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Monday, 28, Nov 2011 09:27
by Tom Lowenstein
A survey by the AA's army of Streetwatchers has found that roads up and down the UK are plagued with potholes, even though winter hasn't properly begun yet.
Conducting the research, the AA team spent an hour walking around their neighbourhoods, recording nine different road and path-related problems, including the pesky potholes.
Results showed that the average pothole count per Streetwatcher was up to 14.9 compared to 12.5 last year.
President of the AA, Edmund King, said: "Drivers don't want to spend the winter trying to zig-zag round even more potholes and paying out when their cars are damaged by repairable road defects."
Highways authorities need to get on top of the problem, as compensation claims will soar when cold weather hits roads and they start to break up even more, he added.
Potholes are defined in the survey as at least six inches in diameter and no less than two inches deep.