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A Chilean TikToker has gone viral for carrying out a peculiar intervention in the streets of the Metropolitan Region: Frame the potholes on the tracks with yellow for drivers to avoid them.
It is about Patricio Acosta Sansarriq (50), a merchant of The Prado which already has more than 37 thousand followers on its account Tiktok @furiosoduckdriver and more than half a million likes for his work.
Under his hashtag #mandanostuhoyo, his social networks and his email patoautomovilistagmail.com receives reports of potholes in different parts of the Metropolitan Region. In his videos, he is seen running around the dented road with paint. brushes either spray yellow.
In an interview with Las Últimas Noticias, Acosta commented that he paints the potholes in the streets to denounce the deterioration of the streets to the authorities and warn of their danger. “Several times it has happened to me that I report through social networks a pothole that has been blocking traffic for several years and A few months later they fix it", he said.
In the instance he detailed that he works with two friends, one records him and the other is the "cone man", who puts on a white overalls or a reflective vest so that drivers don't run them over while he's painting the street.
“Fixing potholes in the streets is not a priority for municipalities, but if you think about it, This is a matter of public safety. Nowadays there are traffic accidents due to potholes.Cyclists fall on them, motorcyclists, pedestrians and no one is held accountable for it,” he said.
Regarding the reception of his speech, he said that “people on the streets tell us, 'Good, buddy! It's good that they're doing something!"They greet us, they give us a thumbs-up. People appreciate it and value it."
“On several occasions They have donated us brushes, paint, even money"Which has been very helpful considering we do everything with our own resources. We buy the gasoline, the paintbrushes, the spray cans, the paint," he added.
Finally he mentioned that he has not had any problems with the authorities for striping the streets yellow, mentioning that "I think it's because They realize that we are not doing anything wrong“.
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