F&I Management & Training

Motorists have given a resounding 'no' to the idea of privatising the motorways according to a new poll.

A survey of over 1,000 people by a car supermarket giant found 64% of people against the radical proposal recently put forward by the Social Market Foundation to give everyone tradable shares in England's major road networks.

Under the think tank's scheme the shares could be bought or sold on the Stock Exchange whilst motorways would be made into tolls, charging 10p a mile to use them.

A spokesman says: "In spite of its well-documented problems, the poll indicates that the vast majority of the public would prefer the motorways to be kept in state hands."