Very pertinent, that. There was a pothole on a well-used, dark, country road around here recently that was breaking cars! I hit it at night and got away with just a busted tyre. Next time I went past there were two knackered cars parked up on the verge. If some had hit that on a bike...
I used to really enjoy riding at night, Wessa. And I still would except that our roads here in Tucson look about like that photo that @Octoberon posted. Mr. Sandi and I rode at night sometime last spring and we completely planned our route to and from our destination based on the road quality. It's a sad state of affairs.
Pretty much, I was looking for a friend but when I searched his screen name, turns out he was already a member (if you’ll excuse the double entendre), I thought “at least he’s taken himself in hand!”