Continental European countries tend to build roads with the long term goal in mind rather than choosing the contractor who will do the job for the least amount of money. That way they know that the road will stand the test of time and last for 10/15 years.

How many times have you seen a new bit of road or resurfaced piece of road (including motorways) only to see a couple of years later that it's being resurfaced again or structural work is being carried out.

Also - trucks driving in the slow lane should not cause the slow lane to have ridges develop, this is obviously down to poor foundations beneath.

Also - has anyone else noticed that when they resurface alot of the roads and motorways that they don't actually level out any annoying bumps and ridges but just put new tarmac in and think that nobody will notice!

As for the road tax point - without the car drivers paying road tax over here the NHS and the Education system would collapse, an MP even stated this (I can't remember who exactly it was though).

Rant over!

Cheers,

Andy