In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:54:45 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
T i m wrote:
you know that is no substitute for the car

For whom? Are you saying there isn't anyone in Scotland (even) who
doesn't have a car and who does everything by bike?

Even Scotland has its share of nutcases.

The irony of course is that 'we' often take the **** out of the
Americans for being lazy / car bound because they wouldn't think of
walking / cycling *anywhere*, let alone to the shops.

I don't know amyone who cycles to the shops. Bikes are generally
impractical for carrying things. Unless a custom made delivery bike - and
I doubt few actually choose to ride one of those.

Yet if you live in big city they are often the best way to do it, as
car ownership isn't practical and if you do have one it often takes
longer to drive to the shops and find a parking space than to walk
there (and park when you get back).

Really? I suppose if you choose the busiest day to go shopping in the rush
hour that might be so. But then it's also going to be the worst time to
shop using a bike.

If there were more 'nutcases', we would have more space on the roads
and fewer people dying from air pollution.

More space on the roads for cyclists? They have already been given half
the available road space round here, which is near empty for much of the
day. Slowing down drastically things like buses and emergency services.

If you 'choose' to live miles away from anywhere because you prefer
it, you are likely to produce more pollution when doing those things
others can do on foot because you have to use the car for everything.

Are you saying everyone should move to the centre of large cities, then?

When we stayed in Castle Douglas it was a 50 mile round trip into
Dumfries to get a new headlamp for the Rover. Here it would be a ~1
mile walk / cycle.

So you have a car. But cycle to get bits for it. How do you get bits for
your bike - use the car? ;-)

Cheers, T i m

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