Britain’s leading trade association for vehicle repairs has advised motor insurance policyholders to take extra care when driving on roads with poor surfaces.
The Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association (VBRA) has said that, following a particularly cold winter, councils nationwide are attempting to repair the damage left behind, but that “serious problems” remain.
Malcolm Tagg, the group’s director general, said: “It is widely accepted that inferior road surfaces do indeed lead to an increased incidence of accidents. They can, in some circumstances, also lead to quite severe vehicle damage.”
He added that car insurance policyholders should exercise “even more care than usual” when encountering a badly affected stretch of road, paying extra attention to potholes, which present a “particularly unpleasant” hazard.
The Telegraph recently reported that potholes left by the winter freeze may be to blame for an ongoing windscreen shortage, as more loose gravel on the roads has led to a steep increase in this kind of damage.
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