Chancellor Alistair Darling's Pre-Budget report to the Commons had ideas for motorists, mainly the doubling of the transport budget.
The RAC Foundation welcomed the commitment but stressed that a greater proportion must be spent on roads as 93% of passenger journeys and the majority of freight are carried by road.
The total estimate to be spent on transport in 2007-8 is £20bn and this is forecast to increase to £23.7bn by 2010-11. However, the motorist is already paying double this amount in motoring taxes each year (£45bn in 2006).
Edmund King, executive director of the RAC Foundation, said: "We need to see a greater proportion spent on roads. The motorist will view the recent fuel duty increase and proposals for yet more increases over the next two years as money for nothing unless the road infrastructure is improved."
Alec Murray, chairman of the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF), said: "The Chancellor has missed an opportunity by failing to twin his Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) evasion clampdown, with a matching attack on car insurance dodging."
There are 27 million drivers on Britain's roads, and it is estimated that one in ten are currently uninsured.
He added: "The insurance premiums paid by law-abiding motorists are kept high in order to pay for the 2.7 million who shirk their responsibilities as road users. VED and car insurance evasion go hand in hand, so the Chancellor had an opportunity to allow motorists to have more money in their pocket at the end of the year, and reduce the misery that results from crashes involving uninsured vehicles."
Nigel Humphries, the Association of British Drivers' spokesman, said: "Transport and in particular our crumbling road network have for too long been treated as the 'Cinderella' of public services, yet a good road network is crucial to our economy and congestion affects almost everybody, directly or indirectly, every day of their lives."
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