Potentially tyre-ripping potholes in a road in East Sussex, UK. Like many other parts of the world potholes are a major political issue in the UK. On many (not all) roads they are the responsibiity of local authorities, which say they simply don't have the funds to fix them. They are often fixed with patches, using different tarmac to that on the rest of the road; it expands and contracts at a different rate in the UK's cold, wet winters and increasingly hot summers, which leads to faster cracking and frost damage. EVs (heavier, because of the batteries) are allegedly making the situation worse. Safety | Danger | Symbol | City | Road