Safety instructor preaches reducing speed around potholes

Drivers all across Newfoundland and Labrador have about as much control over potholes as they do the weather.

The holes in the roads and highways are sometimes unavoidable with the consequences ranging from vehicle damage toloss of lifewhich was the caseforan 18-year-old girl who died in a crashon the Buchans Highway last year.

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A St. John's traffic safety instructor said potholes are something drivers need to be more aware of.

"Potholes have to be taken into the big picture when you are going to drive," saidRudy Singleton, of Safety Services NL.

"When I am approaching an area where I know there are potholes, and there are signs, and in some places, there aren't signs, how am I going to approach it?"

Singleton said the answer to that question needsto be thought of before getting in your car.

"If something is coming towards me how am I going to get out of this? And that calls for intensified attention to what's going on and reduce speed," Singleton said.

Singleton took CBC News on a spinaround the city to show howoften drivers need to be aware of road conditions.

You can watch that video above.