UK motorists contribute around £35 billion annually through fuel duty, VED and charges – yet we’re still dodging craters. Where does the money actually go?
Our roads right now look like grey apple crumble. I’m not exaggerating. There are more craters on a typical UK high street than on the entire surface of the moon, and yet we – the long-suffering, tax-paying, suspension-replacing motorists of this sceptred isle – are shelling out a small nation’s GDP just for the privilege of driving across them.