"I reckon they will as soon as they take up as much space as a car, cause as much polution as a car, damage the roads as much as a car and kill as many people as cars do. Fair enough?

How come you pay £190 btw - what the hell are you driving? Why not get a nice sensible economical car and pay £110 like me?:-)"



Thank you so much, Dave Polshaw for you snotty response. It's about what I would expect from you.

1. They do take up as much space as a car, weaving in and out as if their lives depend on getting closer to the front at traffic lights.
Trying to pass without killing them means pulling out so far as to be at risk of knocking over pedestrians on the far pavement.

2. I'll grant you the pollution bit, apart from that caused in the manufacturing process.

3. I'll grant you the road damage also.

4. They don't kill people. True, in general terms, but they cause accidents aplenty, they mow down elderly pedestrians on the footpaths, which has resulted in huge sums of money being wasted on largely ineffectual chicane barriers, and if they cause permanent damage, they carry NO insurance, unlike motorists who pay hundreds of pounds yearly. They also ride around in pitch darkness without bothering to purchase any form of lighting, endangering themselves and anyone they meet.

So NO, not fair enough

As for your second point, it's none of your bloody business why I drive a larger car, but I'll tell you anyway.

I am a pensioner trying to have some sort of life on the miserable pittance our government naively calls a sufficient income. I cannot afford the price of rail travel for two people, nor the price even of the cheapest B&B, and foreign holidays are a distant dream.

So, I have a caravan. Try pulling one of those with your sensible motor, and see how long it lasts, not to mention the reactions of motorists stuck behinds you as you stagger up the smallest hill. What is sensible for you, may very well not be so for others.

Before you arrogantly judge other people, you need to know something about their circumstances. Failing this, just don't judge!

Don T.