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It sometimes feels like we hear a lot of negative PR targeting drivers - anything ranging from their environmental impact and congestion through to parking misdemeanours, speeding and abusing cyclists.
However, we should never forget how crucial drivers are to the country; they have a massive impact on keeping our economy going.
In the UK, companies and individuals spend around £60bn on new and used cars every year.
Plus of course the spending doesn't end there with spin-offs like insurance, servicing, maintenance and breakdown - all things that inject money into the economy and translate into thriving businesses and jobs.
Drivers are also a major contributor to the Government's overall tax take.
Road tax, fuel duty and company car taxation all combine to generate significant income for the Government to invest back into the country. Incidentally, it's an amount that far exceeds spending on the roads.
While businesses rely on vehicles to operate and survive. There are literally millions of company vehicles on the roads.
Whether companies are using them to transport salespeople, deliver goods, collect materials or the multitude of other reasons that people drive on business - they are all essential.
Plus without driving, many people would struggle to get to and from their place of work.
According to Direct Line insurance the average commute in the UK is 29.2 miles every day with Britons clocking up an average of 6,862 miles each year driving to work. What's more, 29% of these commuters say that there is no other feasible way of getting to the office.
So of course, drivers should be taxed to some degree, they should be encouraged to minimise their environmental impact, and they should be challenged to drive as safely as possible.
But let's also give them a break because without drivers (and most of us are one) we would be in a serious mess!
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