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As I returned from Austria a few days ago I found my car had developed a strange noise in its right wheel. Upon closer inspection it came to be that many of the components in the right wheel (bearing, brake pads, brake disc and other things I cannot name) had to be replaced. Also the brake system on the left wheel and the rear axle brake system had to be replaced. The whole car-fixing fiesta had a ridiculously high price but that is not where I'm going with this.
When Bogdan brought back my car, after fixing it, he explained that the right wheel was in fact running the danger of falling off. The whole problem had been at least partly due to the state of the roads I have to drive on (e.g. DN1 = National Road 1) and the many crater-like pot holes they've developed this winter.
I would now like to argue that the government is trying to kill me, probably not just me, by maintaining a poor road infrastructure, by refusing to expand a proper highway system, where it is badly needed, and by providing us with very low quality roads altogether.
To this end, besides my recent car trouble, I will briefly bring up 3 cases that were on the news today:
Two people on a motorbike died after hitting a pot hole (link).
A man on a bicycle died after hitting a pot hole (link).
An 86 year old woman was incinerated alive when her house burned down because the firemen could not get to her in time. Why? Old fire engines and bad roads (link).
Final notes:
Those of you reading my post through Facebook or other news aggregators will probably need to click "View Original Post" or something similar for the links to work.
A big thank you to Bogdan for sorting out my car while I was away!
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