MANSFIELD resident Val Owen used to drive to Croydon every weekend to visit her family.
But now she’s too afraid.
Ms Owen recently decided to start taking the bus to avoid the ever-worsening Melba and Maroondah Highways.
“I was travelling down the highway about six weeks ago and almost witnessed a crash,” she said.
“The car in front of me swerved to miss a massive pothole and almost ra...