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Top Gear drive all those cars so that I don't have to.
I wonder if I'm not the only one that thinks of it like that, and in fact it reduces driving? :-)
probably not.
I reckon most people own cars because they have to. They have to work too far from home, shop too far from home, send the kids to school miles away. They don't live in central London where there are adequate alternatives. These people probably aren't interested in cars or driving at all. It's just what happens between breakfast and work. Or it is work. These are the ones that probably cause most accidents because they are so unlikely to be concentrating on their driving. It's truck drivers in London that kill the majority of cyclists after all. The people that are genuinely into cars are probably better, more attentive and safer drivers.
I also think that ranting against cars in London is a bit redundant because you're preaching to the converted. So few of the cars you encounter in the centre are actually private cars. They are all commercial vehicles: vans, cabs and minicabs. Most Londoners surely think driving into work is either impossible or so painful as to be counter-productive.