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Decades of
have left British roads in a
. It is almost
to drive without having to negotiate craters. This risks damage to the car. A
complained that no repairs had been done to his village's roads in five years. Another villager complained about the "
" cost of car repairs because of potholes.
are so bad that
collection drivers refuse to drive to one
. The U.K. government has set
$1.95 billion over the next two years to provide "
fixes" to repair seven million potholes.