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Half of drivers crash or have a near miss to avoid potholes

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Half of drivers crash or have a near miss to avoid potholes

Half of drivers crash or have a near miss swerving to avoid potholes, survey finds

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... finds.html

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Re: Half of drivers crash or have a near miss to avoid potholes

Only half !

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Re: Half of drivers crash or have a near miss to avoid potholes

I dread to think what would happen if more people sued councils for damages. Council taxes would rise a lot.

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Re: Half of drivers crash or have a near miss to avoid potholes


	Amnesia10 wrote: I dread to think what would happen if more people sued councils for damages. Council taxes would rise a lot.

Hopefully they would just fix their roads...

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Re: Half of drivers crash or have a near miss to avoid potholes


	Amnesia10 wrote: I dread to think what would happen if more people sued councils for damages. Council taxes would rise a lot.

There'd likely be more legislation to reduce the number of circumstances where you are entitled to sue.

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Re: Half of drivers crash or have a near miss to avoid potholes


	finlay666 wrote: Hopefully they would just fix their roads...

That would also put tax up.

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Re: Half of drivers crash or have a near miss to avoid potholes

JJW009 wrote:


	finlay666 wrote: Hopefully they would just fix their roads...

That would also put tax up.

They are legally obligated to do it IIRC if you notify them of it they have to repair it in a number of days/weeks

If they did a decent job first time there wouldn't be this issue

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