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Although the Department for Transport is investing £23 billion to increase capacity and improve road journeys, the RAC say that many roads are ‘hanging in the balance’ with an increase in snowy and icy conditions causing particular problems.
Between October and December, the firm was called to 2,830 pothole-related breakdowns, compared with 2,547 in the period the year previous. RAC chief engineer David Bizley warned that potholes represent a ‘serious road safety risk’ as they can cause broken suspension springs, damaged shock absorbers and distorted wheels.
Bizley said: “After several years in which the surface quality of our roads appeared to be improving, the latest analysis of RAC breakdown data suggests that for the third successive quarter we have gone backwards.”
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