• immutable@lemm.ee
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    26 days ago

    I dunno, reading the FAQ this seems like some of the least bad public private partnerships

    https://potholepatrol.co.za/faq/

    It’s an insurance company that doesn’t want to pay out for people damaging their cars on potholes. Seems like a rare win for everyone. Insurance company pays out less, people don’t slam into potholes damaging their cars, and I guess the insurance company gets some advertising.

    There are so many dystopia things going on, but I think this one is fine.

  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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    26 days ago

    The reason your roads have so many potholes is because where you live likely has too much road infrastructure to support relative to the amount of taxes collected to maintain said infrastructure.

    In other words, it’s insolvent.

    • Melonpoly@lemmy.worldOP
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      26 days ago

      It’s corruption not lack of money that’s the cause of the piss poor infrastructure in Johannesburg. Out of the three cities I’ve been to in SA it’s the only one that straight up doesn’t maintain anything.

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    26 days ago

    In my country, a couple of years some neighbors got together and fixed a pothole on their street. They ended up getting fined by the local authorities for damaging public property…

    • The Pantser@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      Lol reminds me of the pot hole Arnold Schwarzenegger fixed on his street and it turned out the “pot hole” was actually a service trench. Lol good news all pot holes are now service trenches. I’ve got so many service trenches on my street!

    • RandomStickman@fedia.io
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      26 days ago

      Reminds me of the pictures where someone resorted to spray painting dicks around potholes to get it fixed