A NEW report highlights some of the motoring issues that really make us mad.

The Used Car Market Report, published by BCA Europe and Sewells International, examines the value and volume of used car sales in the UK and asks motorists their views on buying, driving and owning a used car.

When it came to Motoring Issues, respondents were asked to rate their satisfaction across a number of concerns, with 100 per cent being very satisfactory and nought per cent very unsatisfactory.

Motorists were scathing about fuel tax, which scored a satisfaction rating of just 27 per cent - with more than a quarter of motorists actually giving it a zero rating

There were low satisfaction scores for road/motorway congestion and motoring taxes spent on transport infrastructure at 35 per cent each, while road maintenance/development fared little better at 36 per cent.

Congestion charges gained a 41 per cent satisfaction rating, possibly reflecting the current localised nature of such schemes, parking provision/regulation scored slightly better at 44 per cent and the Road Fund Licence scored 45 per cent.

Railways and public transport (as a viable alternative to car travel) scored 45 per cent and 48 per cent respectively.

Perhaps surprisingly, speed cameras scored the highest satisfaction rating, at 62 per cent.

The 2003 Used Car Market Report shows that increasing numbers of us are buying used cars and that 6.6 million used cars were sold in the UK last year representing an increase of 192,000 units year on year.