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UK hit by ‘pothole pandemic’
- 04/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The pothole crisis in the UK has reached pandemic levels with more than a million potholes reported last year alone. According to Confused.com, more than 2,700 potholes were identified on UK roads every single day during 2023. The South East is the UK region most impacted, with more than 200,000 potholes [...] -
Pothole damage costs soar
- 18/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Road safety and breakdown recovery specialist GEM Motoring Assist has warned drivers to be even more careful of potholes after council budgets for compensation has fallen by more than half. According to the latest Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance report, 18% of local roads, or 37,000 miles, are judged to be [...] -
Cash-strapped drivers avoiding repairs
- 14/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new report has found that 8.5 million UK drivers are avoiding necessary repairs due to costs. According to Fixter, as many as 21 million drivers view regular car maintenance as a luxury rather than a necessity, with,52% of younger drivers admitting to neglecting repair and maintenance to cut [...] -
Vauxhall Adam most crashed car of the year
- 27/12/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has found that the Vauxhall Adam was the most damaged vehicle in the UK during 2023. According to carVertical, the Vauxhall Adam was the model most likely to have been involved in a crash this year, with nearly 40% of used models that drivers considered buying requiring repairs. Its analysis found [...] -
Repair disputes reach record high
- 23/10/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Motor Ombudsman has seen a sharp increase in service and repair disputes in the last quarter and expects to receive more than 5,000 complaints from motorists this year. Between July and September, the Ombudsman for the automotive sector received 1,348 new submissions from motorists, up 10% from 1,226 in the [...] -
Roads in disrepair as investment dries up
- 26/09/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Analysis of government data has revealed that the number of miles of road resurfaced or treated has fallen to its lowest level in five years. According to the RAC, 2021/2022 figures show that 1,123 miles of all types of road were resurfaced in England compared to 1,588 in 2017/2018 – this equates to a 29% [...] -
Potholes blamed for nearly half of windscreen chips
- 20/04/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research from Autoglass has found that 44% of drivers in the UK who have found a chip or a crack in their windscreen in the past 12 months believe potholes are to blame. Autoglass found that a third of UK drivers (33%) have had windscreen damage in the past year. In addition to those blaming potholes, 35% of [...] -
Drivers cut costs with home repairs
- 17/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
More than a quarter of millennials would carry out their own vehicle repairs to save on costs rather than paying a professional garage. This is according to an eBay study, which also revealed that just 18% of baby boomers would do the work themselves. Meanwhile, 23% of 17-24-year-old respondents would be [...] -
Potholes blamed for breakdown spike
- 27/01/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Potholes have been blamed for a 23% rise in breakdowns attended by RAC patrols in the last three months of 2022. It went to an average of 20 breakdowns a day in the final quarter, for faults such as damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs and distorted wheels, which was up from 16 a day over the previous [...] -
Soaring costs of electronic handbrake repairs revealed
- 13/12/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New data analysis by Intelligent Motoring has revealed that repairing an electronic handbrake can be as much as three times the cost of a manual handbrake. It’s research found that a manual handbrake averaged £220.37 for motorists, while the average cost to repair an electronic handbrake was £665.98. Duncan [...]