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401jamin t1_iqt7p8n wrote

Damn We’d get laughed at reporting that little bit of damage.

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eightbitbrain t1_iqvdy8b wrote

You're confusing us with a collectivist society that has high standards and intense pride in the quality of the work they do. Keep dreaming.

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Quick_Fennel_3244 t1_iqt8w03 wrote

We don't have software strong enough to absorb that type of damage in RI.

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JimmyHavok t1_iqt7oef wrote

My hometown has an app you can use to report potholes. It isn't an instant response like this, but it does get action.

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william1Bastard t1_iqtccab wrote

I have a pothole currently, that I actually think will be repaired. It was caused by gas line work. I've been vocal

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lagoongassoon t1_iqtzcxw wrote

I would never sign up to repair roads in rhody the way y'all drive

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PedroMeatball t1_iqu5b7c wrote

No one wants to pay for the potholes we have to get fixed in the distant future (because the socialism!). No way we'd pay someone to find more and rush to fix them.

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JasonDJ t1_iqw1wfm wrote

Well if you pay someone to fix potholes, they will make the potholes for free.

That’s why public roads should be fully owned and maintained by the state. Unfortunately they only do the former.

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iandavid t1_iqu4fyp wrote

Well-maintained infrastructure costs money. Unfortunately we just lost a good chunk of our road maintenance budget in the truck tolling lawsuit. And folks in here were more worried about their own cars getting tolled—which isn’t likely to happen—than they were about the fact that RhodeWorks program now has an uncertain future. Shows where our priorities lie.

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dishwashersafe t1_iqvhjr1 wrote

WTF? I didn't know about that lawsuit! Truck tolling was the smartest thing this state has done, and the opposition to it boggles my mind.

I haven't studies the lawsuit yet, but I can't wrap my head around how it could be unconstitutional.

EDIT: Ok it seems like it's discriminatory because local heavy vehicles are exempt, but not out of state ones. I still don't get it. The Newport bridge toll rate depends on residency. And even if that is deemed discriminatory, the obvious answer would be to start charging local trucks, not do away with the whole program, no?

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ginjaninja4567 t1_iqu9kp0 wrote

we have whatever the opposite of this is 😂

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mydrivec t1_iqudo3c wrote

That camera would be clicking CONSTANTLY!

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elgatogrande87 t1_iqtr314 wrote

If we got this we would lose our official state title: Rhode Island, The Paper Mache Road State

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BOKEH_BALLS t1_iqvgg5g wrote

If we fixed roads this fast, road crews would be out of the job.

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Accurate-Historian-7 t1_iqw9tm2 wrote

They would never make it out of providence let alone the entire state.

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dishwashersafe t1_iqvgwi4 wrote

Gas in Tokyo is also an $1/gal more expensive than here and income tax is an extra ~10%. You get what you pay for.

Tell RIers you're going to raise the tax rate and gas prices, and people will lose their shit.

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rhodysailor t1_iqwetsf wrote

The Japanese have always been ahead of us in so many ways

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d_ruggs t1_iqwbqab wrote

Indeed! Too bad RI officials care more about adding bike lanes to the roads the repairing them.

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