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Re:Automating Road Maintenance with Lidar Technology by bryanrasmussen on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @08:45AM (#31409706)
>So when you drive over that pot hole, as a responsible citizen you call the local highways department and report it,

ok, so I guess I have never, ever, ridden with a responsible citizen.

I have ridden with people who, on the way to important meetings, see cars that look abandoned out in a field and they get out and investigate to make sure they really are abandoned, but not responsible enough to call up 'somebody' and report the locations of potholes as encountered?

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Re:Automating Road Maintenance with Lidar Technology by Stevvo on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:25AM (#31422476)
In Europe it's normal; if you encounter a road safety issue you report it and a crew gets sent out to fix it. I think in the US people stopped giving a shit, because you know it probably won't get fixed so any time soon so why bother?
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Re:Automating Road Maintenance with Lidar Technology by hulitu on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @02:34PM (#31426125)
Never heard about such things. There are public servants which inspect the state of the road.
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