[M_Six]

We still use the same "paving" technique that Fred Flintstone used. The road crews drive down the road spraying tar, then dump a ton of loose gravel on it. They let the traffic tamp it all down. It really screws up cycling for weeks on those newly treated roads. If it's really hot for a long stretch, the tar will rise to the top and pool like rain puddles. Makes a mess of your paint. Then they'll come out and dump truckloads of gravel on the hot roads. I saw one accident where a minivan traveling a bit too fast hit this newly dumped gravel (about 9" deep) and lost control, running off the road and flipping over in a field. Luckily no one was hurt.

You get used to pitted windshields and wrecked paint here. Just a fact of life.