What is it with new tarmac

When laying tarmac Red Diesal gets coated on tools such as spades or in some instances rollers. This stops the tarmac sticking to the tools however some workers use an excess.

Originally Posted by Stu

Great! so if we're not complaining about potholes, we're complaining about the new tarmac

Not complaining about getting rid of the potholes just the methoed Stu

Originally Posted by embee

I seem to recall that there is a specific issue with SMA (Stone Mastic Asphalt?). A few cases of fatalities attributed to it. Friction is low even in the dry when relatively new. I'm sure the details are out there on t'interweb.

Correct. But it is not as bad the internet hacks makes it out to be. Once the top "coating" has worn off the grip level is normal. But because of recent events, most clients now request that some form of anti-skid surface is applied at junctions/braking zones etc.