The pros and cons of a car-free life

A road safety campaign aimed at young drivers is perhaps more ambiguous than its creators intended

Phil Goodwin
04 December 2009

 

The London Road Safety Campaign has recently been re-running an advertising campaign that I don’t remember noticing last year, with the slogan ‘lose your license and you’re just a kid again’. The main message, supported by various radio and cinema advertisements, is a rather strong argument that having a car is what defines your adulthood and if you lose it you will lose your independence and respect and have to rely on other people for lifts, just like a child does. The...

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Phil Goodwin

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Phil Goodwin is professor of transport policy at the Centre for Transport and Society, University of West of England, Bristol, and emeritus professor at University College London. Email: philinelh@yahoo.com

 



 

 
 
 

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