and for cyclist becky hamilton, the cost of hitting a pothole was more than financial. is it, this is my time. i was heading towards the oncoming car, on my helmet, just towards this oncoming car, which managed to swerve to avoid me. so i was very lucky. the rac says there are at least one million potholes on uk roads, with six potholes per mile on council maintained roads in england and wales. pothole—related breakdowns also jumped by 17% in the final three months of 2024, with more than 4700 drivers needing help. and if your car gets damaged by one, it will cost an average of £460 to get it fixed. the politician behind this new report says we don't even know the sheer scale of the pothole problem. this is part of what we're asking for, is the government to really get a handle on this problem through proper data, through proper scanning of our roads. there's modern machines that you can drive along roads and scan, which will give you a precise readout of what the condition is of every road. so once they've got on top of the data, they then can make up their minds with

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