On 12/03/2011 17:53, NM wrote:
On Mar 6, 2:18 pm, Neil wrote:
On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 07:22:21 -0600, (Roy Badami)
wrote:

I'm not sure I can think of any mode of transport that combines
*all*
of those (clearly desirable) elements.

A car can, though it misses the "arrives at a predictable time" one
on occasions.

Train? Punctuality? I would expect the car to be considerably more 'on
time' going by my own experience, trains are not even classed as late
until they are 10 minutes behind, this causes the punctuality figures
to look a lot better than they are, some people would say that is
lying.

Whereas cars don't have a scheduled arrival time, so whatever happens at
the Dartford crossing/M25/traffic lights they can never be "late". But
they can be unpredictable, going by the number of times I pick up the
office phone in the morning to hear "I'm stuck in a traffic jam at xxx".

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK