Spotted from our motel room on the fourth floor:
The trash truck drives up to the dumpster, stops with its front tires barely on the concrete pad, extracts the dumpster contents, and backs away over the same two tire tracks. The crushed asphalt tracks extend halfway to the perimeter road circling around on the far right, where another crushed area shows the truck’s route into the parking lot.
Google Streetview’s history suggests the parking lot was sealed and striped five years ago. The motel predates the earliest pictures from 2007, although the tree sizes suggest the place was maybe five years old by then, so we’re looking at two decades of regular use.
As far as I can tell, dribbling hot tar along asphalt cracks does absolutely nothing except give the appearance of someone caring.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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Presumably applying the tar is intended to keep water from seeping into the crack and freezing, causing further cracking.
Yeah, and it lasts the better part of a month before cracking as the underlying asphalt continues shifting.
It might continue to look good for two or three months, tops, but has no effect on the disintegration.
A pissed off Tesla owner is needed to make things get going.
— YouTube (“Hitting A Pothole In A Tesla Cost $2600”)
Saw a nice upscale car driving slowly along the shoulder on a flat right-front tire, shedding tread fragments, Michelin hair, and probably the tire pressure sensor along the way. Depending on what comes loose, some fender damage seemed likely.
I understand the intense desire to get to the next exit, but … that ain’t gonna be cheap!