Mr Pothole talks pot holes on The Complaining Cow Consumer Show
Drivers whose vehicles are damaged by potholes may be able to claim compensation from the relevant authority. Read my full guide on how to complain about potholes and claim compensation.
Mr Pothole talks to The Complaining Cow
Mr Pothole talks to Helen Dewdney about his pothole campaign, how to report and complain about potholes and gain redress if you are affected.
Mr Pothole talks potholes, costs, complaining and claims
Mark Morrell Mr Pothole
Mark Morrell is better known as Mr Pothole.
He is the nation’s most well known anti-pothole campaigner.
Campaigning for nearly ten years now, Mr Pothole started his campaign with a local Facebook page about dangerous Potholes on the A422 in Northamptonshire. This got him local media coverage and then national. He even took a tank to the Department of Transport in London in the Channel 5 documentary “Pothole Britain”. As the expert on potholes Mr Pothole has also been in the ITV documentary on Britain’s failing roads. He now appears across local, regional and nation media outlets on a regular basis, including BBC, ITV, SKY, GBNEWS etc. Always called upon to give his expert opinion in hundreds of radio interviews and has been featured in national and local newspapers.
Mr Pothole’s main goals are to:
- assist people get better roads throughout the UK
- pressurise Government for better funding for highways authorities and to
- highlight when highways authorities are not doing what they legal require to do.
National Pothole Day was set up eight years ago by Mr Pothole which has been successful in highlighting the major issue of Potholes on our roads. He has been responsible for having had millions of pounds of repairs and resurfacing works carried out often using legal notices under the Highways Act to get results. His submitted evidence to the Transport Select Committee which is included in their report ” Filling the Gap”.
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Media appearances discussing potholes and compensation claims
I regularly appear on television and radio discussing potholes, road safety, motoring complaints and compensation claims. Below, Mr Pothole and I are on BBC Breakfast discussing pothole damage, motorists’ rights and how drivers can complain and seek compensation.
BBC Breakfast National Pothole Day 15/01/23
Below is a video of appearing on Sky News discussing pothole complaints, road safety concerns and compensation claims following a serious cycling accident caused by a pothole that had reportedly not been repaired. Pothole that caused serious cyclist crash not fixed.
How to complain about pot holes
Further media appearances can be found on the media page.
Watch my short video explaining how to complain about pothole damage and claim compensation.
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