Instructors are also teaching special techniques so learners can deal with the increasing number of potholes. There are as many as 1.5 million potholes on UK roads, the AA said.

Incidents reported by a national panel of AA Driving School instructors include:

:: An instructor in west London who got out of her car at the end of a lesson, stepped into a pothole and fell to the ground, breaking a leg which caused her to be off work for four months;

:: Tyre blow-outs, including a lesson in Stourbridge, West Midlands, where a learner was shaken by a double blow-out. The lesson was suspended while the pupil re-gathered his composure and the car was repaired. He later went on to pass his test;

:: Instructors using dual controls to prevent accidents after pupils swerved towards traffic when trying to avoid potholes.

Edmund King, AA president, said: “The fabric of our local roads is a major cause for concern with surfaces crumbling and drivers at risk of damage to their vehicles and even themselves. Ultimately we all pay more through patching and mending, and then paying out compensation rather than fixing the underlying poor condition of many of our roads.

“All drivers should take care – an innocuous looking puddle may actually be a deep pothole. By training new drivers to anticipate and deal with these obstacles we will make our roads safer, preventing accidents and damage to you and your car.”

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