Australia’s Highways Take A Beating In 2013 Report Card

So, where are all the dollars going that are stripped off motorists in registration fees, fines, GST dividends and fuel excise?

The just-released 2013 Australian Road Assessment Program (AusRAP) report paints a very poor picture of Australia’s national highways. 

Alarmingly, of the 21,922km of highway examined (those with a speed limit of 90km/h or higher), 39 percent rated 2-Stars or less out of a possible five for safety.

Victoria came through 'least scathed' by the report as the only state with any 5-Star rated roads (albeit just two percent of its roads). In that state, least worst of a bad lot, only 13 percent of roads examined earned 4-Stars, and 62 percent just 3-Stars.

- Trevor Collett (with Tim O'Brien; Managing Editor, The Motor Report)