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Motoring fanatics won’t give an inch for a better society

Robert Davis, Chair, Road Danger Reduction Forum, London NW10
17 April 2014
 

I am not sure that there is any possibility of meaningful, reasoned, debate with the more extreme car fanatics such as Mr Peat (Letters LTT 4 Apr), but he does question me and I was brought up to be courteous, so here’s a try.

“Nothing operates without the private car now.” Oh dear. To take an example, London has about two-thirds of its journeys not by private car. It is quite possible to have a functioning society with far more use of the non-car modes. In fact, the history...

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