Where I live, the roads are plagued with potholes but there's no money to fix them.
Run Rabbit Run Run is the name of a new scheme which solves this problem.
Here's what it's all about:
When a large pothole is detected it's documented and placed on a website. Investors are then invited to pay for its repair, but this is no ordinary repair.

A large variety of graphic outline shapes are presented for the investor to select. Many of these take the form of animal shapes in various action poses, including that of a giant running rabbit (hence the name).

Once the selection is agreed, the repair can take place. This begins by placing a metal stencil outline of the graphic shape over the extended area of the offending hole, then excavating the road underneath. The filling is next.

Instead of the usual matching aggregate, a choice of coloured material is provided. This means that when complete, the repair becomes a well defined flattened image impressed into the road surface.

A simple ownership plaque identifies the sponsor who now owns the repair as a type of artwork.
-- xenzag, Jul 03 2025

Probably not a good idea to have any painted images on a roadway that would confuse and distract from the clear delineation indicators between lanes, crosswalks, stop signs & such. Would no doubt result in lots of flaming death, but I'm bunning anything that's not political these days. [+]
-- doctorremulac3, Jul 03 2025


Where I live we can’t fix the potholes because entire families are living in them. [+]
-- minoradjustments, Jul 03 2025


Somewhere in New Zealand (I forget the specifics) some-one draws penises around potholes, to force the council to at least come & look as they clean away the graffiti. Normally results in a fix.
-- neutrinos_shadow, Jul 04 2025



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