Re: Lincolns bypass to go though only barrow cemetery!

drewbhoy Feb 19, 2010 15:49:07

Replying to tjj

A agree with you Tjj, but in some places there is no option but to have a car, say up in the Highlands, Moray, rural Aberdeenshire, Snowdonia, Lake District etc etc. The cars aren't the main problem, it's the idiots who constantly design new roads/golf courses thru ancient sites. Surely the Govt and DVLA have enough revenue from the road tax and fuel charges to ensure better road conditions that don't encroach on sites of interest. Sometimes a letter or two helps, a wind turbine was proposed for the Mains of Hatton, Aberdeenshire near the RSC. Local people petitioned the council and farmer and won. The turbine was moved 50 meters away to the other side of the road. A small victory but a victory nevertheless.

Branwen Feb 19, 2010 16:39:26

Replying to drewbhoy

Yeah Drew, my decision to give up the car coincided with moving back to Edinburgh and being divorced. I sat there and asked myself how a single woman who only uses the car for herself, in a city with good public transport and cheap grocery deliveries could justify having one. I couldn't. The only thing in my column of reasons to keep one was "but it's a bright red 1967 alpha romeo spider". Pretty car, lovely to drive, especially with the top down. No way to justify keeping it....

Sniff. (Loved that car).

If I ever move to my dream location somewhere in the heart of perthshire I will probably have to have a rethink.

juamei Feb 19, 2010 20:08:28

Replying to drewbhoy

Or indeed 2 miles outside Bristol. I live a mile from the nearest bus stop which gets 6 buses a day, with the first one at 10am, so thoroughly useless for work purposes...

What we need is more car sharing, much much more subsidised public transport, combined with a focused obsession from the motor industry towards green tech.

If I could get a bus to work I would. If I could get a bus (or combination thereof) to even the prehistory I can see from my house, I most certainly would. As it is the car and bike is all I have...