5' x 2' pothole 4" deep on A31 Eastbound 400 yards east of the main roundabout with the A325, west of Farnham.

by imjones77

17 Jan 2010

Sunday 17th January 1130am:
As I was approaching the busy round about and reducing speed from 60mph to aprox. 45mph when a very large 5' x 2' and 4" deep pothole. Immediately I had a severe wheel wobble and pulled over into a lay by to discover my front nearside alloy severely buckled and rear alloy also buckled. Within the 20mins it took to change my front wheel 3 other drivers had also pulled over.

The pothole is in the tracks of vehicles and unavoidable if there is an overtaking vehicle in the outside lane as in my case. The other hazard compounding the problem was a flood of snow melt in the outside lane 100m down from the pothole.

I called the highway agency's emergency line to notify them of the hazardous conditions but low and behold no safety or caution signs have been placed in the the vicinity since.

DRIVERS: PLEASE TAKE CARE ON THE A31 from ALTON to FARHAM

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