RAC Report on Motoring 2016

1.0 What’s on motorists’ minds?

RAC call to action: The state of our roads: see page 90

(14%) say that the availability of parking is one of their four biggest concerns this year, a significant increase on the 8% recorded last year. The cost of parking is an even more serious issue: almost a fifth (18%) now say this is a top-four concern compared with one in eight (12%) in 2015. It is worth noting also that the environmental impact of vehicle use ranked very low on most motorists’ list of concerns, despite the relatively high level of media coverage of such issues over the last 12 months. Just 7% named environmental impact as a top- four concern, while the same proportion are worried about the accuracy of fuel efficiency and

emissions claims made by motor manufacturers. Even fewer (6%) are concerned about the impact of diesel emissions on health. Nevertheless, as the findings highlighted later in this report will show, there are still high levels of awareness – if not outright concern – of these matters among Britain’s motorists. 18 %

of motorists say the cost of parking is now one of their top four concerns

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