During my recent short trip to Southern France I used the French Autoroutes again.
I think I have been driving on these roads (and many ordinary French roads) for over 25 years and I am always amazed how easy they are to use. Yes, the tolls have increased in recent years, but as the saying goes, you get what you pay for. Clean service stations, very few traffic jams and an easy drive (is the road covering?).
I wonder why our Motorways have not caught up with the same notion of providing value for money, well I suppose its because there owned by ??? That’s a good question, who does own our motor ways. It’s easy to see who owns the M6 Toll road and how much better it is than other UK motorways, maybe its because it’s a Toll road!
I can’t see how the UK can cope with any further increase in the number of cars on our roads, unless like the French, we use our roads better and start introducing some form of ‘pay per use’ and use that money to improve the roads.
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