Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

In traffic terms it would be better if u all stayed in? :)

because a close pass in Tesla and a close pass in Nissan Qashqai on Layhams is equally dangerous

to simplify, less cars (of any kind) = safer active travel for all

also particulates

I expect better Mashton, 4/10

Question, why is "traffic" of an electric car carrying 4 people bad?

In a city the whole lot grinds to a halt if more than a tiny tiny percentage of people decide to travel by car. And that's with absolutely heroic efforts to keep traffic moving - dedicating basically all of our prime outdoor space to moving or parking cars, making pedestrians wait forever at crossings, accepting X pedestrians/cyclists will be maimed or killed each day, etc.

So car use in a city is an incredibly finite resource and using it when you could easily use something else is kinda selfish.

(admittedly the real problem isn't one off journeys but people making journeys like yours all day and every day and then whinging constantly about traffic and bike lanes and parking)

Having unavoidably driven around your immediate area for a few days, I would find any possible alternative to driving. As to the 'school run', this is entirely unnecessary for any distance under (say) a mile and a half.

Prime hypocrite that I am, my Z4 has just cost me cash for the first time in 2 years, a new battery and bonnet cable.