RAC Report on Motoring 2016

1.0 What’s on motorists’ minds?

Half of motorists (51%) say the state of the roads in their area has worsened over the past 12 months, with the preponderance of potholes by far the main culprit. This is against just 9% who say their local roads have in fact improved. By way of contrast, only 2% of drivers say the state of our motorways is a top concern, while a total of 12% named this as one of their four most serious concerns. Not surprisingly, a third of motorists (32%) still think that maintenance of local roads should be the Government’s top priority when it comes to transport investment – a slight rise on last year’s 30%.

Four-fifths (80%) think local road maintenance should be a top-five spending priority (78% in 2015). 51 %

of motorists say the state of the roads in their area has worsened over the past 12 months 80 % of drivers think local road maintenance should be a top-five spending priority

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