WHY do motorists expect compensation and insist that councils spend tax payers’ money constantly running around filling pot holes?

Since motoring first became popular our road surfaces have never before been subjected to so much extensive technical research.

This has resulted in a very high quality driving surface suiting the varying conditions of British geography and weather.

Most modern motor cars have been intentionally made to be lighter for economy and manufacturing cheapness, resulting in weaker suspension components.

In the days when vehicles had a separate “chassis” with body and running gear made of a considerably heavier gauge material, most roads were of a poor standard but these robust vehicles had relatively few problems.

Today’s road maintenance bills should be handed to the operators of the huge commercial vehicles, many continental, whose ever increasing weight is causing the damage to our roads.

However, the councils should be responsible for damages from the questionable installation of speed bumps, which even at walking pace put untold stresses on cars and indeed drivers.

MIKE ROBERTS-BUTLER, Dolbery Road, Poole