Fuel taxes are pricing motorists off the road, claim campaigners as car use plummets

Ministers were accused of pricing motorists off the road after figures revealed that car use has dropped to its lowest level for eight years.

The Department for Transport breakdown showed that road use fell for the third year in a row for the first time since records began more than 60 years ago.

It also revealed that less than £1 in every £3 collected in motoring taxes goes towards road maintenance.     Read More