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OK I'll bite....
Toddlers tend to be above the road surface which does make them easier to spot than a hole in the road.
A hole in the road can be impossible to spot if its full of water, and very difficult to spot at other times especially at night, being almost the same colour as the road. As for being quids in if your car gets damaged by a pothole you'll be lucky to get compensation for being without the vehicle, let alone the cost of the repair. You would in any case need to prove that the council was aware of the hole AND had had a reasonable time to repair it. Potholes don't move either, just grow. A very small pothole can damage a car suspension or wheel.
There are groups of potholes in the roads near me that are even harder to spot as the road has so many patched potholes that the potholes are hard to distinguish from the patches.
Some holes are deep enough to lose a football in and, others only 2 inches deep
Some of the patches now have potholes in them. and some of the patches are patched! And some of the patterns of potholes impossible to avoid without crossing to the wrong side of the road. And some of the patches have come out completely leaving loose stones over the road.
Nearly got the car rear ended when I slowed down to try to avoid the holes. And of course theres the impatient driver in a car that he doesn't have to repair out of his own pocket and won't slow down and sprays the loose stones everywhere chipping paintwork.
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