Too many vehicles on uk roads

[bluebc]

I imagine the school run must be crazy with all the 4×4

And all the cyclists riding 2 a breast

 

[KS55]

I need to start coming over to Leeds. Was thinking of driving to a station. Are there any you can suggest?

Depends on what direction you come from. West side of Leeds best. Kirkstall forge is a good bet. Also Apperley Bridge. Further out Crossflats, Bingley, Shipley all decent with medium sized car parks. Note some stations omitted outside rush hour. Check timetables.
PS I no longer visit Leeds due to ill health, so these are Mrs KS recs.

 

[Scottyboi]

Should encourage more people to use some form of two wheels, especially if you have no kids and just use a car to commute a few mile away. Trouble is the roads are full of holes and wankers who don't check their mirrors.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

I imagine the school run must be crazy with all the 4×4

Kids chauffeured to school and back...record levels of childhood obesity...wonder if there is a link?

 

[paulchapo]

If there was a frequent,fast, safe and cheap reliable public transport system the majority would use it.
As it is you wait ages, often in the cold and rain, for a bus that is often very late, if it turns up at all. They run one an hour at weekends and after 6pm on a weekday, the last one being 22.52. Useless.

 

[paulchapo]

Kids chauffeured to school and back...record levels of childhood obesity...wonder if there is a link?

Ha ha yes. I had to walk from Benchill to Newall Green upper school when I was a kid it must have been a 3 to 4 mile round trip in all weathers.

 

[Scottyboi]

Kids chauffeured to school and back...record levels of childhood obesity...wonder if there is a link?

Diet is the main reason, exercise is not that big of a factor tbh. I know some children who have donnor meat and coke ffs.

 

[Sir peace frog]

i usually travel to and from work well out of the rush hour (3:45am, 3:30pm) however i was on jury service not so long ago in town, every morning i walked to the train station about a 10/15 min walk got on the train think it was approx £7 return open day ticket, tremendous, on time every morning, not too over crowded, took approx 25mins and very stress free, well done the trains ,its the future

 

[Pablo123]

19 year old daughter passed her test yesterday , she had her picture took outside the house with her pass certificate with her instructor when the next next door neighbour came out , she didn’t congratulate her but asked her if she was getting a car and where would she be parking it!!!

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I'd take the Mk1 any day of the week. 10" wheels with drum brakes all round. Lovely (apart from the colour).

Until you crash it.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

In Japan, you're only allowed to buy a car if you can prove you have somewhere to park it.

 

[Magicpole]

Bring back horse and carts, canal boats and hot air balloons. The worlds gone mad.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Its the public that put me off going on the public transport

You can get lumbered with some **** who wants to talk to you

That's a rarity these days.
Most people are on their mobile phones.
It can be quite entertaining listening in on other peoples' conversations.

 

[bluethrunthru]

What do you mean?

I can't see any difference.

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[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Until you crash it.

Another problem with modern motor vehicles. They make drivers feel invincible which actually makes them more dangerous for everyone else outside of the vehicle.

 

[Kippax77]

Kids chauffeured to school and back...record levels of childhood obesity...wonder if there is a link?

Car manufacturers must of loved the media's push of "there's a paedophile on every street corner" back in the 90s.
2 car families sprung up quicker than Pepè Le Pew's ... er tail.
Surely they had nothing to do with the pushing of that campaign, did they?

 

[ballbag]

That's a rarity these days.
Most people are on their mobile phones.
It can be quite entertaining listening in on other peoples' conversations.

You don't even have to be on the same street to hear them either.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Bring back horse and carts, canal boats and hot air balloons. The worlds gone mad.

 

[Grassland Blue]

I'd take the Mk1 any day of the week. 10" wheels with drum brakes all round. Lovely (apart from the colour).

And you can sort out the mechanicals yourself.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Another problem with modern motor vehicles. They make drivers feel invincible which actually makes them more dangerous for everyone else outside of the vehicle.

Yep.

A big drop in the late 2000s, but then if you ignore the covid drop, it was probably a slight trend upwards for the next ten years. In reality, it probably remained pretty stable when you take into account increases in population. But basically there's no progress, despite cars getting better safety features. I wonder how much of that is because of people buying bigger, heavier cars. I assume that's an issue, but I'm not sure.

It used to be that every year, the top selling car in the UK would be something like a Fiesta or Corsa. Now look how many of the top 10 are SUVs.