Is it a right or is it a privilege to have a car ?

> Also, places of work not embracing home working. I have a remote login to my work, but not allowed to work from home because of 'reasons'

I too am 'not allowed' to work from home but it is technically possible.
What do you think the 'reasons' are ?
When I've asked I've never had a plausible answer which leaves me to conclude that its to do with status/job hierarchy which then leaves me with the feeling that I am not considered responsible enough to have this 'privilege'.
Trust me - I don't need a whole day's annual leave to accommodate a doctors/dental appointment/utilities repair visit.

I live in Birmingham and on a whole it's massively car leaning. Public transport is regarded as the 'peasant wagon', and for a lot of people cycling to work is incomprehensible.

I work at a Hospital, and recently the trust has revoked car parking permits for people who live <30mins away on public transport. The trust has recently had a new hospital built, along with new corresponding multi-story car parks - which are all now full at 8am.
Much consternation among those affected.

On reasons for not allowing home working, as you've said I can only think it's due to issues with responsibility and trust.
I can't think why else it's not more widely adopted. For our trust it would free up space in over crowded buildings and car packs, and ultimately save money.

I passed it.

:-)

What you're m.o.t?
Congratulations

Lol, that was mine! That pic wasn't when I owned it though.

I didn't see more than 3 cyclists whilst having a coffee outside the new New Street Station but I watched the Tram lines being made.

Birmingham is the Motown of this sceptred isle, Brum indeed. Pretty sure the first motor-vehicle specific garages were in Birmingham suburbs. Takes time for habits to change but they will, luckily a lot of the black country canal networks are still in operation or could be reinstated with little investment so freight transport won't be a problem when the wheels stop rolling

I worked for a Local Authority a while ago who were going through an asset/estate restructure. They explored home working quite seriously. However, this was more on a permanent basis rather than just an ad-hoc day, here or there.

We were told that apparently, whilst many people will be fine with long term home working there is a distinct loss of productivity over periods of time longer than 3 months. The majority of this was put down to employees not being up to date with the overall things happening within the organisation, e.g., water cooler gossip, which we were told is a large part of informal communications. Also, levels of grievance increase because people don't meet face to face enough and issues aren't resolved quickly. Coupled with this, there is apparently a much higher risk of employee suicide, spousal abuse and general mental health, as for some people, the only people they talk to on a daily basis are those they work with.

Not sure if what I've written makes sense, but it what they used to make their decisions with.

Recently? Well done. I'd struggle.

I did a piss easy test years ago in a 1.1 Vauxhall Nova which gives me the right to drive a 7.5 tonne something with a trailer. Fucking madness. I struggle enough just driving my normal car up and down the motorway at 98mph.

Where I work wfh is common but there's is always room for you in the office with your own desk. Combined with flexitime with core hours most people come in anyway, and as core hours are 10-16 you can avoid the 9-5 jams and login at home.

Unless you are on school run duty of course :/

Has this been resolved yet? Are cars evil or good?

My car is good, everyone else's is evil. Cyclists are tossers.

thats why i posted it, im on retro rides too as i love cars and like driving them just as much, just like the tens of thousands of other people on that forum. since you were commuting in that i always thought that was awesome all round. but curious as to why you say here you dont like driving? as that thing looked like total commitment to a cool car and a way of getting about

My t4 into new.forest and back with passengers today for running event. Privilege and pleasure.
My ride to work yesterday 45 minutes each way commute . A right. To free fitness and health.
Hope that's confused it even more

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It's other drivers that spoil it for me! I finished my Anglia resto shortly before I put the T up for sale, which is what I use as my daily these days. I've also got a hopeless old Citroen to share daily duty that I've posted about on Autoshite. I live closer to work now so I can cycle all the way, but it's such a frustrating drive while my knee is playing up. I couldn't deal with drivers round here for long if I was in a normal car!

^ echoing what a few people have said - the (understandably London-centric) question of whether cycling is a right or a privilege is sort of irrelevant, because for most people in most places around the UK, it's an economic necessity to own a car. I guess when the legal system recognises this necessity, then it becomes a de-facto right.