The sun had an iteresting artical on this the other day "BRITISH drivers pay £46bn a year in motoring taxes for the worst roads in Europe

"BRITISH drivers pay £46bn a year in motoring taxes for the worst roads in Europe

In return, the Government are investing just £6.3billion on major motorway and trunk road schemes and providing councils with around £3billion between 2011 and 2015 to maintain the roads"



http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/mot...m-potholes.html