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The "Hole" Truth - Gone to Pot

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Posted by: Current Affairs Blog Wednesday 2nd April 2008, 5:20pm
Last edited 02/04/2008 5:20pm by Current Affairs Blog

Three Million potholes in UK

....and four thousand of them in Blackburn, Lancashire - although the holes are very small.

Where did this figure come from?

Is there a quango of "hole inspectors" out on the streets counting or are local authorities required to collate and document hole incidents and feed them to a central hole? Could it be that small action groups like http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/ provide these alarming statistics?

Another pothole site reminded me ot the lads mag section "readers wives" as Concerned of Derby writes in with a siting of a gaping hole on the A445.

Compare price of filling potholes to paying compensations

Local authorities paid a staggering £53 million in compensation and spent £12million handling claims in 2007, compared with £52million on fixing pothole.

The dangers of potholes

The Cycle Club reckon that pot heoles are responsible for 12% of compensation claims by CTC members. Lets face it taking a tumble in a bust road is no fun.

Solution

Upholding the great tradition of "look after yourself" it seems that one way to combat accidents and staggering garage repair bills is to selfishly drive around in a whopping great big off road vehicle.

Land Rover Hole Defyer

On its 60th Anniversary perhaps Land Rover should consider the needs of the urban motorists.

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