Study: Bad roads cost Los Angeles driver $2,500 per year

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new study released Thursday reveals bad roads and time spent in traffic jams cost the average Los Angeles driver an extra $2,500 each year.

"You spend enough on maintenance on your vehicles as it is. With every pothole you hit, it's just rattling everything loose In your car. It drives me nuts." Santa Clarita resident Paul Byers said.

TRIP, a transportation research and advocacy group, studied five major urban areas in California. During a news conference, officials said poorly maintained highways and roads cost Californians about $44 billion a year in repairs, accidents and fuel burned in congested traffic.

"It really brings home that when roads and highways are not maintained and repaired to the extent they should be that those costs fall on the individual," said Rocky Moretti, director of policy and research at TRIP.

Transportation officials said it would cost $8 billion to fix the state's aging roads.