Good fella bf, not an easy job.
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This!Middle lane 'cruisers' and people not indicating are the single two biggest gripes. I rant about these two everytime I see a thread like this.
The middle lane cruising is simply becoming ridiculous. I drive roughly a 30 mile round trip daily to work. I will probably come accross 20-50 people in the wrong lane of the motor way on each 15 mile journey. It's frankly unbelievable
I'm no boy racer and usually sit between 60-70mph. I constantly have to move from the left lane because some whopper is doing 50-60 mph in the middle lane. Absolutely no f*cks given. It's usually a massive Range Rover or SUV.
The indicator rant is standard. It's as stated as in they have become an 'option'.
Also parking. This is usually the SUVs again. I'm also not being sexist but it's usually women doing a shop at tesco or picking up kids from school. They have these massive vehicles and just abandon them anywhere. I simply don't see why anyone needs a 4 wheel drive 3-5 litre vehicle to pick up one child or get a weekly shop?
I imagine the majority wouldn't know how to engage 4 wheel drive or diff locks etc.
Oh well rant over. I am sure I'll be able to add more after Saturdays Coventry trip.... UTB
Interesting that HGVs are only 1.2%. They seem to take up a disproportionate amount of space on the roads, particularly motorways and major dual carriageways, beyond the obvious size effect.I last drove in 1994.
Since then its been feet, cycle, bus, tram, plane, tube and taxi.
Given the inherent bias prioritising the private motor-car [since the 1960s], mobility continues to be made more and more difficult. [town planning - building football stadiums on the edge of town on ring roads - out-of-town shopping centres - creaking privatised bus and rail services and a chronic lack of alternative infrastructure - covering the country in tarmac and concrete].
There are viable alternatives, but no political will to lead from the top.
Only when the whole transport system hits the buffers with a bang will anything change.
Look out for the "freedom to drive and do what we want with our cars" fanatics and demonstrations.
Then it will be "we pay road tax" - but of course no-one pays "road tax" - Churchill abolished "road tax" in 1937 because the country couldnt keep up with the cost of new road building to accommodate the growth in the use of the motor car [in the 1930`s!!!]. From then on, the treasury has subsidised road vehicles by using money from general taxation.
Then we get into an "you`re anti-car" "I need my car for work" etc. But we have to change our whole attitude ....Im not holding my breath.
Here`s some figures from the RAC:
Q1) How many vehicles are there in Great Britain?
A1) At the end of March 2021, there were 38.6 million licensed vehicles in Great Britain, a 0.8 per cent increase compared to the end of March 2020. This increase in licensed vehicles follows four consecutive quarters of year on year decline.
Cars make up the majority of licensed vehicles. In Great Britain, there were 31.7 million cars (82.1 per cent), 4.26 million LGVs (11 per cent), 0.48 million HGVs (1.2 per cent), 1.27 million motorcycles (3.3 per cent), 0.14 million buses & coaches (0.4 per cent) and 0.77 million other vehicles (2 per cent) licensed at the end of March 2021.
The total number of licensed vehicles has increased in all but two years (1991 & 2020) since the end of the Second World War.
Source: Vehicle Licensing Statistics: 2021 Quarter 1 (January – March)
Heres some interesting statistics:
Number of cars in the UK 2000-2016 | Statista
How many cars are there in the UK? This graph shows the total number of cars on the road in the UK 2000-2016. In 2016, the number of cars on the road in the UK nearly reached 32 million.www.statista.com
Number of licensed cars in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 and 2019 View attachment 23999
Personally I cant see things getting any better until they get a lot worse.
Interesting that you think we don't pay road tax then talk about licensed vehicles.I last drove in 1994.
Since then its been feet, cycle, bus, tram, plane, tube and taxi.
Given the inherent bias prioritising the private motor-car [since the 1960s], mobility continues to be made more and more difficult. [town planning - building football stadiums on the edge of town on ring roads - out-of-town shopping centres - creaking privatised bus and rail services and a chronic lack of alternative infrastructure - covering the country in tarmac and concrete].
There are viable alternatives, but no political will to lead from the top.
Only when the whole transport system hits the buffers with a bang will anything change.
Look out for the "freedom to drive and do what we want with our cars" fanatics and demonstrations.
Then it will be "we pay road tax" - but of course no-one pays "road tax" - Churchill abolished "road tax" in 1937 because the country couldnt keep up with the cost of new road building to accommodate the growth in the use of the motor car [in the 1930`s!!!]. From then on, the treasury has subsidised road vehicles by using money from general taxation.
Then we get into an "you`re anti-car" "I need my car for work" etc. But we have to change our whole attitude ....Im not holding my breath.
Here`s some figures from the RAC:
Q1) How many vehicles are there in Great Britain?
A1) At the end of March 2021, there were 38.6 million licensed vehicles in Great Britain, a 0.8 per cent increase compared to the end of March 2020. This increase in licensed vehicles follows four consecutive quarters of year on year decline.
Cars make up the majority of licensed vehicles. In Great Britain, there were 31.7 million cars (82.1 per cent), 4.26 million LGVs (11 per cent), 0.48 million HGVs (1.2 per cent), 1.27 million motorcycles (3.3 per cent), 0.14 million buses & coaches (0.4 per cent) and 0.77 million other vehicles (2 per cent) licensed at the end of March 2021.
The total number of licensed vehicles has increased in all but two years (1991 & 2020) since the end of the Second World War.
Source: Vehicle Licensing Statistics: 2021 Quarter 1 (January – March)
Heres some interesting statistics:
Number of cars in the UK 2000-2016 | Statista
How many cars are there in the UK? This graph shows the total number of cars on the road in the UK 2000-2016. In 2016, the number of cars on the road in the UK nearly reached 32 million.
Number of licensed cars in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 and 2019 View attachment 23999
Personally I cant see things getting any better until they get a lot worse.
Road tax stopped in 1937. Since then the tax paid has been General Taxation.
unlikely by 2023, I think from a safety perspective being able to take control in an emergency is always likely to be needed
So what if the road fund licence for then? If not a stealth tax
This is true. I mentioned they have already removed the gear selector. They have still kept redundant buttons on the centre console for if the predictive gear selector or the secondary screen selector don't work. Which, if you've ever seen Tesla software, you can guarantee the predictive one won't work 60% of the time.
