Is there any possibility that you might, just for a moment, remove your cranium from your derrière and join the real world briefly?
> Phew! What you've written contains so many false assumptions, it's > hard to know where to start. So I'll take them as they appear. > > >The presumption that tolls will reduce traffic presumes that people > are > >making avoidable journeys. > > Almost all journeys are avoidable. Rubbish > Instead of going to mail a letter, > you could have used email. I do and the postbox, if I need to use snail mail, is 20 yards from my front door > Instead of going to the shops four times a > week for small purchases, you could go once and buy the lot. Guess what ... Actually, we go once every two or three weeks as it happens and stock up big time > Instead > of driving to work, you could work from home via the internet or move > closer to your job and walk to it. And you accuse me of making false assumptions! Damn difficult to do the overnight baking and night service for the cafe I work in from home And SWMBO would probably find it a bit of a challenge to unload 30+ artics on our drive Furthermore, there is no pedestrian access to where I work at all (nor is there any public transport) We did look at moving into the town where Jane works. Trouble is, she's not paid enough to make up for the significant difference in housing costs. And it's pretty unusual these days that we even had the potential option - most large distribution centres etc. are located miles from the nearest affordable housing The majority of ordinary folk don't have the options you so glibly trot out > Instead of driving to your cottage > in Wales, you could take the train(or sell the thing) ... Cottage in Wales? Like I can afford a bl**dy cottage in Wales! A very small proportion of the population can afford second homes and unfortunately I'm not one of 'em > >Who, in this day and age of £5+ a gallon, makes unnecessary journeys > anyway? > > Almost everybody. Just look at all those clowns driving their kids to > school, for example. Just look at all those clowns whose kids are at schools miles from where they live with no adequate bus service or a bus service that costs an arm and a leg every year. Now I will agree that anybody who gets their car out just to take the kids to school within the same village and then goes home again should be hung, drawn and quartered but I would not expect any parent to allow their kids to walk two or three miles along country lanes with no footpath nor is it unreasonable for Dad to drop the kids off at school on his way past whilst heading for work (although I never did it - my lot all had to walk regardless but we've always been fortunate enough to live within a sensible walking distance and with a safe route to the nearest school .... although we did have to have a major row with the local EA to get the kids into the school just down the road and not the one two miles away) Snipped the rest 'cos it's dinner time and I really can't be *rs*d! Bru
