RAC Report on Motoring 2016

RAC Report on Motoring 2016

Foreword Julia Bradbury

I am delighted to introduce the RAC’s 28th annual Report on Motoring. My enthusiasm for the great outdoors is well known and in my capacity as president of The Camping and Caravanning (C&C) Club, I meet many fellow enthusiasts.

We tend to take our cars for granted but the majority of us who love camping and caravanning depend upon them, and the freedom that they give us, to travel to remote places to enjoy the scenery and explore the area. The C&C Club has nearly 600,000 members from all walks of life and their views are likely to be a microcosm of those of the wider motoring public. Fuel prices have been a top concern for all drivers for a number of years but with the fall in world oil prices, research for this year’s report shows that this has dropped down

the list of motorists’ concerns compared with previous years. But we cannot say the same

about the state of the roads. Driving into a pothole can

do huge damage to any vehicle’s wheels, tyres and suspension and while the country’s

motorways and major roads are generally in a

decent condition, rural roads in

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