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Potholes are probably as commonplace as car guards in SA. Cash-strapped local authorities are hard pressed to fix them but assure us they are doing their best to remove them – they'll even arrest you if you try and fix them yourself.
Lucklily a group of European engineering students have come up with a great way to minimize the risk of potholes, by painting them bright yellow.
Students Domenico Diego and Cristina Corradini have persuaded Italian road safety experts to adopt their plan.
The pair, who study at the Polytechnic University of Milan, now hope to persuade other traffic authorities around the world to take up their 'Street Safe' initiative.
"If you can't afford to repair them, at least let people see them so they have a fighting chance of avoiding them," said Domenico. "It could save countless accidents and save motorists a fortune on damage to their cars."
Seems a bit of a waste that it took a group of engineering students to come up with this idea but it's still a lot more than what's currently being done. At least now you'll be able see those chasms to the underworld passing off as potholes and take measures to avoid them.
Lucklily a group of European engineering students have come up with a great way to minimize the risk of potholes, by painting them bright yellow.
Students Domenico Diego and Cristina Corradini have persuaded Italian road safety experts to adopt their plan.
The pair, who study at the Polytechnic University of Milan, now hope to persuade other traffic authorities around the world to take up their 'Street Safe' initiative.
"If you can't afford to repair them, at least let people see them so they have a fighting chance of avoiding them," said Domenico. "It could save countless accidents and save motorists a fortune on damage to their cars."
Seems a bit of a waste that it took a group of engineering students to come up with this idea but it's still a lot more than what's currently being done. At least now you'll be able see those chasms to the underworld passing off as potholes and take measures to avoid them.
