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Giving up cars is road to economic disaster
I FELT I had to email in re the anti-car brigade again (Letters, June 10). Is it just that some people like their name being in the paper and have nothing better to do than moan?
Let's get straight to the point – if, as some silly people say, we do stop driving, how long would it take before the country goes bankrupt? Who would replace the millions of pounds lost per year that we as a country need to survive, all of us, including you? How many people would be out of work? After all, we wouldn't need mechanics, traffic wardens, insurance companies, breakdown services like the AA, Green Flag etc, factories who make cars, no need for car showrooms – put them out of work.
Blackpool, Bridlington etc survive through tourism – how do we get there now as we don't have cars?
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Also, where does the Government get the money to cover the road tax, tax on fuel, insurance company staff etc that we are no longer using? Where does the City of London, which other cities follow, get the 123m per year from traffic congestion charges?
How do sick and old people get their home visits from nurses?
My wife and I used to have a car each, we now have one car. We have three children, all at different schools – nursery, middle and high school. We start work at 9am. One daughter goes to breakfast club at 8.15am; our eldest daughter goes to high school at 8.20am, then nursery 8.30am, depending on traffic. From nursery to work – roughly four miles – often late. Luckily work are understanding. Because of this we do need a car, and for the gentleman who says if you don't live in the area you shouldn't be able to work in the area, read the start of my email. In the last 12 months the purchase of fuel is down 20 per cent on the same time 12 months ago and the truth is that's because it's now not worth spending money on fuel for a hour out at B&Q, the garden centre or the White Rose Centre.
So all you people who think cars should be banned, thank your lucky stars and your bank balance that they have not.
MR R GOTT, South Leeds
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