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Depends where you live. Not everyone lives in cities or places well served by public transport.
Whilst this is true, many people live in such places by choice - a choice that is facilitated and to some extent legitimised by the ubiquity of private motor vehicles.
Much - probably the majority - of the traffic blight suffered by residents of London is caused by people who choose to live 'in a lovely little village in Kent', but drive to work in New Cross.
If the right to drive in London was restricted to people who live in London, it would be a much better place.
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If the right to drive in London was restricted to people who live in London, it would be a much better place.
Would be awkward for trades. I live in Barnet and any builder/roofer/plumber/etc lives in Hertfordshire and drives in.
We just need road pricing, that makes people think a bit harder before driving half a mile to pick up a newspaper.
jellybaby
Depends where you live. Not everyone lives in cities or places well served by public transport.
Probably a fair point for most owners of them and other car types. A guy I know has a pickup and the most he puts in the back is the shopping or the bikes; he got it as he likes the image he thinks it projects (outdoorsy, manly sort of vibe is what he's going for).
Problem is that car ownership is too connected to an image people want to project or that other people expect of them and their perceived place in the world.