On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 20:21:40 +0000, Robin May wrote:
And that society is wrong

So what society would you think is right? One where the poor starve,
the sick die and the rich get richer?

One where taxes go into their own pot (cigarette taxes go to the NHS for
example), where central government is tiny and only really concerned with
foreign affairs, and all major decision and funding is done at a local
level.

Probably partly because there are lots of other costs caused by cars,
for example pollution, illness (asthma etc.) and injury (accidents
etc.).

All of which has a tiny economic cost in comparison to the £25bn p.a.
that car drivers are owed.

In reality
train users should be paying something like £150pw for a travel card
for zone 1 alone.

And you think that making public transport inaccessible to the vast
majority of people would be a good thing? Do you think it would somehow
benefit society?

Do you think that charging massive taxes on transportation benefits
society? Look beyond the M25 and you'll realise that the density of
population isnt anywhere near high enough to support even a subsidised
publis transport infrastructure good enough for people to use.