HOW ROAD USERS APPRAISE ROADS

There are grave doubts that the national highway program will be successful if engineers limit their attention to the scientific phases of highway construction and ignore the desires of motorists. Highway planners should remember that it was the early highway user who struggled for years to free our civilization from the mire of unpaved roads. Through their efforts we were able to construct suitable paved roads. This article discusses how the highway users view the conditions of roads. The highway user who pays a good portion of automobile dollar for taxes wants good roads. Good public relations must become an important aspect of highway construction.