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Moth M
Moth Jul 10, 2003 19:26:06
Replying to nickbrand

Bear with me, I'm making this rant up as I go along! It's something that's bothered me for a while having seen a feature on some telly programme, but I'm sure I haven't thought it out properly.

I reckon you should have to have a (free) special license to take 'em on the road because they are so dangerous in accidents - they just mash pretty much whatever they hit - other cars & pedestrians. You should have to prove you need a 4x4. This license would also allow you to use it offroad if you could prove you need to.

You should also need a different license to use them offroad for recreation & they should be limited to specially allocated areas. You'd have to pay for this license at least to cover admin costs. Unless you've got the 'onroad' license you can only use it on the road if you can prove you are on your way to or from one of the 'offroad' areas.

'Bullbars' MUST be removed for road use.

love

Moth

N nickbrand
nickbrand Jul 10, 2003 19:52:15
Replying to Moth

I don't have bull bars - I've never seen a kangaroo on or off the road in Scotland! I can see your point when they're used mainly to take the kids on the school run or to go to the supermarket in, and frankly I can't see much rationale for having one in the plains of Albion! But an awful lot of the places I use mine are on roads ordinary cars struggle on, and you have to take the weather up here into account. It's not a national disaster if we have a couple of inches of snow. Up here it's just called winter, and a couple of inches of snow is regarded as a light frost... Horses for courses. I would never consider taking it somewhere like the Ridgeway, that's a walking track as far as I can see. Blanket condemnation of what is in these areas a valid form of transport sticks in my craw. Why should someone track up the hill paths on a bloody mountain bike? Couldn't they build a little place for them like the skateboard rinks? (only kidding BigSweetie!)

P pebblesfromheaven
pebblesfromheaven Jul 10, 2003 23:15:40
Replying to Moth

More of a U-know conversation really, but I heard that if it wasn't for all the SUV's in the USA they would have enough domestic oil
ie wouldn't have to import.
So no war etc....

.o0O0o.
PS please don't ask me to substantiate this with real references. this is TMA ;-)