Why do French roads have no litter or potholes?

I have recently returned from a holiday in Brittany. I drove hundreds of miles on all types of roads and I didn't encounter a single pothole. Also, no roadside litter. How is it that the French can get it right and Britain can't?

Asked on 27 July 2013 by AD, Cardiff

Answered by Honest John

Because our country was run for 13 years by an anti-car government that preferred to put humps in the road than to fix potholes and is now run by a government that inherited a huge debt from it and is trying to reduce that debt. The French government does not accept that France is broke.

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