Tomorrow, Monday 22nd September is World Car Free Day. I don’t know about you, but I won’t be ditching my life luxuries to jump on a push-bike or hop onto one of Brown’s over-priced-fare public transport to get to work.
We live in Britain, we can’t do things like this. Picture the scene. I get up an hour earlier than usual for work tomorrow, as it would probably take me an hour to cycle 12miles. Get out the front door and it is raining!! We’re in the UK, we don’t have enough sunny days to be doing things like this.
I’ve just checked the weather forecast for tomorrow and guess what? It is definitely raining tomorrow. So cycling to work is not an option. What about public transport then?
Well, first of all, I will need to walk a few hundred yards to get to the stand. Providing that it isn’t raining heavily and the bus is on time, I shouldn’t get too drenched. Then, I would need to pay £3.30 per way to get me to Harborough, where I work. £3.30 for 12 miles!! It would only cost me on petrol £1.56 for 12 miles. That is with the current fuel price. That is extortion!
I know I have to pay for insurance and other things with my car, however, I don’t have to get up early, the only walk I have to make is from my door to the car which is about 10 steps or less and later from the car park to my desk. I can listen to Radio 1 instead of the roaring engine of the X3 bus and I don’t have to worry if the bus is going to be on time today!
So you can see why I won’t be getting up in a hurry tomorrow to ditch my car. I can vaguely see the point of doing a World Car Free Day. It may well work in other countries, but unfortunately, I don’t think it will work here.
Bring on the next idea…
We live in Britain, we can’t do things like this. Picture the scene. I get up an hour earlier than usual for work tomorrow, as it would probably take me an hour to cycle 12miles. Get out the front door and it is raining!! We’re in the UK, we don’t have enough sunny days to be doing things like this.
I’ve just checked the weather forecast for tomorrow and guess what? It is definitely raining tomorrow. So cycling to work is not an option. What about public transport then?
Well, first of all, I will need to walk a few hundred yards to get to the stand. Providing that it isn’t raining heavily and the bus is on time, I shouldn’t get too drenched. Then, I would need to pay £3.30 per way to get me to Harborough, where I work. £3.30 for 12 miles!! It would only cost me on petrol £1.56 for 12 miles. That is with the current fuel price. That is extortion!
I know I have to pay for insurance and other things with my car, however, I don’t have to get up early, the only walk I have to make is from my door to the car which is about 10 steps or less and later from the car park to my desk. I can listen to Radio 1 instead of the roaring engine of the X3 bus and I don’t have to worry if the bus is going to be on time today!
So you can see why I won’t be getting up in a hurry tomorrow to ditch my car. I can vaguely see the point of doing a World Car Free Day. It may well work in other countries, but unfortunately, I don’t think it will work here.
Bring on the next idea…
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Ford's got a great idea on the whole green thing. Let's go with that.
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