Potholes can cause significant damage to vehicles and lead to claims on car insurance policies; however, drivers may find it easier to avoid them in future if the brainchild of two Italian students is adopted. Domenico Diego and Cristina Corradini have developed a new project called the “Street Safe Initiative” which involves placing a brightly-coloured layer of asphalt beneath the surface of the road. If and when the road surface cracks and potholes begin to develop, the asphalt would be exposed and motorists will be able to see it in plenty of time and avoid it. More
(AD Comment ~ Sounds a good idea in principal. But as the authorities seem reluctant to spend money on laying/repairing roads properly in the first place, you would imagine they would not invest in this idea, even though it would be of grat benefit to motorists.)
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