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Yeah - get all the comments "you were in a car - don't complain about others being in a car" I get that. We are part of the problem.
My point is there are only two things you can really do on a sunday afternoon- go to the supermarket or go for a walk - but I just don't buy it that this is what they are all doing. My hypothesis that a good proportion are perhaps not going to a supermarket/for a walk in the woods appears to be backed up by the continuing growth in infections and the lack of a queue of cars trying to get into the supermarket car park.
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I agree that some people are not following the rules. They haven't since the start, and won't for the foreseeable. Christmas period will have seen a huge amount of non-essential travel, I know friends that did it sadly.
there are only two things you can really do on a sunday afternoon
I see what you're saying, and this maybe true for you, but they could also be: providing childcare, helping an elderly relative / vulnerable person, going for a drive (without stopping), working in an essential job (e.g. not all doctors live near a hospital).
If I'm being extreme I'd say that going out every other day, even for safe reasons, increases the amount of cars visible on the road which will inevitably make some people feel that they can get away with driving somewhere they're not supposed to because 'everyone else is doing it'. I'm not criticising you, you're sticking to the rules, but just acknowledging that humans are humans. In no time in history has everyone done what they were supposed to (which is sometimes a good thing).
Edit: I think there's interesting / depressing parallels with the fight against climate change. For a while I fell into a pit of despair about how we were never going to make any meaningful progress, and that any small changes I was able to make was dwarfed by other people's negligence and ignorance. Eventually I came around to realise that I just had to accept that that would happen, and try wherever possible to do the best I could in my own life. Went through a similar process with social distancing etc.
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Obviously I can't answer for everyone, and no doubt some people are taking the piss. But, one explanation is that some are just going for a drive? My 94 year old Gran is obviously at high risk so cannot leave the house at all really, and lives in a remote-ish village near Wrexham. But if my Mum picks her up, drives to a coastline / hilltop etc, they can just park up, enjoy the view and go home. No human contact, but at least a change of scenery.
This thread has seen quite a few posts along the lines of "I couldn't believe how busy ____ was, I had a good reason to be there but I don't think everyone else did". It's understandable but I think sometimes a bit of perspective is needed. If half the people in London went out for a drive every other day, as you are, surely it'll feel busy?