Motoring cheaper now than two decades ago

A recent report has indicated that the cost of motoring is actually lower now than it was around twenty year ago. Officials claim that the cost of motoring has actually fallen by around 18% compared to twenty years ago, in 1988. This is despite the fact that petrol prices have risen by over 200% since that time.

The report comes from the RAC. Having taken inflation levels into account, the motoring group has said that the cost of motoring overall is cheaper now than it was in 1988, stating that the cost of vehicles is now cheaper, and that they now need less money spent on them in terms of repairs than they did twenty years ago.

Another thing that the RAC looked at in the report was the rising incidents of road rage. One official said: It is worrying that millions of motorists are victims of a driving behaviour that didn’t even have a name 20 years ago.

The majority of people that were polled as part of the survey thought that Britain was too reliant on cars, and that within the next twenty years the roads on Britain would be gridlocked. Over 70% of drivers said that they would find it very difficult to cope without a car.