Pot hole problem 'putting drivers at risk'
Date: 04/06/2008 12:00:00
British drivers face roads which have been allowed to fall into disrepair despite high taxes on drivers,
the AA has claimed.
The association said dangerous pot holes litter routes due to under-investment, with drivers and their
passengers put at risk.
Motorists pay more than £44 billion a year in taxes but only £8 billion is spent on the entire
transport network, according to the Telegraph.
AA president Edmund King said: "Skimping can cost lives and not a single one should be lost on the
roads for want of a pothole being filled or surface renewed."
He added road maintenance should no longer be the "poor relation" when it came to funding at
local authority or government levels.
Two-thirds of drivers think road conditions have got worse under the Labour administration, the AA said.
Poor road conditions can increase the risk of an accident and the chances of drivers having to claim on
car insurance policies for
damage to suspension or other components.
Last month the RAC Foundation said the average wait for a road to be resurfaced was 65 years.