Entirely unashamed anti car propaganda, and the more the better.

[platinumsage]

To be clear though, your position is that we must not place any restrictions whatsoever on private motor use, because doing so is the thin end of the wedge that leads to totalitarianism.

No not at all. My position is simply that your "agenda of eliminating the private car" is only possible through totalitarianism.

I'm in favour or restrictions on private motor use, and nothing I've said indicates otherwise.

Your position however has varied on this thread from abolition of all private cars through to fawning over how awesome the current state of Tokyo when it comes to cars.

 

[Saul Goodman]

teuchter is about as consistent as a turd that starts as a hard plug and finishes in bowl splattering liquid lumps.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Driver + police officer = amusement

 

[Artaxerxes]

If cyclists weren't slowing down traffic innocent drivers wouldn't need to plough through shops for a shortcut.

 

[Dogsauce]

I’m all for as much planning as possible based around encouraging people not to move aloud. It is particularly mad when people have schools in walking distance and instead send their kids to somewhere miles away.

I think we’ve managed to get it licked, school is a 5-6 minute walk away, pre-school about the same, I work at the school too and it’s a two or three minute bike ride when I go in first thing. Post office 150 metres, Tesco metro 200 metres although I prefer the coop a couple of minutes further. The mrs works from home other than two contiguous days a fortnight in London which is done on public transport.

The only reason we need a car is a) for the weekly Aldi shop and b) Because we have a garage and not using would mean missing out on the joy of being smug assholes in an area where people get into fisticuffs about parking.

 

[Hollis]

The only reason we need a car is a) for the weekly Aldi shop and b) Because we have a garage and not using would mean missing out on the joy of being smug assholes in an area where people get into fisticuffs about parking.

Book a weekly delivery - job done. With the money you save from not having a car you can upgrade to Waitrose.

 

[Saul Goodman]

The only reason we need a car is a) for the weekly Aldi shop and b) Because we have a garage and not using would mean missing out on the joy of being smug assholes in an area where people get into fisticuffs about parking.

I live on a corner near a pub, and when the pub gets busy at weekends, people like to park their cars outside my house, so rather than putting the cars behind the house or in the garage, I park them outside the house to stop others parking there. Unfortunately, two cars isn't enough, as there's room for another two at the front of the house, so I'm going to have to buy another two cars to stop people from parking there. It's going to be an expensive job. Maybe I should just put some planters there.

 

[Aladdin]

I live on a corner near a pub, and when the pub gets busy at weekends, people like to park their cars outside my house, so rather than putting the cars behind the house or in the garage, I park them outside the house to stop others parking there. Unfortunately, two cars isn't enough, as there's room for another two at the front of the house, so I'm going to have to buy another two cars to stop people from parking there. It's going to be an expensive job. Maybe I should just put some planters there.

Block them with boulders.

 

[edcraw]

It seems even the Sun is getting pissed off with driver entitlement!

Family whose five cars won't fit on their drive complain at cost of parking

A FAMILY whose five cars won’t fit on their drive have complained about having to pay parking fees. Angela Hammond and her family say their council won’t allow them to buy a parkin…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[platinumsage]

It seems even the Sun is getting pissed off with driver entitlement!

[link removed]

You're not allowed to link to The Sun here, I suggest you edit your post.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

You're not allowed to link to The Sun here

Says who?

 

[platinumsage]

Says who?

Some grumpy poster called butchersapron, to me, when I posted a link to a Twitter post made by a journalist employed by The Sun.

Their post got lots of likes, so you'd better not try and justify the above, or else.

 

[klang]

Says who?

Some grumpy poster called butchersapron, to me, when I posted a link to a Twitter post made by a journalist employed by The Sun.

 

[Saul Goodman]

It seems even the Sun is getting pissed off with driver entitlement!

Family whose five cars won't fit on their drive complain at cost of parking

A FAMILY whose five cars won’t fit on their drive have complained about having to pay parking fees. Angela Hammond and her family say their council won’t allow them to buy a parkin…

www.thesun.co.uk

You know things are bad when someone has to resort to quoting the scum.

 

[edcraw]

I see the big boys are missing the point again.

 

[teuchter]

It seems even the Sun is getting pissed off with driver entitlement!

Family whose five cars won't fit on their drive complain at cost of parking

A FAMILY whose five cars won’t fit on their drive have complained about having to pay parking fees. Angela Hammond and her family say their council won’t allow them to buy a parkin…

www.thesun.co.uk

I wouldn't be surprised if some Sun journalists read this thread, have become sympathetic to the cause and therefore are starting to write articles like this.

Another massive success for this thread, continually bumped to the top of "new posts" by those that don't understand how it works.

 

[teuchter]

I see the big boys are missing the point again.

At some point it might dawn on them that their worldview is now even more backward than that of Sun journalists.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I see the big boys are missing the point again.

That you read something in your daily rag and felt the need to report it here? Or are you boasting that you can actually read?

 

[Saul Goodman]

Anyway, I've decided against the planters outside my house to stop people parking. I'm going with cars instead. I can pick up big gas guzzlers cheaply, as tax here is based on engine size, so I reckon I'll start with either a big Lexus or a Jag, as they're dirt cheap. I'll use it the odd weekend to keep the battery charged and to do my bit for the environment.

 

[teuchter]

If a wind-up post fails to get a reaction, that's because it's a rubbish one. Trying it again isn't going to change that. Top tip from me, for free. You're welcome.

 

[T & P]

I wouldn't be surprised if some Sun journalists read this thread, have become sympathetic to the cause and therefore are starting to write articles like this.

Another massive success for this thread, continually bumped to the top of "new posts" by those that don't understand how it works.

If anyone from the outside world stumbled across this thread and read it, my betting is that their immediate reaction would in fact be to purchase the biggest 4x4 they could afford and start mowing down cyclists.

 

[Spymaster]

If anyone from the outside world stumbled across this thread and read it, my betting is that their immediate reaction would in fact be to purchase the biggest 4x4 they could afford and start mowing down cyclists.

Or do a load of doughnuts through a field of wheatgrass.

 

[Saul Goodman]

If a wind-up post fails to get a reaction, that's because it's a rubbish one. Trying it again isn't going to change that. Top tip from me, for free. You're welcome.

It's not a wind-up. I'm merely keeping you updated on my plans.

If anyone from the outside world stumbled across this thread and read it, my betting is that their immediate reaction would in fact be to purchase the biggest 4x4 they could afford and start mowing down cyclists.

My dad has a Dodge RAM that he's only used a handful of times since he bought it 10 years ago. It's fucking huge, and it guzzles diesel like a freight train, which is probably why he doesn't use it, but agricultural diesel is fairly cheap here, so I reckon I might see about borrowing it for a while and adjusting the injector pump to do some of that rolling coal thing.

 

[platinumsage]

I wouldn't be surprised if some Sun journalists read this thread, have become sympathetic to the cause and therefore are starting to write articles like this.

Another massive success for this thread, continually bumped to the top of "new posts" by those that don't understand how it works.

I think threads such as this would lead to headlines such as this:

Climate Activists Want Rural Grandmother to WALK Twenty-seven MILES to her nearest Asda.

….if any journalists actually read them, which they won’t. I suggest setting up a Society for the Abolition of the Car, and then emailing journos frequently so you get used as a go-to rent-a-quote on any story about driving restrictions or the absence thereof. The absurdity of your position is just the sort of thing that tabloids thrive on to create engagement through discord.

 

[T & P]

I think threads such as this would lead to headlines such as this:

Climate Activists Want Rural Grandmother to WALK Twenty-seven MILES to her nearest Asda.

….if any journalists actually read them, which they won’t. I suggest setting up a Society for the Abolition of the Car, and then emailing journos frequently so you get used as a go-to rent-a-quote on any story about driving restrictions or the absence thereof. The absurdity of your position is just the sort of thing that tabloids thrive on to create engagement through discord.

 

[Artaxerxes]

 

[David Clapson]

 

[edcraw]

Untaxed, using mobile phone, stupidly big car, wrong side of the road & driving into people. Noting to see here fellas.

 

[MickiQ]

I live on a corner near a pub, and when the pub gets busy at weekends, people like to park their cars outside my house, so rather than putting the cars behind the house or in the garage, I park them outside the house to stop others parking there. Unfortunately, two cars isn't enough, as there's room for another two at the front of the house, so I'm going to have to buy another two cars to stop people from parking there. It's going to be an expensive job. Maybe I should just put some planters there.

Yes but you don't need an actual running car with an engine for that, Can't you get a couple of horseboxes or trailers instead?