Plans to ban cars over 10 years old

[Shude]

Why, when Birmingham is the true centre of the UK...

Look on a map, the centre of the UK has got to be Morecambe!

 

[nick mercedes]

The best way to sort this would be to enforce more stringent roadside stops. Considering tax, insurance, MOT:

If a car is stopped that has any one outstanding for 12 months or more, then the car is seized immediately

If car is stopped that two or three outstanding concurrently, then the car is seized immediately.

If a car is seized, and any one of the three is outstanding for more than 14 days then the owner is fined £1000.

Once a car is seized, then 7 days is given to provide evidence to the contrary. Should they fail to do so to the satisfaction of the police or courts, then the owner/driver faces a prison sentence, and the car sold to contribute to costs.

Repeat offenders will face a further prison sentence.

Firm but fair. Shame we don't the resources to do something similar...

Presumably people drive around in scrap cars because they're skint and need to get to work (note how usless our public transport network is outside London)?

How is seizing their cars, fining them a grand or throwing them in prison in going to help?

 

[BonzoDog]

Presumably people drive around in scrap cars because they're skint and need to get to work (note how usless our public transport network is outside London)?

How is seizing their cars, fining them a grand or throwing them in prison in going to help?

You touch on what may be the underlying cause. The UK boasts low unemployment and a strong economy but both those indicators relate to a large service sector with many low paid people working odd hours, they need transport to keep their job have to juggle priorities (whatever they are).

 

[R2e]

What is it with the southeast, and notably London that causes so much congestion? Why are so many companies located there? The need to be in touch argument no longer applies due to the Internet, so what is it? The view??

Baffling it is. I did some project work on contract for Universal Pictures. Their IT Department is situated in Central London on Oxford Street (only the IT dept, on a couple of rented floors), imagine what that is costing them! Why does an IT Department which deals remotely with users all over the world need to be situated in Oxford Street? Not only that, the IT manager insisted on people being in the office the full week "unless it was to the advantage of the company" which meant, yes you can work from home if you're dealing with Brazil and it's 10 at night. You see this sort of thing all the time in IT which is probably the most suitable occupation for remote working. Hell if I estimated 15 days for something and they agreed to that, why should it matter where I worked from as long as it was completed to their satisfaction in the 15 days and I attended any project meetings either in person or by teleconference?

Fortunately my biggest current client for whom I generally do four days a week is rather more aware than that and I choose whether I work from home or in the office. Wish they were all like that.