesses

[@652T4V0]

Tire manufactures would love the idea

[@reggiek3186]

Dust Striker no they wouldn’t ... they’d lose money with pot holes filled

[@machetemeng]

You know what I feel like that would actually help. haha!

[@egarcia1360]

That's what Domino's is doing now! They've been filling potholes and spray painting ads on top of them.

[@nunyabusiness5275]

I'm a truck driver in Nevada, and I go from Reno to Elko and back 4 days a week (about 570 miles round trip). The highway is fantastic and pretty smooth. I had a co-worker joke that "you can tell when you cross the border from California into Nevada, because the road stops moving" (bumpy road vs smooth as glass)

[@mikealves9431]

That moment he mentions your tiny little state at 4:46 that never gets attention really makes you happy. And plus, I am pretty sure we have the worst rodes in Lil' Rhody.

[@channeljared]

This is definitely my favorite show on Donut. Please keep it up, Nolan!

[@thesuperjank6109]

I was always told Chicago WAS a pothole. (Drugs)

[@Micro13bk]

I wonder if they use the asphalt as a bong over there

[@Ihelpanytime]

Solution: Get giant tires.

[@mundee95]

In Italy there are more potholes than the world's population ;(

[@mojojoji5493]

Really sad really, has every government forgotten their people have to drive to work?

[@befer]

@@mojojoji5493 right, because potholes are the only thing that government has to fund

[@mojojoji5493]

_ Beferrr shut up ;) it would help greatly so fuck off

[@KaizenCodes]

How is the C?

[@ItsMikeArre]

This is probably the only POT I don’t love

[@alexgiangreco3754]

Mike Arredondo Pol Pot?

[@chrisvinicombe9947]

Buwwhahahaha

[@ItsRyanGamer1317]

Alex Giangreco weed is known as pot

[@-ahvilable-6654]

I see what you Dude here

[@alexgiangreco3754]

RyanGamer1317-Minecraft y otros juegos! Wow you're dumb

[@bakhteria]

Ahmmm... Not quite! U forget to consider that taxes r mostly wasted on bureaucracy rather than actual product.. I also see roads that r lightly damaged repaired rather than the ones that really need it. And finally we build roads incorrectly and then salt the S@&t out of them causing them to crack. I can go on and on. Bottom line $ is not the issue.

[@datsun100a3]

Thank Democrats

[@user-gt5zd9qn9y]

And we thought we had all the potholes in the world in our roads, thanks for the information man!

[@carbeepbeep5130]

Hi! I don’t know if you will even respond to this comment, but I am currently doing a research project on potholes and this video was incredibly helpful. I just had one question: Do you guys have a list of the resources used in the video?

[@cpufreak101]

I do know my local town started changing over to gravel roads in the neighborhood. It's not all that busy luckily, though it does kick up some dust

[@Idespahk]

Time to buy a spray paint can and draw some cucumbers!

[@alial-ali865]

Great Work

[@TIGFab97]

I come from the Netherlands . I didn't even know what potholes were. The roads are so smooth over here. If they start to go bad they build a new road.

[@stevenh9930]

Living in Belgium I can tell you we also have a sh*tload of potholes :-( Ah and our gas prices are more dan double!

[@yahia2909]

Especially in Wallonia...

[@shariefmitchell9863]

Informative. I don't even live in USA lol but okay , have to watch since it's donut

[@DareToBeDeviant]

Stay where you are. It sucks over here.

[@shariefmitchell9863]

Lol. USA is then portrayed as a great country

[@dapsfix6606]

+sharief mitchell wait till our country gets better(fingers crossed) before visiting, or moving here. Right now its a little janky.

[@shariefmitchell9863]

Daps Fix can you please elaborate?

[@dapsfix6606]

+sharief mitchell you made me realize I am. a very pessimistic person, I take my statement back.

[@imjashingyou3461]

The schlong bandit. It will be my band name if I ever learn to play an instrument. Lol

[@joelpaul3287]

Chicago : “We have 108000 potholes.” Meanwhile India : “Hold me beer”

[@TheLeewi98]

You guys in the US know nothing about high gas prices 😂

[@garythecyclingnerd6219]

TheLeewi98 While European gas is more expensive, the US relies on cheap fuel. The US is huge. Most people cannot walk or bicycle to their work, school, etc. and public transportation cannot pick up the slack. Hiking gas prices here to $4+ a gallon would instantly put the brakes on the economy.

[@TheLeewi98]

Gary The Cycling Nerd yeah that might be true.

[@619roca]

That's why most of France ride on bicycles lmao

[@RaeMachiavelli]

Climatically, most of Europe is more conducive for walking or cycling than the US. The US is often too hot or too cold for commuting like some Europeans.

[@tmr_media6927]

TheLeewi98 come to England

[@papaparsnip2285]

Finally, I have a lot of road construction going on near me

[@austinmolitor7283]

Yup, in Illinois some of the roads have stretches that have potholes the width of the whole road for miles.

[@midnighthorns]

Where I live having a low car is uncommon. Literarily we have very few sports cars and muscle cars here. There is so many potholes that in some places you drive on what's left of the road.

[@chowtownfoodreviews6679]

Get the local and federal government to stop overcharging for road construction and putting 80% in their families bank accounts

[@sycabo4450]

Aaron Mikusa ding ding ding! Right on. Most of what goes into the Federal pockets never comes back to us except as economic windfall from the Sanders' and McConnells 70th vacation home purchases.

[@ddrummerboi007]

🐸☕

[@lonelydriver1421]

This is america

[@vicentecantu8181]

As time goes by and I see these comments more often, I start to think that us Mexicans and you Americans have a lot more in common than we thought.

[@Barberdan]

Aaron is thinking outside of the box. Not something the government encourages. Getting private pothole repair workers who are competitive with each other would be too damn efficient.

[@darkfate43]

"The City of Chicago filled in 108,000 potholes last year. That's 30,000 a month. That's almost 1000 a day" 108,000/12=9000 a month 9000/30=300. Did they even consider using a calculator or do they just use their best guess.

[@eddiehardt1260]

Alexander Waters In Illinois, we create more potholes than the government can count. 😂

[@ultimategohan1551]

Did you listen to what he said? He said "this year alone"! It was may at the time so hes correct.

[@eugeniocibrian4547]

When you hit that pothole. GOD DAM IT. Dem words where thrown in there like a frisbee a couple times I believe. You guys make my day

[@pedrodossantos5890]

In Brazil we don't have roads, just the potholes

[@firebird188]

Hey dudes, keep up these video's. They are fun and I learn something every week. That's the equivalent of your mom giving you books about dinosaurs when you were 11... so... Good job.

[@kevinowilliams001]

Yea, the problem is that gas tax account to fix the roads, gets dipped into for other projects way too often. Now they contract out to for profit companies using our taxes to put in toll roads so we can pay twice.

[@MAC-0]

For a moment, I thought that Nolan was going to say to us: "Be responsible with your community and paint some d***** on those potholes!" 😂

[@BryanAgapito]

I live in Santa Monica and travel a lot. I don’t see many roads messed up. After these recent rainy days, I see people already closing roads and repairs. I guess i should be great-full for not having to experience bad roads

[@PanchoPistolas45]

Hell yeah I’m from Houston!! The roads ain’t bad lol

[@dapsfix6606]

you must not drive around much.

[@PanchoPistolas45]

Daps Fix there really not bad. You must not travel much to other states. I was up north and the road are pretty nasty

[@Shakshuka69]

Nobody wants to pay more for taxes when so much tax money is already being pocketed, wasted, and handed off to government contractors that made campaign donations. Start repairing roads with recycled plastic. It's cheap and good for the world.

[@rmason4358]

Asurems And you guys drive a lot of American cars! Tesla rules in Norway.

[@stephenlee1664]

@Asurems just because it worked in norway doesn't mean it will work for the US. The US and Norway have drastically different laws and is also immensely larger than Norway. It is hard to account for all of thise extra variables that Norway doesn't have to deal with. There is no guarantee that 200 dollars per car tax would work the same way it did for Norway and could end up just going into the pockets of those damned weasels in washington. We americans don't like to trust our politicians specifically becuase they don't give us a reason to. California spent approximately 5 billion dollars to try and fix the homeless crisis. What ended up happening was a complete joke of a solution and the problem getting even worse. Just tossing more money at something will not fix anything as many Americans know from first hand experience.

[@victimology7761]

@Asurems That tax works for Norway because those funds actually goes to fixing the roads. That wouldn't necessarily happen here, however. They'd most likely just take the money and leave the roads as-is.

[@eventusvantos2770]

@@americancitizen1885 you are dumb if you support us military budget. They already spend more than the top 10 countries combined!!! There is literally no excuse. They don't have to raise taxes but reallocate the budget away from military towards things that will actually benefit American citizens like better roads, healthcare and education

[@datsun100a3]

AD1 Thank the democrats

[@LorolinAstori]

Drove in NY/NJ for 30 years. Potholes there are worse than anywhere. Literally got 2 blown tires and cracked rims in 15 seconds on NJ turnpike. On video no less! If you have a good car and a manual you can skip a small(15inch) pothole by skipping but otherwise you are screwed. Only positive is it taught me how to fix a tire anywhere, unless on the sidewall, on any continent.

[@Jaeeden]

In the Philippines we don't need roads. Hell there's a place here called Alitagtag (Ali-tag-tag), and god, the potholes here are basically the same amount amount of roads here!

[@trapzillagaming3900]

3:15 i just watched over that movie last night lolz

[@lucasringsmuth2999]

TRAPzilla GAMING What movie?

[@trapzillagaming3900]

Lucas Ringsmuth damn.... I can't remember the name of the movie that was aired last night if you search up the name that was said you might get it it was a meme sometime

[@goguhu]

Actually funding goes down as cars have to become more fuel efficient ...

[@AJ213Probably]

And then they go electric too

[@user-po6hn9id1t]

@@AJ213Probably so introducing a road tax is inevitable.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Since we're one this topic, come here to *Baltimore.* Foot-long trenches (potholes); buckled asphalt capable of creating a flowing river; intersections shifted like the San Andreas fault. It's long overdue someone brings attention to this.

[@otofoto]

In our country they even created a newspeak so pothole filling is now called "selective single surface treatment" so it sounds more like expensive repair.

[@CrainRacing]

We don't need yet another tax, especially one on fuel that will hurt the poor the most. We need spending reform in all corners of Government.

[@yanDeriction]

Totally. let's allow our broken roads to continue wrecking havoc on cars and people, while we await the return of our lord and savior "spending reform". I hear he's due any day now, no reason not to get our hopes up.

[@Hazztech]

CrainRacing then how about an increase in the income tax...?

[@nickrustyson8124]

Hazztech Or decrease in School spendings, since the 70's tax spending for schools got higher, while test grades been the same.

[@Hazztech]

Nick Rynearson you're telling people that they need to invest LESS in their children? Yeah, no. On top of moral reasons, An educated population is the only way a developed nation can survive economically. Also, additionally, school spending in many places has gone down, sometimes tremendously, or stagnated while inflation and costs increased significantly. You need to stop trying to barter with taxes. They have to go up. Best way to do it is with a carbon tax.

[@CrainRacing]

Why keep increasing taxes when it just ends up getting miss used in general funds?

[@danishroshaidie3215]

3:39 "but GAS what..." I see what you did there.... sneaky...

[@scooter979represent]

I am in college station Texas which is a hour or two away from Houston and we don’t have that many bad roads at all around the bcs area which is strange to say after watching this video.

[@cruisinginclassics6222]

I live in Chicago and I swerve around them it’s pretty fun 😂

[@HellFire178]

"we have the responsibility to look out for each other" - Nolen

[@4VIPONLY]

I'm from belgium and there are potholes everywhere.. Netherlands on the other hand have waaay better roads. Even when u cross borders and drive in to Netherlands the road noise lessens

[@gijs238]

Was thinking the same thing

[@boudewijnb]

Thats cause our roads aint made of concrete

[@Pornetini]

Thanks for the compliment. Though we pay a lot of road tax, motor vehicle tax and excise tax on fuel because of this. One of many reasons people ride bicycles a lot and we come to Belgium to refuel.

[@assasins5023]

Im from the Netherlands

[@ZemzyOseris]

I travel between Wisconsin and Illinois frequently. Oh my god the roads are just terrible within 20 miles of the border of both states. The road I live on had 44 (yes I counted) potholes within 1 block.

[@goldblade84]

You can say that this video is so great, that it's a pot-hole in one!

[@hugonubario]

good luck if you are thinking about visiting the province of quebec! by car you will know when you're in the province

[@vithursan.b]

hugonubario im a victim of many flat tires man on the lovely roads of quebec😪 potholes traumatize me alot

[@hugonubario]

same for me! at one point I thought the suspension strut would travel trought the hood of my car I change my path to avoid most of them and at some point I refuse to use my car to save it from serious damage

[@lb9gta307]

I've gone to Montreal and Ste.Eustache 4 years in a row. I'd say our roads in Ontario are just as bad. Both provences pay a lot in gas tax so where does that money go?

[@hugonubario]

I'm asking the same question!

[@younglingslayer6683]

Ramchargers 🙌

[@tostadatheviking7828]

In PA it takes so long for them to fix potholes that you eventually memorize their locations. There's a part of 819 that's so rife with potholes that I've been calling it "Death Alley" for years.

[@MephistoDerPudel]

One thing that's may be important to add: the sprawling suburbs of the US gave you an incredible amount of road per inhabitant. Following that, the US has to spend far more on roads on a per head base, then most other regions of the world. In relation to germany you have to maintain 2 and a half times the road per head. And that doesn't account for the width, since american roads are normaly much wider then european roads. A higher density and smaller roads could allow you to save a big amount in road maintenance.

[@Thekaratekid101]

Huge crater in the road during a rain storm bent two of my wheels. Wanted to to sue the county sooo bad

[@observingrogue7652]

Did you? You absolutely should. They should pay for your lawyer fees & vehicle. The government steals money from us, through taxes, and they can't even efficiently & trustingly use it, for what's really important, like maintaining our roads. Fuck. What if you or someone died, because a pothole, sent you out of control into an oncoming bus or semi? In my state, electric bicycles are illegal, apparently, because someone on a moped, crashed & died, because of a pothole. And instead of using that accident, as more reason to fix our fucking roads. Our stupid asshole of a government just bans all powered vehicles, that can't be registered. And that gives them another excuse, to extort money out of good people, through their thugs, the police.

[@observingrogue7652]

Kuro Kohi If that's true. Then that's more reason the government should be phased out of existence. Like anyone else, they should be fired, for doing their job so poorly.

[@Ihelpanytime]

5:14 What about motorcyclists and cyclists? They can't use gravel as their road, less traction is dangerous 😂😂

[@ethanbeier3443]

i biked on gravel for years lol. fuck the cyclist

[@justinkuhr4808]

Here in The Netherlands the roads get replaced with new asphalt when there is one little crack in it or even a slight discoloring

[@AxelHernandez-vq3cd]

Here in Phoenix Az we don’t have potholes, we have meteor craters. It’s so ridiculous 🤦🏻‍♂️