war on motorists

[hash tag]

Where will the war on motorists end?
There was congestion charging, ULEZ, 20 MPH limits coming in everywhere, there are speed camera's and now I see we camera's preventing the use of mobile devices
and not wearing seat belts New cameras can detect if you're not wearing a seatbelt or using mobile at the wheel | The New Blackmore Vale Magazine | In Print & Online

Whats next, pay per mile

 

[SpookyFrank]

Where will the war on motorists end?

It'd have to start first.

 

[cupid_stunt]

This will go well.

<grabs popcorn>

 

[Idaho]

I really hate the concept of the "motorist". Angry, conservative people who, by virtue of getting into a car, will brook no impediment to going wherever they want, however they want, danger to others, pollution to others and cost to others be damned.

 

[marty21]

TBF, I don't feel under attack as a car owner - I don't pay ULEZ (my car is a 12 year old Golf) the local LTNs just mean I don't drive down those particular streets (which are now lovely to walk down) 20mph was an adjustment (2 fines) but now is quite relaxing tbf - I don't understand why people object to seatbelts - they've been law for decades, and I never touch my phone when I'm driving .

 

[a_chap]

Where will the war on motorists end?

You forgot to mention Road Tax.

 

[hash tag]

You forgot to mention Road Tax.

not to mention tax on petrol and diesel.

 

[Silas Loom]

not to mention tax on petrol and diesel.

They spend that tax on subsidising woke electric cars for the elites.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Motorists: kill thousands every year, cause asthma and COPD for thousands more
Also motorists: 'we're the victims here'

'Motorists' are the Israel of spurious demographic categories.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

'Motorists' are the Israel of spurious demographic categories.

I must try dropping that phrase into casual conversations.

 

[Spymaster]

Who the fuck drives without a seatbelt or on the phone nowadays?

 

[existentialist]

A real "war on motorists" would be investing heavily in a functioning public transport system - that way, they could make motorists into an oppressed minority

 

[Leafster]

TBF, I don't feel under attack as a car owner - I don't pay ULEZ (my car is a 12 year old Golf) the local LTNs just mean I don't drive down those particular streets (which are now lovely to walk down) 20mph was an adjustment (2 fines) but now is quite relaxing tbf - I don't understand why people object to seatbelts - they've been law for decades, and I never touch my phone when I'm driving .

I'm very much the same, although I'm just outside London and there are fewer 20mph zones. My car is also 12 years old and ULEZ compliant (a petrol BMW). I have found the 20mph zones a little difficult to adjust to when I (rarely) drive into the outskirts of London but I don't think of it as a great imposition.

They are having a consultation in my part of Surrey about introducing some 20mph zones and I've seen some hostility on the local Facebook groups about it. There's always someone who reckons it's the start of a grand scheme to restrict everyone's movements. Although there's also some reverse NIMBYism going on as well with the same people arguing that people drive down THEIR roads too fast and it should be a 20mph limit but that road they use to take the kids to school or drive down to go shopping shouldn't.

I drive, I walk, I cycle and I use public transport. I use whatever is the most suitable for my journeys but I suspect there are a lot of people who have been conditioned into thinking that, if they travel, it can only be by car. The supposed war on motorists is only really a way to redress the balance a bit by discouraging unnecessary car usage to make everyone's life a bit better.

 

[rubbershoes]

I must try dropping that phrase into casual conversations.

I'm meant to be getting nystagmus into conversation this week.

Happy to swap

 

[klang]

#waronmotorists

 

[hash tag]

A real "war on motorists" would be investing heavily in a functioning public transport system - that way, they could make motorists into an oppressed minority

In London, the public transport system is pretty good, we also have congestion charging and ULEZ yet still the roads are congested. By comparison, I noticed that Birmingham is devoid of cars.

 

[mojo pixy]

Now there's a war I can really get behind.

With NATO, the Non-Automobile Travellers' Organization

 

[klang]

London, the public transport system is pretty good, we also have congestion charging and ULEZ yet still the roads are congested

Time for more drastic measures and more LTNs then

 

[hash tag]

Time for more drastic measures and more LTNs then

But not until after the next mayoral election would be a wise move