A motorcyclist who struck a pothole fears one of the hundreds scattered on the county’s roads could one day throw him from his bike and seriously hurt or kill him. Steve Matthews smashed a crater along the rut-ridden Monk’s Hill in Smarden near Ashford damaging his vehicle and leaving him with a hefty bill. The incident buckled the wheels of Mr Matthews’s bike, leaving him with £500 worth of repairs. But the 69-year-old, who lives in the village, is scared the poor state of many of the county’s roads could be fatal and are far more perilous for bikers compared to car drivers. He only began pur…