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| AA chief's car wrecked by potholes just days after warning to nation | AA chief's car wrecked by potholes just days after warning to nation |
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| The head of the AA has had his own car wrecked by potholes days after warning the nation of the dangers of poorly maintained roads. | The head of the AA has had his own car wrecked by potholes days after warning the nation of the dangers of poorly maintained roads. |
| The AA president, Edmund King, was filling his Mercedes with petrol when the front of the vehicle collapsed. | The AA president, Edmund King, was filling his Mercedes with petrol when the front of the vehicle collapsed. |
| King, who was taking his 12-year-old son to a football match, had to call one of his own recovery vehicles for help. The car was towed to a Mercedes garage where repairs were carried out. | King, who was taking his 12-year-old son to a football match, had to call one of his own recovery vehicles for help. The car was towed to a Mercedes garage where repairs were carried out. |
| "I was lucky that the car was stationary and we were at a filling station," said King on Thursday. "If I had been, say, on the outside lane of a motorway and this had happened it could have been very nasty. | "I was lucky that the car was stationary and we were at a filling station," said King on Thursday. "If I had been, say, on the outside lane of a motorway and this had happened it could have been very nasty. |
| "We found that the front left spring of my car had broken and the mechanic said that this had been caused by wear and tear from potholes. | "We found that the front left spring of my car had broken and the mechanic said that this had been caused by wear and tear from potholes. |
| "While I was filling up we heard this hissing noise. When I went round to the front of the car I saw the extent of the damage." | "While I was filling up we heard this hissing noise. When I went round to the front of the car I saw the extent of the damage." |
| Shortly before the incident, which occurred in St Albans in Hertfordshire, King had been highlighting a report by the Asphalt Industry Association that said councils needed £10.5bn to bring local roads up to standard. | Shortly before the incident, which occurred in St Albans in Hertfordshire, King had been highlighting a report by the Asphalt Industry Association that said councils needed £10.5bn to bring local roads up to standard. |
| King had also published an AA survey which showed that a third of AA members had suffered damage to their cars from potholes in the last two years. | King had also published an AA survey which showed that a third of AA members had suffered damage to their cars from potholes in the last two years. |
| Potholes worsen in winter weather as freezing water expands cracks in the road surface. | Potholes worsen in winter weather as freezing water expands cracks in the road surface. |
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