Why U.S. Roads And Highways Are So Bad
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- čas přidán 26. 01. 2020
- The roads, highways and bridges across the country are funded, owned and maintained by a complex cluster of different government agencies at the local, state and federal levels. Roads and highways are vital to economic growth and play a key role in American culture. But more than 30% of Americans say the roads in their area are in need of urgent repair.
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Why U.S. Roads And Highways Are So Bad
US: “why US roads are bad?”
UK: “why UK roads are worst?”
India: “ wait..you guys have roads?!”
We have road we don't use it as it should be used 😛
Indians don't use they abuse.
You live in jungle?
Lijesh Josy india is #3 for roads?????
😂🤣
In some countries you drive on the left. In my state we drive on whatever is left
Yes thats how it is here in edmonton ab , pot holes so deep and bad tires get destroyed 3 per year , the roads paved well last 2 to 3 years , but most roads here fall apart within 3 months of resurfacing
lol yupp
At least u have roads
😂😂😂
Lol
Short Answer: We spend all of our tax money on Wall Street bailouts and endless war.
You mean for freedom and democracy?
@@reinerw.1158 Yeah, whatever they like to tell us...
@@reinerw.1158 you mean cheap oil. Over the last 200 years, the US has been at peace for 19.
@@reinerw.1158 democracy means ‘first past the post’ majority wins. You have the electoral college. FAIL! As for freedom, the U.S has the most prisoners in the world. They have 5% of the population but 25% of the worlds incarcerated. DOUBLE FAIL! I agree whole heartedly with Ryan. You can keep shouting meaningless slogans if it makes you feel better! I’m sticking to reality 😬
@@themarbleking you probably haven’t gotten to joke, do you?
US: drives slow cause roads don’t get repaired
Germany: drives slow cause road does get repaired 24/7
By Germany nobody don't wants to be included into a car crash system and get photographed and yes Roads are in construction because for too long and but many bridges and streets survived the WWII....so what did you expect?
@@fabianmichaelgockner5988 calm down its a joke bud
And then there is the Autobahn, how tf to they even do that?!?!?!
@@romantechplus Experienced road masters check the autobahn surface by driving along in their (slow) vans if it is still good enough for high speeds. If not they will put up a speed limit for this section.
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If driving along sticking to the speed limit you often won't notice anything at all. In the above example, lowerings on the hard shoulder had been the reason for the speed limit.
Stuttgart is literally neverending construction city , altough beautiful
America has Bad Roads
India " Ya ya sure"...
Look, we are SUPERPOWER now!!!
Most of India's major roads got re-paved by Germany, so...
@@de_stroyed when?
@@de_stroyed what do you mean? Repaved by Germany ?
@VN P avan enthaa paranje?
Next:
*Why U.S. roads and highways are struggling in Europe*
_The Rise and Fall of U.S roads_
Haha
😂
@@seragbadr4308 clearly not, nothing will survive Amazon
Andromediens Amazon will open quarries and buy cement manufacturers, and buy cement mixers. Same day delivery right into your driveway, or a pothole!
CNBC: "So you have finally seen through our pattern?"
We're so smart. We're underspending on infrastructure by $10 billion, and it's only costing us $130 billion in wear and tear on our cars.
Come to think of it, having bad roads actually creates domestic jobs in car service lol
@@Keggplant creating pointless jobs to keep people busy isn't good, though. If the economy becomes too efficient, then there are other ways to keep everyone busy. (Reduce the average work week to 35 hours, spread the work around, pay people a guaranteed income, and pay for the guaranteed income by taxing corporate profits. Let people enjoy the extra 5 hours.)
10000000 IQ play
Here in the Netherlands we fix roads before they really require repairs. It's much cheaper on both car and the road maintenance. And you can plan for it better too.
Netherlands is also a tax haven, where corporation redirect their taxes. Enjoy our money.
@@noldo3837 Thanks, we will.
@@noldo3837 The corporations don't "redirect their taxes" to the Netherlands. They don't pay any significant sum of taxes, anywhere. That's kinda the whole point of "tax havens". The Netherlands pays for it's road maintenance by taxing all types of fuel, cars, and so forth. Aka: the user pays.
@@noldo3837 I don't think you understand what a tax haven is. A tax haven is a place where corporations are legally able to evade taxes. If the corporation still had to pay taxes they wouldn't relocate and the country wouldn't be a tax haven. They don't ''redirect'' the taxes, they relocate certain financial departments of the company in order to avoid taxes all together. That's why it's a bad thing, the government of the country in question doesn't receive any money.
That’s also because a whole lot less people need to drive everywhere, making it less often they need to be repaired
How come inflation is only relevant when the government is involved and not when it comes to my paycheck?
Kyle R I know right lol. But yet they keep asking for more Money even as population increases
Capitalism. Nuff said.
Economists only worry about inflation when wages go up. Not so much when education, healthcare, housing, and transportation costs go up.
We should index the minimum wage as we do our taxes and social security
HereIgoAgain not exactly true
because our money goes to pockets instead of the roads.
I've done RFPs for replacements in communities. If you saw the price tag you wouldn't be surprised nothing gets done.
There it is. And with an out of control rental market, people are not able to pay all the taxes, thus every level of government has a revenue shortage in funding for roads. For me if my rent was less I would be able to pay a little more if not all the taxes but rents are going up causing my disposable income to go down, if this trend continues, the average consumer fill not able to pay any tax at all.
Just be grateful for what you have, you didn't know my country (indonesia) has the worstest roads ever (holes and puddles everywhere)
@@kommetkhan2979 government mishandles money and spends crazy amounts on regular things. Many times road funds will end up getting sent to other programs .
Not really, communities in the US
Average American: “Our roads are terrible!”
Michiganders: “Wait, you guys are driving on roads?”
Haha I live in PA and our roads are pretty bad but not as bad as you guys. We at least patch our potholes 😂
Gov. Whitmer: Who told you you could drive? Get off off my roads. Get back in the house!
I was thinking the same thing dude. US roads are bad? Michigan is one of the worst
Even my full sized truck isn’t doing good on Michigan roads but hell we just got a gas tax with nothing to show for it
Dump eet
Usa: Our Roads Are Bad...
Mexico: Roads Was Never An Option
I see roads all the time wdym?
@@october5150 not where I go
Roads in Mexico are not the best, but you can go around pretty well.
- reads the title on this video -
Me as Mexican: "Hold my cerveza..."
You have to zig zag with all the potholes in Mexico
You know it's bad when Domino's volunteers to repair bad roads.
They don't want shake pizza
@Surgien Heorte - Haha! 😂
Dominos has an interest in the shape of our roads as it saves them money in suspension repairs for their delivery vehicles
You know its bad when a kid walk around streets and filled potholes with sand
@thaichubby101 - Love it!
Heres a tip. Stop spending road taxes and toll road money on non-road related expenses. Problem solved.
😉👌
Don't vote democratic then!
@@JohnDoe-nz6bk most of the poorest states are republican
Ran Wolf 🤣🤣🤦♂️ that have democratic run cities and counties!
@brad Martin you are correct sir, the demo crats like to spend money on stupid things like bike lanes (who don't pay the taxes) then the actual roads, which is where our taxes and registration go to. Republicans tend to be smarter about spending money on things MORE beneficial!
US: * complaining about road*
Indians: no road not a problem drive through crop fields.
@Suman Devi ok then you tell the govt to make at least a paved road in our area, there is no paved road to go in and out of our house, only dirt😐
@Suman Devi well I live in a town in Assam, the government here is just sooo ehhh... I can't even describe, once a group of people from our locality went on for demanding road, after years they made one but only half the length to our home and so we always have walk on mud and water during monsoon(you know the flooding situation in Assam)
You might be living in some forest. As far as i have seen india got good roads everywhere
@@godisgreat2889 that was a joke man. actually where I live in the state of odisha road are great even village road.... bro we have f1 track in india obviously our roads are good there will be some small road which may have pothole but otherwise roads are fine
@@priyansubhagabati8157 i can say that odhisha Govt did there job as they came in power
America: *We have bad roads*
India & Russia: *hold by beer/vodka*
Indians do not have any special affinity for beer.
Americans think that their roads are bad... Welcome to Russia, mates!
Hah! India! We beat u guys to that! ;_;
Or Moldova and Ukraine lmao . Hundreds of potholes that will never be fixed because the government is using the money to make themselves rich
Moscow has good roads common
Do you guys at least have a good highway system in Russia.
South africa
I love the American roads
-Mechanics
Come to Russia - you will love our roads much much more :D (Well, actually, some areas have really good roads. But some don't.)
No thanks, I don't want to be executed by your current dictator.
@@scarlettuwu9582
Why do you feel the need to be such a party pooper?
Stonks
🤣🤣🤣
"Why U.S roads and highways are bad"
Me: laughs in Indian roads
Why are there so many indians here??
@@canaldofred2366 I guess india has a large number of internet users lol. If china had uncensored access you could see more chinese. Do you have a problem with indians? They are also human beings lol.
@@canaldofred2366 it is because we are getting Visa from other country. If you guys are really talented why they will issue visa to us.
@@canaldofred2366 india have cheapest internet. And 1.3 billion population 😁😁
They are quite good here in Gujrat
Here in NZ, I live on a main thoroughfare. The street's asphalt surface just got replaced, and when I asked why, because it didn't look like it needed doing, the answer was, "It's on the schedule".
Same here in Arizona.
CNBC: Why U.S. Roads And Highways Are So Bad
Beer: Why does everyone want to hold me all the time?
Because you are COLD and comforting!
The entire time I'm driving, I'm thinking " why the hell am I paying taxes "
This is how it is while driving in Louisiana
@n s No, you are just spreading ignorance. Bernie wants to raise the taxes on the rich as in if your Jeff Bezo then watch out but most Americans aren't making millions. If anything Trump has increased taxes to the middle class.
I ask myself this question on a daily basis with every dollar I'm taxed on that goes into these government scams.
@@dignifiedamerican8171 why not cut taxes on the poor instead
B U you pay taxes so politicians can have a higher pay check! :) that’s all.
The UAE has (officially) the absolute best roads in the world.
money helps on that one.
@Marcus Charley A close second, yes, followed by Hong Kong.
Well UAE is a fairly young state and the network is also not that big compared to the USA
@@ShastaLevi exactly the UAE is small
Uae is a desert. Snow cripples roads.
Me: *reading the title*
Also me: *laughing in italian*
As a French I also laughed
like some part of our systems in the EU are 500-1000 years old and still in fully working conditions
“The US roads bad? Come my country. They bad. You know nothing in US.” -Every comment on this video
That's so true!!
Don't let the video fool you. The roads are even worse than shown on here.
Ernie Llerena that being said, we do have some beautiful roads.
Come to Germany. Our worst roads might still be better than the good ones in the US
Cause it’s true
US: Our roads are bad.
Uganda: Hold my malwa.
😂yess
Ive heard russia is far worst
Depends where you are tho
@@thepsychocat7911 how about most central african country road ?
Kenya sips tea
Coming from Europe here: I remembered 5 years ago, I went to New York / New Jersey and Mexico City in the same month. I was shocked that the roads in Mexico City were in much better condition than New York / New Jersey.
Hmm
I have been to both cities and I strongly disagree.
i have been to mexico city and new jersey and i promise you us is betet
"YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" - a certain transportation advisor, Sim City 2000
As a French guy living in the US, for 6 years now, I’ve always been baffled at how bad the infrastructures for transportation are. Roads are terrible with potholes everywhere. Bridges are all rusted, trains haven’t changed for 70 years. I know France is known for it’s road quality, but still, the comparison is harsh for the US. While in France the pavement is smooth, we also try new technologies to lower the road noise with the tires, or to have roads that filter the water so when it rains a lot your car will still have good grip. Some European countries, including a small part in France, are testing roads that produce energy.
I recommend the yt channel 'not just bikes', they make great videos about American and European (especially dutch) infrastructure and transportation! Really interesting to see the differences
As a Dutch guy I can confirm that French roads are excellent in general, I like to visit the northern part of France because it's close by and the roads are good. Sadly that can't be said about the Belgian ones in between
It's time for the U.S. to seriously invest in railroads for passenger trains, both long distance and high speed rail as well as short distance regular trains. This would tremendously decrease the reliance on a road system, lead to less usage of the roads and naturally to a more environmentally friendly means of transport.
And more maitainable.
We need to really be careful about world overpopulation also my friend
Trains seem so cool but it's really for overcrowded third world countries like China. US is a nation of free ppl who love the freedom of personal cars. Go visit cities like Seattle that have monorail and see who the riders are: same folks riding the Metro in your city: poor and young minorities who can't wait to get their own cars!
@@hibbajude6971Japan has had great success with their rail system. It's often faster to take the rail than drive. The bullet train can travel at 175mph without having to worry about crashing into other cars or worry about traffic.
@@hibbajude6971 Uh what? Look at Western Europe, look at Japan. Good public transit is often the case for well-developed countries. Personal cars are not a "freedom" when you are forced to use one to even just get some milk.
Here in New York City the roads are awful. It really makes you wonder where all the money we pay in taxes go.
Wait, you gotta be kidding right? If that's real that would be a shame... NYC is the biggest developing city in the world, atleast they should spend maximum 1 month to fix any potholes
@@kupangrebus3177 dude the roads here are terrible. Potholes everywhere, never ending construction. Had to get a new rim for my BMW Z4 because it cracked after I hit a pothole. It sucks.
The roads are bad and slow and expensive because of unnecessary bureaucratic regulations. Take the Kew Gardens Interchange
in NYC for example, it is where 678, Grand Central PKWY, and Jackie Robinson PKWY. The construction site there has been going on for years with minimal to no change. It isn’t because the government have no money but because the workers can work as long and as slow as possible and still be paid. Not to mention all the environmental groups’ complaints.
Straight into the pockets of crooks runnin the show, road condition in nyc is worse than in afghanistan
In Michigan they patch the potholes with a shovel full of asphalt, when they’re full of water 💀
US: "Why US roads are bad?"
Indonesia: "Amateur"
Indonesia the Muslim version of the USA.?? Lol not surprised
Street Karens every where
Can we the US not be compared to a newly industrialized country
@@a-10wartaboo77 no
@@a-10wartaboo77 the USA is basically Indonesia with guns and aircraft carrier
"People like to travel" actually we don't, we want a good public transit infrastructure so we don't have to deal with traffic and pollute by driving a 5 seater car with just one driver.
A good public transportation is the enemy of freedom
But 70% of Americans are obese.
I'm sure that's true for some of you city folk, but most people would rather go from A to B on their own schedule. Traffic just isn't that big of an issue most places in the US.
@n s I disagree, people never look back at history. These types of things happen all the time. The boomer generation has its own mentality and ideology, pre-technology. Before boomers, there were the Silent, Greatest and Interbellum Generations. The interbellum generation's idealism and life quality were completely insane and prehistoric to even Boomers now, society evolves and so does the quality of life, it's part of a learning curve so to speak. Millennials will take over in about 20-30 years, things will change...
@@NicholasLittlejohn 38-40% to be correct
America: let’s drop public transit for “fReEdOm oF aUtOmObiLe”
Also America: Has one of the worst car infrastructures in the west
@ fellow Americans: totally sympathize with you. Mumbai right now is a mess in terms of road quality. everyone is looking at the multiple metro rail projects going on in the city but no one is bothered about the sad state of roads underneath.
Where India's dream come true,
America's struggle starts.
India is 3rd largest economy
Has more internet user than America
4th most powerful military
Produces more engineers and doctors china and USA combined.
30℅ scientists at NASA are indians
Fibre optic cables were invented by us
Uk most wealthy man is Indian
Has far less debt compared to USA
Biggest Democracy and fair one not like your Trump's lie hole.
Chew on this
@Brain Strain get ur best engineers and compare with our iitians then talk my friend. Moreover road has to be maintained not just made and engineers do their role very well it is government that do not maintain these roads
@Brain Strain are you on weed. Check statistics my buddy India produces more not china
@Brain Strain First of all 170s-180s is not a great number but in fact is a good number. So you can't say iits are poorly performing. Second you are talking about about only civil and mechanical data, include cse, eee, ece, then you will know that these most big tech companies have hired indians as CEO. And in fact they take part in most of worlds big projects. You can get world class quality of cse and ece engineers in india and in fact better than 🇨🇳.
@Brain Strain Man I am not saying India is far better than China. I know India is behind China in many aspects and things you said are kind of true but what I am saying India is far more advanced than the West think it really is. Yes I know we are developing Nation and are behind China etc. But we are not that much far behind while these illiterate americans always think that we still do not have internet connection etc. So when we indians develop and achieve something they always start criticizing us and start finding fault in our country like America is the perfect country ever created.
Compared to Germany, the US is in this regard often like the Soviet Union. No money, bad infrastructure, lots of complaints.
That Guy as someone that’s lived there for 8 years serving in the US army, my god their roads are so flat. One pothole and they redo a whole section of the highway and take pride in keeping it all clean. It’s paradise driving there.
Depends on the state, remember that every state is almost like a sovereign country in this respect. For example, my state of Maryland has absolutely horrific roads (especially in our main city: Baltimore), but North Carolina generally has very good roads everywhere.
Yeah here in Missouri, I've seen that it has better roads than the surrounding states, although Kansas isn't too far behind. Arkansas roads aren't too good, although recently in Northwest Arkansas, they are revamping many roads there, including Interstate 49, which they're also building a bypass around Bella Vista since I-49 in Arkansas isn't connected to I-49 in Missouri. In Illinois, Interstate 55 to Chicago isn't bad, but it isn't good either. And in Oklahoma, besides in the cities, the only decent roads are the turnpikes and Interstates. The ramps on the cloverleaf interchange on I-40 and US-69 are horrendous. Last time I've seen US-69 heading towards Texas in April 2019, they had one side of the highway closed due to construction
Also a fair bit of America has very rough winters. Specifically areas at 38 degrees latitude and above . Therefore, road salts are often used to prevent ice from forming on highways which contributes to road deterioration.
Often like the Soviet Union, except the Universal Healthcare
One of the biggest problems are the parts of the country that gets snow because they over salt the roads which causes them to deteriorate mush faster. As an NYC resident it's a real problem
Also the places with lots of freeze-thaw cycles. That exacerbates potholes. Parts of the Midwest get hit hard with this and with a declining tax base the roads get dominated
Me : Watching a video on Bad American Roads
Also Me : Come to rural India or Bengaluru.
US: why are roads so bad?
Nigeria: What is a Road?
Lol
Nailed it
That's racist. Look at Google Earth and you'll see plenty of roads in Nigeria, but I'm guessing you'd rather hold on to your preconceived notions
@Collin Overby that's not what I said, the comment is implying they wouldn't even know what a road is, which is ignorant and racist. Also there is something I would call being over-developed which is having so many cars on the road that you're killing the planet with all the toxic pollution
@@leob4403 Why cant you even handle a joke???
"Why U.S. roads are so bad"
*laughs in Indian..
Our City roads are bad, highways are good
Indian road R band but metro trains R much better then USA,
Specially Delhi Metro.
"Laughs" in Nepali
Laughs in Mumbai
One Indian minister told Indian roads are better than American road. He was roasted that time. But this report say he was right.... India is good
Great documentary. I personally think the tax on fuel is the easiest way to collect revenue to repair and maintain roads. Calculating each persons "miles driven" would be difficult at best. I also think we need to investigate better technology, materials and maintenance practices. My town instituted a sales tax to better maintain roads, but it seems to be going to big road expansion projects, rather than focusing on repairimg and maintaining the existing infrastructure.
Bay area roads look like they've survived a nuke😂
I used to live in the USA and man they love the gasoline taxes and tolls yet very little gets fixed.
I used to live in Europe and....
@Prairiedoggen it's called contracting the cheapest bidder. You get cheap ass asphalt and people who are paid so little that they don't care. Plus if they did a good job they wouldn't be back in two years taking more money from the local government.
Prairiedoggen 2 years? are you being hyperbolic? Or are roads in USA that bad? In the UK I’ve seen new roads developed and they last years and years
Political cronyism is expensive
Draggy654 Yeah I just noticed you’re right. Than the US is doing something wrong because the roads in most of the EU are in great condition except for some areas.
Go to Memphis you'll swear those roads were hit by a meteor shower.
Greetings from “Any Small Town,” Mississippi.
Roads look and feel great when they're 1st built. Maybe we need to look deeper into what breaks down a road and see if we can build them strong in the 1st place. For example, most roads with buses have the same thickness of pavement and road base in both the left and right lanes. The right lane with the buses quickly develops potholes and ruts especially at the bus stops, so why not build them stronger in the right portions of the road in the 1st place. We may also want to reconsider the criteria we use to design a pavement section (thickness of each layer of road material), and look at how we determine how suitable the existing ground is that everything goes on top of, and if it should be strengthened. We also need to develop better patching methods for when utilities are repaired and installed.
thing is it costs more to dig down and start from the bottom drivers only see the top inch not the 3 foot of ground base. inch of tarmac very cheap job done.
They had this as a question on my 7th grade science test and I genuinely had no idea. Still have no idea 🤷♀️
Not every mile traveled has the same effect: the heavier the vehicle, the worser it gets for the roads. Weird it was not mention in the video.
America: “Our roads are bad”
Japan: “Can’t relate”
Edit: Yes Japan has problems too guys, I’m just saying they have nice clean roads
America: “we’ve never had a city nuked out of existence”
Japan: “can’t relate”
@@demonhunter635 they both still exist tho... Best thing about it is they aren't even bitter about it. Meanwhile we still side-eye Mexico and mutter "but muh Alamo". 😂
Justin Ross factssss
@@demonhunter635 2 planes weren't enough
oil
2 planes were certainly not enough. They should have leveled New York in its entirety.
It’s funny that you think I care about New York. Lmao.
You haven’t seen our British roads, it’s horrific!
Have you even seen Indian roads? where your ancestors started building roads and it's not done yet 😂😂
196833lwl or Colombian ones?
I can’t with yall😂
Roads in the uk are getting significantly better year in year, but yes some roads are in poor condition
@@Banditxam4 lmao
Only in the US can you blame electric cars for the lack of fundings for roads repair
The US depends and has an infrastructure fully focused on cars and makes it unsave for people who would much rather move around on foot or by bike.And the more cars, the more streets are being driven on the more repair they need.
US. "Our roads are bad"
Also US. "We will need to spend an extra 30 billion annually"
World. "Didn't you just increase your defense spending to a trillion dollars annually?"
US. "Wahh?"
The sheer fact that you somehow managed to mix up infrastructure spending with military budget is the proof that voting should be IQ restricted. Learn economy, geopolitics, and most importantly history, atleast the past 100 years. And try to avoid leftist sources.
This guy is a military industrial complex lobbyist
@@DesertStateNevada you are the one missing the point.
@@dennisdegroot7490 Ladies and gentlemen, further proof why the internet and voting should be IQ restricted.
DesertStateInEu but if that was the case. You wouldn’t have internet access.
Title: Why are US roads so bad?
Me, a Colombian: Pathetic.
Yep, America has the best roads in the third world..
Me a Peruvian : lolol
Exactly
Nadie ha visitado Panama....
Francisco Herrera México amigos
Dude my cousin's in Texas have amazing smooth roads . In Canada the roads are 5x worse !!!!!
no frost heaves
at least you have asphalt roads our last road renovation was done in 1980s greetings from Bulgaria
US: Why are our roads so bad?
Me: laughs in brazilian
You mean Portuguese??
@@bubba842 KKKKKKKKKKKKK!!
@@bubba842 no, that's the joke mate
@@bubba842 Portuguese roads are actually very good and better than American roads.
exatamente hahahahahhahaha
Everyone else, oh America doesn’t even have bad roads:
Me: Drives down 65* steep hill with potholes.
Me:Laughs in British
You’ve never experienced the LIVE tree in the middle of the road
(btw,this is in Northern Ireland,I dunno what it’s like in England,Scotland and Wales
Roads: paid for by gas taxes
Gas taxes: have not been raised in the past 27 years AKA 1993
Inflation has gone up 50%
if the gas tax went up with inflation we would not need to have worried about the bad roads because they would not have been bad. If we need 30% more inflation would have given us 50% more than we have today if it would have kept up with inflation.
And this is all while construction costs have risen as well.
And people wonder why we lag behind with infrastructure...
A significant amount of gas taxes subsidizes trains and public transit which means cars are paying for tickets for train riders instead of fixing roads.
CNBC: Why America's roads are so bad
Ghana: hold my pito
Please stop it with the, hold my comments!🤦🏾♂️😫
😂 😂 😂 Give Them A Tour From Ksi To Accra Especially In Obuasi
CNBC: Why U.S Roads & Hwys are so bad
Montreal: hold my bière!
FOR REAL!!! LMAO
Québec has terrible roads. It's even noticeable how much better the roads are when you cross into Ontario.
Patrick L thank you mr sidewalk lol
@@DestinysComputer The second you pass the line of border for each Province, Night and days!
Let me guess, the blame should be pinned on Canada's most corrupt labour unions in Quebec.
The abundance of SUVs and Crossovers have accelerated the worsening of the U.S.'s already poor-conditioned highways. Their heavy weight produces more friction on the pavement, causing faster wear-out.
Please come to Canada you don’t know bad roads till you drive here. Every time I’m in the states I’m blown away at the pride and care of roadways
Come to Asia and have your socks blown off. Go to China and you think you stepped into the future.
*”U.S roads are so bad”*
Me : *”Laughs in Indonesian”*
Axel Dylan Tatipata Every weekday I have to cross a road and it’s so stupidly bumpy it feels like I’m having a seizure
Indonesia is just an Islamic island version of the USA
Sorry but no one cares about your roads were talking about u.s. roads
lack of maintenance and heavy trucks chewing up the roads.
I once heard a statistic that a semi truck driving over the road once does the equivalent damage of a Honda Civic driving over it 30,000 times.
Yes, our semi trucks are too heavy for how are roads are built, especially the asphalt ones. German roads and their famous Autobahn are in excellent condition and built to a much higher quality level and thickness.
...which is funny, because you don't even have "heavy" trucks.
This statement is true to an extent. There are different grades of asphalt to compensate for the "heavy trucks", so they don't tear up the roads as bad
US roads are fine in most parts. Especially the interstates. Those are almost always smooth as butter
People say Michigan has bad roads, but when I drive up there in my SUV, I rarely feel the potholes at all! I only know they’re there cause I saw a Lamborghini earlier not only flood his engine (It was raining insanely hard that day), but lost his bumper too! Meanwhile my little Ford Escape walks through it like nothing! Lol 😂
I'm from Chicago where there is always road work
like when would they be done?
>be usa
>allow for the dismantling of all railroads in order for the car companies to gain a transportation monopoly
>decades later
>"Why U.S. Roads And Highways Are So Bad"
>wellshit.jpg
> then allow private companies to install toll lanes.
>why is traffic so bad?
>wellshit
US: why US roads are so bad?
Russia: [crickets]
I am from Russia and can confirm that, though the whole situation with our roads is getting better than 20 years ago while in the US it seems to be deteriorating.
@@jamesoo96571 man i don't think so.
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the roads around moscow and st petersburg are definitely better than the ones i've seen around new york and los angeles.
this is despite worse weather.
russia does a lot of things right - infrastructure is one of them.
@@jamesoo96571 Yeah Russia has some good roads around its major cities. Problem with Russia is that first, it has a bad climate and second, it has a lot of rural areas. The rural areas combined with bad weather both contribute to worse quality roads. Same reason why many rural areas of the US still have dirt roads.
San Diego has the worst roads I have EVER SEEN and I’ve lived in the Bay Area and LA... wtf
7 trillion dollar budget our roads should look like 1955 back to the future...
Michigan: I’m gonna pretend that CZcams didn’t purposely recommend this video to me
It's simple. Road construction is public work. This means the lowest "qualified" bidder receives the work. This leads to companies cutting costs by using cheaper materials which in turn break down much faster. Also, in most states, contractors are not held responsible to repair damages to the roads that they constructed. So, they have no desire to produce a quality end product. Many see roadwork as job security for the future.
It depends on the contract and quality control. In England the Kent council does a complete resurfacing once every 30 years now to be more efficient. For 20 years there is basic maintenance and the council does preventative maintenance to extend the life of the road.
Exactly my thought- I see the same contractors doing the same repairs on the same roads year after year. I'm not talking about fixing potholes- bridges that were constructed without regards to the water underneath and have to be repaired 3 or 4 years in a row. Always have lane restrictions on parallel roads that aren't being worked on during those times as well.
Then there are the streets that get repaved and then dug back up so the sewers underneath can be worked on (I'm talking 3 weeks later). Good planning, city engineers!
Maybe a warranty should be demanded of the contractors who do the work, or make road construction and maintenance part of state or local government departments and take the contractors out of the loop.
Corporate Greed... Seems to be a recurring theme for why so many of the United States world rankings are slipping...
Factor in if it's built to fall apart in 5 years you have an opportunity to bid the job again. Job security. Why do it right once, when you can do it 5 times in 25 years.
Jacob McAdam it’s a road not a nuclear power plant
It's quite a simple solution really. If roads are deteriorating faster than current funding can repair them then more funds are required. More road users equals higher amounts of tax that needs collecting. If Americans are not happy with the fuel tax increasing then a system could come in similar to what they have in China and some European countries where only certain license plates can drive on the roads on certain days of the week. That would reduce the use and strain on the roads. So it's a choice that needs to be made by the American people. Your choices, pay more tax, reduce the use of roads, or just get used to your roads being bad and quit complaining.
these roads really do be destroying our suspensions early
US : we have bad roads
India: hold my spilled curry!!! 🍲
raj kirnapure lmao If your in the city roads in India are miles better than North American roads. I’ve lived in Delhi, Bangalore and visited Goa, Chennai, Mumbai so many places and it’s always been better than here
@@OriginalDegree Are we talking of the same India? You can't be serious.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/96-of-inspected-roads-in-mumbai-in-bad-shape-panel/articleshow/71642054.cms
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/pothole-ridden-nava-india-road-cries-for-attention/articleshow/69510184.cms
I agree wid @originaldegree... the roads in the cosmopolitan nd metropolitan cities in India r grt comparatively!
@@OriginalDegree you're American
Nsm S im canadian
When I went to South Korea, they got some smoothest road I've ever seen. I didnt see one pot hole or cracks on roads in korea, unlike here in america. Pothole n cracks everywhere.
What state do you live in
large population density with majority of citizens commuting via mass transit, thats hardly impressive
Us : there are potholes on roads.
India: we have roads in potholes.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂 true'
Great video you guys, please keep up the good work!
I know firsthand that lots of US roads are in disrepair (with objective data to back it up), but I wonder if there is a degree of confirmation bias skewing the perspective. For every problem pothole that I encounter, I bet there’s many more miles of road that I forget about because they weren’t problematic.
All solutions listed translate to the consumer paying for the problem rather than the state or the federal government. A bigger potion of our federal and state income tax should be allocated to infrastructure rather than privatizing roads to make the consumer pay more in tolls, which can rack up very quickly for typical commuters.
@@mohamedabdelrahman2285 But if the State and Federal governments spend more tax money on the roads, those taxes still come from the consumers. But yes, the only way to improve roads is to spend more money (taxes or road tolls) and one way or another that's our money.
If you collect data properly then the bias will have been eliminated.
BrightHelmet absolutely true! I wonder if the confirmation bias leads to a mostly negative public perception of the roads. I figure people are only going to remember the potholes that destroyed their suspensions and tires, rather than the thousands of miles that brought them there safely.
@@stainlesssteellemming3885 Taxpayers wouldn't pay any more in taxes than they do now if governments moved funds from other areas into ones to fix roads. For example, if we spent less money building infrastructure in Afghanistan or on planes and tanks we don't need, it could be spent on roads and other internal needs. States and cities have less sources of excess money.
America: our roads are bad
India: our roads are full of potholes
Gambia: Wait, you guys have roads?
Reddington Raymond where da hell did u get gambia from?!!😂😂😂
Hey, I'm Gambian-American & our roads ain't that bad for a 3rd world country! We trying 😎.
Malcolm X using the phrase “for a 3rd world country” explains it all
Lol, Thanks buddy & you welcome!
Malcolm X what my gambian/sweden friends told me and im not gonna lie is Gambia= 20% roads 80% sand and rocks
I am sitting here with a big ? Mark because here in europe toll booths or automatic fast lane toll collection systems have been in place on all high traffic highways and state roads for decades and there is never a funding problem because the toll prices is higher in rush traffic hours than other times of day. Its higher in rush traffic to punish drivers for standing in cue polluting more. Incentivizing to drive in hours outside of rush traffic to spread out the load on the roads and create better flow throughout the rush traffic (Works Somewhat to lower the traffic). Its also enough to cover the cost of maintenance each year + a reserve amount set aside for emergency repairs.
We have gas tax as well to even further make the maintenance budget work
In the Seattle area we have a bridge to West Seattle that has been out over a year.People now have to take a toll road that takes 20 min-1 1/2 hours depending on traffic.Can't keep haning out the tax breaks and keep the house tidy.
U.S: our roads are really bad
Mexico: hold my potholes
So ?
It's not going to change the $700 billions military spending.
And your freely elected ELITES class were laughing at you plus laughing all the way to the Paradise Bank account.
Not to mention to spend some of that in their favourite Jeffrey Lube Epstein's Paradise Meat Island to celebrate.
Lol i thought only india had potholes
@@Ms-ry1mq maybe not as many, because I'm 100% sure mexico has better roads than India, but even so they for sure do not compare to the ones here in the us
Mr S S they for sure don’t
Lok Tom wtf are you talking about
America spending 1 trillion in Military but for roads they don't have money😄😄😄😄 wtf
And half of that goes to contractors: Lockheed Martin, Halliburton, Raytheon, Boeing, etc.
It's not even 1 trillion, and military spending has nothing to do with building roads
Simplistic and idiotic comments
USA : we have bad roads.
Algeria : no roads, no problems.
1 thing they failed to mention is that utilities tear up roads to do repairs...and fail to do proper repairs and makenroads worse....it happens alot here in north eastern pa.
Because we are spending our money bombing other people's roads.
Well said
Yep!
@J your roads are horrible. visit singapore switzerland or the netherlands. all 3 are in the top 3 of the best roads in the world. america is placed 11.
In India we say" its not potholes on road.. Roads are on potholes.
india doesnt even have toilettes. so india is not a good example.
@@metalvideos1961 well a small portion doesn't but does that apply for whole nation?
Potholes......🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@metalvideos1961 India and other countries nearby had high rates of open defecation but now it has reduced a lot. So that racist insult is no longer valid. Please be respectful they are also human beings.
@@metalvideos1961 seeing a fellow Europeans being racist hurts.
“In a patchwork system, expect patchwork solutions” oh how TRUE that is for so many things in the world.... 🤦♂️
Here in France the roads are quite fine and periodically maintained but what the public doesnt know is that the recent maximum speed reduction from 90kmph to 80 kmph was made not only for the safety( and polution) but also to reduce the wear of the surface. Creating new roads is highly not recommended because it will increase the future costs of maintaining . A different strategy is to reduce the lanes ( and the surface) of all roads under used. The weight of the cars is also a factor that increase the wear of the road. The development of the TGV ( high speed train) had as one of the purposes the reduction of the traffic on the highways and roads. Because the annual budget for maintaining is about 20 billions euros, every measure can save a dozens milions euros a year.
france ranks lower than usa at road rankings
US: “We have bad roads”
Philippines: “We’re still building them”
Agreed, by third world standards our roads are good. By first world standards, though..terrible
Keith Robert Bantug Building the same road after 2 decades.
I thought Philippines is good
One thing I did notice visiting Philippines is their main roads are nicer than the ones in most of the US.
The Philippines:my hold builds Repair road and Expanded more Roads.
Man... you haven't seen some of Brazil roads
jay you schould try the roads in belgium when you drive from the netherlands to belguim you go from amazing smooth roads to gaint holes and almost dirt
Hap Kebap thats cuz Netherlands, more Protestant leaning country, takes care of the roads, while catholic Belgium would rather build fancy churches for Catholics than roads
@jay in Portugal we have the 2nd best roads of the European Union and 6th best roads in the world, but we have a small GDP per person compared to the USA. So, fact is, your roads are quite bad yes
@@ricardo_boutique singapore roads are good
@@DarkwearGT Yes, Singapore roads were also in the list of the best in the world!
US: Why are our roads so bad?
Every other country: laughs
China: Oh well, y'all beat me on that. I build 10,000 KM roads and highways every single year, so they are still pretty solid for now.
So, some suggestions: (1) they need to come up with something different than asphalt, which is just a "band-aid". They need to research something longer lasting. (2) Charge vehicles by weight. Heavier vehicles (18 wheelers/commercials trucks) put more wear and tear on the roadways than lighter cars (3) as they suggested, charge by mile driven, but not sure exactly how they would do this. Maybe get odometer readings every year for your state inspection? Maybe create more toll roads? (4) Cities/States should come up with more alternate transportation to get more cars off the roads, such as buses/light rail/trains. Those alternate transportation will need to be electric!
There's plenty of never ending money for the military budget though :)
I would like the military have the money to defined us then have a bearable road system..... priorities?
@@shaunbarber2746 If you want your military to be able to "defend" you, then you would need a good road system for the military and populace to be able to mobilize and use.
USA: "our roads are bad"
Third world country: "you cannot have a bad roads if you dont even have roads"
China is third world country
@@makcjiw7704 China already has better weapons and high- technology than the USA according to the Pentagon :czcams.com/video/jp3S5BgxR1c/video.html y czcams.com/video/m0ELNu6DOTk/video.html
I'm from Malaysia and we have finest road! Just come to Malaysia. We even have high speed rail!
@@aliciayong2371 lol delusional? The high speed railway is still under construction and we dont know when it will even be completed, the roads in sabah and sarawak is an absolute disaster....its like an earthquake have just hit the city
@@makcjiw7704 with that hyper modern skylines and maglev trains networks...I don't think so dude.
"Why U.S. Roads And Highways Are So Bad"... Clearly you've never driven much outside the US
U.s. road are overall good but many construction projects have been going on longer than 20 years and will never be finished since they're barely doing anything.
Too poor to travel.
Just because other places have worse roads doesn’t mean America couldn’t do better.
Doesn't matter we pay taxes in dollars that are "supposed" to go into infrastructure after all that's what the wars are made for right? Oil which in return is used on the roads to drive cars so why not keep up with the infrastructure
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