Italy-based students Domenico Diego and Cristina Corradini think potholes need to be more visible, and your car's suspension probably agrees. Their "Street Safe Initiative" is a program that wants to take the transportation network / organism comparison to another level by "comparing the road surface to the human skin".
When someone gets a scrape, you see red underneath; Diego and Corradini think the same principle can be applied to roads.
"[The concept] comprises a brightly-coloured layer of asphalt a few inches beneath the surface of the road, which becomes visible when the road surface breaks up, making potholes easier to see and avoid."