Dangerous Pothole?

For sometime when riding or driving down Ralph Allen Drive I have had to remember to avoid the pothole in the carriageway at the National Trust Garden entrance.

Last week I remembered to do something about it. It had been ringed in white which means the council had it noted for repair, so we measured it and found it was 2.5 inches deep. The photo shows Cherry and me taking our lives in our hands seeing how deep it was!
The council's response was that the 2.5 inches is "below our dangerous intervention level and the base of the pothole is in good order and will last the period of response". The period of response is within 28 days.

For those of us on two wheels and who drive cars without modern suspension (my 1989 mini reponds to every bump in the road) a pothole of this depth is a death trap. Thankfully no unsuspecting two wheeled vehicle rider came to grief.

The council has a priority list of road users with pedestrians at the top followed by cyclists, motor cyclists and people who are disabled. It would surprise me if this priority list is used in the judgement of which potholes are dangerous and which are not. I fully accept that modern day car suspension and 4x4s would have no problem with this depth, but not two wheeled vehicles.

I have now asked the Council what depth they consider so dangerous that an immediate response is required? Watch this space.