Road traffic has increased by 14 per cent since Labour returned to power in 1997 – despite its pledge to cut vehicle journeys.
Car numbers have risen by 11 per cent while the amount of 'white van man' traffic has swelled by a hefty 40 per cent.
And, as the volume of traffic clogging our roads hits new highs each year, average speeds are falling, figures released yesterday revealed.
'Eleven years of a Labour government has led to a comprehensive catalogue of road policy failures...
Then transport secretary John Prescott said in 1997 he would have failed if car journeys were not reduced by 2002.
**I bet he feels sick about that one, enough to vomit up his taxpayer funded lunch maybe...
But the Department for Transport figures showed car traffic now makes up 79 per cent of all traffic, with average speeds falling from 55.4mph to 55mph.
'The dire state of our roads must be tackled or the competitiveness of UK plc will be compromised,' said the British Chamber of Commerce.
However, the figures showed half as many drivers were now speeding compared with 1997 levels.
Meanwhile, drivers are fuming at government plans to further increase car tax charges, a survey out today revealed.
More than 80 per cent of AA members think the tax is being used as a stealth charge.
AA president Edmund King said there was 'confusion, mistrust and a lack of information' about the changes.
Mr King has written to chancellor Alistair Darling and asked for the scrapping of the 2009-2010 planned vehicle excise duty increases.
He said: 'We have called it a mean tax rather than a green tax.'
**And Labour fail again, as socialists do with each and every thing they do...
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