Proper Tidy
Arsed
Air parking. Cars that float when stationary to save ground space.
Car owners in routine outbreak of extreme selfishness
- Thread starter teuchter
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teuchter
je suis teuchter
And private transport too, right?
Funnily enough, many people who want to nationalise public transport get all squeamish when you propose the same happens to their precious car.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
How would this work in practice? Because on the surface this sounds a bit silly
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Perfectly happy for the state to buy my fifteen year old clio though, please
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
You really need to ask?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Proposal to ban private cars from public roads
Technological developments have only made the idea more feasible since I wrote that ten years ago.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
So not really nationalising private car ownership then, just car clubs like the ones that already exist but have fuck all market share on account of not really meeting the affordability and convenience criteria for anybody who doesn't live in a heavily populated city with good public transport who only requires the use of a car very occasionally? Just want to check I have this right
teuchter
je suis teuchter
No, you do not have that right.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
I had a dream once where I had a car that folded up into the key fob.
Very disappointed on waking.
It was a relatively large key fob because apparently my subconscious is concerned about plausibility.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Oh ok, it's just that's what your linked old post basically says. Car clubs.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
And shoes.
I have a drive and a garage, so it’s not an issue
Me too, tho my garage houses my sons weight bench equipment, a fridge, freezer, 3 bikes and other stuff.
Think I’ve parked the car in it only a handful of times.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
My car wouldn't fit in my garage, it is too small even if I did chuck out the 6 bikes, kayak, luggage etc. but don't tell anyone, it will ruin the illusion that I live in a mansion
My car wouldn't fit in my garage, it is too small even if I did chuck out the 6 bikes, kayak, luggage etc. but don't tell anyone, it will ruin the illusion that I live in a mansion
Ive heard you live in 2 mansions within acres of woodland, what what!
teuchter
je suis teuchter
The proposal is specifically designed to make change possible in areas outside of densely populated cities. Car sharing schemes already work well in densely populated areas on a commercial basis. This is the whole point of introducing a scheme that doesn't rely mainly on commercial incentives. This is what nationalisation is all about. It's all explained in that thread for anyone who actually wants to read it properly and make a genuine attempt to understand the principle of the proposal. Unfortunately though, it proposes something that goes a little too far in extending socialistic principles even for people who post on urban75 to be comfortable with. They want the railways nationalised because they think that'll end up with a better service for them personally (and they may be right). But they don't want their cars nationalised because it would mean sacrificing a tiny bit of their personal freedom and convenience in the service of the greater good. They'll complain about poor public transport provision in rural areas but reject suggestions as to how to improve that situation if it means they have to change the way they personally make transport decisions.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
I suspect your argument would have rather more support if you were able to make the case that the bolded bit above were accurate. Thus far you have failed to do so, presumably because you know it’s a load of old bollocks.
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
and the music they ALL play in their cars is shit.
His proposal is that the already overcrowded Dorking train station car park somehow crams even more cars in there to be available for people to use to reach the 99% of the local area public transport is currently unavailable for. So they can carry on driving exactly as now but with less accessibility
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
teuchter
je suis teuchter
You've not read a word of it, obviously.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Nope, the worst case scenario is that there would be exactly the same number of cars in there as now. What's your solution to the overcrowding?
More investment in areas of the country that are suffering decline and removal of incentives for businesses to locate in the south-east
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
oh, a grown up. Important. In your car. Current affairs. Adult.
And that’s the more reasonable aspect of his plan. He fails to explain whether, after delivering the family with multiple car seats and luggage to their rural idyll, the cars miraculously return to the station so they can be used by someone else, or they are just left to litter the countryside until a passing user chances upon them.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
Trolling car drivers is easy cos you are all so defensive. Cant think why.
Probably because it’s not just people in big towns and cities who need to move about and get shit done.
