keg Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 I see the idiots are still out there... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2754252/Labour-MP-Beat-gridlock-ban-owning-car-force-motorists-share-vehicles.html Public transport can't cope at the moment at peak times. If we all did as he suggested it would also be gridlock. Build a few more roads, it might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peskyfoxs Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 I don't he think he's thought that idea through somehow ... Maybe he's just happy to get his name in the paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Before I retired car journey to work took 30 mins. Public transport for the same journey would have taken 2hrs with a 20 minute walk at either end. Didn't mind the 20 min walk but 2hrs each end of the day was too much, especially as I often combined the journey home with a trip to the supermarket as well. When the buses were not privatised the bus companies used to run into every village and subsidised the less profitable routes with the busier ones. When private companies were allowed to come in a cherry pick the profitable routes the less busy routes couldn't be sustained anymore. Hence the loss of a lot of rural bus services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) what a tit does he even come from planet earth.700 of us work 3 shifts on a industrial estate no buses ,no trains no trams no electric cars nearest town 5 miles away .mmm i know piggy backs and wheelbarrow races.oh n let me guess important peeps like say M.P,S are exempt from this as its vital that their ZIL limos have uncluttered roads comrade.George Orwell spring to mind ,not that he,s got a mind to spring to. Edited September 13, 2014 by clakk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted September 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Well put Clakk, Socialism at its worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Perhaps Labour MPs should give up all their cars and show the rest of us how it is done. Getting to work - forget it. Going on holiday - forget it. The man is one slice short of a full loaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobber Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 The man has lost his marbles. Public transport might be viable in a large city but I'd love to see the muppet try and get anywhere in North Yorkshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) Clearly a few cornflakes short of a packet but in some respects hes recognised that the transport problem in Britain is a ticking time bomb.. Build more roads and we will have more cars, build yet more cars and we will have yet more roads..its a vicious circle. One of the biggest problems is unnecessary driving. I know we all have to get to work but the number of young mothers on the road each day doing the school run is astronomic...when I was a lad 25 of us from the village used to walk 3 miles to the local school every day and back in all weathers...each day we had a different parent or two accompany us. These days ? 40 or more cars outside the local primary twice a day. Its just as bad in the towns and Cities. Something must be done. Perhaps big tax incentives not to have a car or fuel rationing. Edited September 13, 2014 by Fisherman Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 The man has lost his marbles. Public transport might be viable in a large city but I'd love to see the muppet try and get anywhere in North Yorkshire. Ditto for my home town also. Almost as daft as those Police messages when there's bad weather, 'only drive if your journey is absolutely necessary'. If we don't drive around here, we don't get paid. The man is a muppet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longspoon Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Complete toss-pot...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overandunder2012 Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 makes you want to buy a v8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 makes you want to buy a v8 Couldn't afford the fuel, tax and insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 I always wonder at the number of people gridlocked trying to get from Derby to Nottingham for work and vice-versa. Surely it makes sense that if the people working in Derby moved there, there would be a large number of houses for the people of Nottingham to move into in Notts. Why anyone would subject themselves to an hour/hour and a half commute to somewhere 10 miles away when you could move there is beyond me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Poor sod, he looks weird into the bargain. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted September 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Porn start 'Tash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Typical comrade comment - in a free country people should not be allowed to own cars. Not exactly a vote winner - Darwins theory applies to politicians too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOOTEMUP Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Typical comrade comment - in a free country people should not be allowed to own cars. Not exactly a vote winner - Darwins theory applies to politicians too. Can You imagine if someone from UKIP had said anything like this it would be all over the media like a rash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 labour politicians are protected by the mighty BBC and Guardian shield of dumb*** .say wot u like the unbiased reporters will protect u from that foot in mouth problem most M,P,S have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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