'Pothole Vigilantes' come out at night to fix Oakland streets
It looks like a 60 lb bag is only $26 [0] and really seems to not require mixing, just tamp down and roll over. At that price, I think I’ll be a pothole vigilante.<p>It’s also surprising to me as I assumed that it was expensive to repair potholes and require special equipment and machines. This makes me think that any unpatched potholes are just a logistic issue since the cost is all labor and coordination.<p>Maybe this is finally a good case for blockchain as citizens could donate to an address and once the amount got high enough, some company would fix, make a claim, get verified, and get paid without needing someone to handle money.<p>But this gets us closer to distributed dystopia where towns are no longer competent to do basic stuff like send out a 3 person union crew for $300 to fix a pothole ($75&#x2F;hour x 3 people x 1 hour + $26 + vehicle amortization). This also assumes dispatching for a single pothole. It seems like it only takes a few minutes so for a typical town (mine is 30 square miles) a crew could fix 2-4 potholes an hour or 16-32&#x2F;day.<p>So 3x8x75 + 26x32 = 2632 before vehicle costs. Add in $100 for work truck amortization and maintenance and for $3k all the potholes get fixed.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;SAKRETE-Patch-Permanent-Pothole-Repair&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B001HQ74UA" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;SAKRETE-Patch-Permanent-Pothole-Repai...</a>