Over here (Finland), tax revenue from fuel and vehicle taxes is 7 G€ per years, government expenditure on roads is in the order of 1 G€ per year. There is no relationship of vehicle&#x2F;gas taxes and road maintenance; taxes are just general revenue.<p>And I think it&#x27;s just the same in most countries: taxes are just taxes, general revenue; not earmarked money for some particular purpose.<p>(What baffles me is that the gas tax in U.S. is so low; that contributes to the situation where vehicles are often very large and consume ridiculously high amounts of fuel).