http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: How can a driving licence improve health? en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:08:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14033#post-174178 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:55:42 +0000 Kim 174178@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Missing the bigger picture? Hasn't that been written into the BBC charter since in lurched to the right after the BBC Trust was taken over by the Tory Party? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14033#post-174009 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 17:29:40 +0000 crowriver 174009@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sure, I can see that too. What I find disturbing is the euphoric tone of the article, as though driving solves all these social problems at a stroke. </p> <p>Talk about missing the bigger picture... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14033#post-174005 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 15:55:37 +0000 LivM 174005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In remote communities, with long distances between population centres, I can see that a car is a pretty essential tool. My parents live up in the western highlands and without a car they would be housebound or dependent on car-using neighbours or taxis. No buses along their road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14033#post-174004 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 15:35:31 +0000 crowriver 174004@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is Australia, not here. Aboriginals, not colonials. </p> <p>The health effects? In summary: Less likely to die on the roads; Less likely their lives will "spiral out of control" due to unlicensed driving penalties; And: "It definitely makes you feel a lot better. It keeps you out of depression," apparently; Er, that's it (Ed.).</p> <p>So, I think what we're talking about here is "tackling social exclusion": in a society where nearly everyone drives, non-drivers are the "losers".</p> <p>Pass the painkillers, the blinkered world view of this article has given me a headache!</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30244392" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30244392</a> </p>