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“FRUSTRATED motorists are losing precious hours of their lives stuck in traffic”
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Posted 7 years ago #
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Maybe they should get a life and travel some other way?
Posted 7 years ago # -
I came across this from yesterday which gave me a chuckle. https://youtu.be/ZK-lgRaHPH8
Posted 7 years ago # -
That's impressive. I wonder if there's a case for allowing commercial vans to use the bus lanes? It does seem like the city's commerce is stuck in a sea of private cars.
Posted 7 years ago # -
'Aberdeen is congestion hotspot' under a picture of central Oxford. Scotland's paper of record, eh?
People cycle in Oxford. Aberdeen is utterly hostile to cyclists.
Posted 7 years ago # -
That's nice. I waste hours of my life stuck behind drivers (on the bus). When is somebody going to look out for me?
This "article" is just a press release by the car industry.
Posted 7 years ago # -
In trixie's vid-ay-oh every single car In the thousands the bikes undertake using the bus lane was driven by a single occupant. Even the driver of the silver BMW who thinks his/her car is a bus, has no passengers.? The bearded follow in the shorts (Cold day for shorts?) predicts Cjsm from newington to bypass. The comment under the film about the Dutch Approach to private cars nails it.
People seem welded to their vehicles in Edinburgh and environs.
Posted 7 years ago # -
I wonder if there's a case for allowing commercial vans to use the bus lanes?
The law of unintended consequences says that office workers will buy commercial vehicles to use in order to "speed up" their commute...
Posted 7 years ago # -
Ah, thought cyclingmollie being ironic. The case is for banning private cars or at least heavily taxing single occupant vehicles (apocryphal increase in inflatable dolls sales for the passenger seat when Seattle tried this back when technology was poorer, see also Athens when people have two number plates to use car on days the other number plate is not allowed)
Posted 7 years ago # -
These hours can't be that precious to the affected motorists - or they wouldn't be wasting them. Headline should read:
"Large group of motorists get together to create congestion"
Yes, I know - "we don't have a choice but to drive" - possibly true for some, but not all. In a place like Edinburgh, it would take a relatively small reduction in traffic to all but eliminate rush hour congestion.
Posted 7 years ago # -
@morningsider you mean like if petrol was expensive and a single occupant vehicle was properly charged for entering the city? So that people in Penicuick (or other orbital dormitories) advertised for car shares.? Worked for Peter Kay
Posted 7 years ago # -
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LargeSurprisingly small group of motorists get together to create congestion"FTFY
Probably only a couple of double decker busloads of them. Single occupant cars are just an incredible waste of road space.
Posted 7 years ago # -
@dougal, dogleg boules c'est les couilles du chien
Though technically there is no literal translation of the mutt's nuts en Francais, c'est superbe innit?
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