 News
on Breakdown Services
RAC Members are Tired of Motoring Taxes
7/May/2009
Although we've had a good idea that this was the case for some time, it is now
official.
Recently a new area was added on to the list of Britain's most congested roads -
the M62, which runs between Leeds and Huddersfield.
This is a stretch of road about 10 miles long, starting at Ainley Top and
Junction 24 and going to Gildersome and Junction 27. It is in a list from RAC of
10 hit list roads.
RAC has taken the time to survey thousands that drive these roads and these
surveys have shown which roads are more likely to end up with a hold up.
Almost daily the M62 ends up on traffic news with problems going on for miles,
especially during peak hours of travel in the area.
Just one breakdown or a single accident is enough to make things worse, making a
short journey ends up taking a long time with the big delays that motorists end
up facing.
Another finding from this survey is that the M25 is the worst area of road in
the entire UK. Right behind it is the M6/M42 interchange, which is right by
Birmingham.
According to this survey, better than 90% of drivers out there are tired of the
conditions of roads in their local area. Only 5% of those surveyed felt that
motoring taxes are used in an appropriate manner. This was after a survey of
about 2700 of the members of RAC - a top breakdown company.
There were only 21% that felt road pricing helped to deal with the problems of
congestion. A large 77% felt that if there was an improvement of public
transportation the jams would not be as difficult to navigate.
Support was found in these surveys for plans that would let drivers that drive
during peak hours use the hard shoulder on the motorway.
Today motorists pay hundreds each year for motoring taxes. When they pay this
much, it is not much to want roads that are maintained in a proper manner.
Many experts feel that the motoring taxes are not wisely spent. They are spent
on large visions that often fail and have no effect. RAC members and experts
feel that using the taxes on local schemes would be a much better option.
Even the government in the UK has found that just using road schemes that are
inexpensive can bring in five times the benefit for each pound that is spent on
it.
Instead of investing in schemes that would help matters, the government has
continued to only spent a very small portion of the taxes on the roads.
Motorists in Britain are tired of dealing with congestion black spots according
to Adrian Tink, who is a motoring strategist for RAC. Unfortunately they
continue to pay more taxes in order to have this privilege of jams and long
waits.
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