Safe Speed Forums

The last two posts by Valle Crucis add nothing to the discussion and twist the meaning of the posts quoted.

In view of this disruptive activity I am suspending Valle Crucis' account with immediate effect and the admin team will consider what further action to take.

_________________
"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

Any views expressed in this post are personal opinions and may not represent the views of Safe Speed

No, I'm not sure it's completely pointless. It's "swings & roundabouts". I can either spend a lot of money on a central city location and not much money on commuting, or I can spend less money on a less central dwelling and more money on commuting. If they lived out-of-town and commuted on public transport, they wouldn't cause road congestion at all - would that be OK?

I think the main cause of the problem with affordable houses in nice rural places like this is because people buy second homes and then don't live in them.

My personal bugbear is the VAT on Fuel Duty. So fuel duty is a tax, right. And then they add 17.5% on top? Whichever whitehall mandarin thought that up must have been laughing their head off.

I once saw a proposal for a new tax return - it may have been in jest but you decide. It went something like this:

Total Income:
Write your total income for the tax year in Box A.

Tax payment:
Please send a cheque for the amount in Box A.





oh, and on the subject of car sharing, I do it as much as I possibly can. It adds up to about 15% of my annual business mileage - and I claim the extra 5p per passenger per mile on my trips, so it pays me to keep accurate records. 15% isn't very much though, and I have to work at that. The solution is obviously that we all need to have larger cars and employ chauffeurs. Automatically enabling us to use HO lanes, and also reducing the unemployment lines. I believe this is also known as "Government Car Policy"?

_________________
COAST Not just somewhere to keep a beach.

A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.

I'm sceptical of the value of car-share lanes personally, though part of my job is to promote car-sharing as a form of 'sustainable' transport. So I applaud your efforts here Handy. I would even go so far as to say that 15% should be plenty, if everyone on the roads (who could) shared for 15% of their journeys, congestion and the knock on effects would be significantly reduced.

Irritatingly while TPTB are promoting car sharing, I would hazard a guess that a lot of companys' vehicle insurance forbids the carrying of non-employees.
I know mine does, so even if I could find someone that wanted to travel from Sherborne to Wimborne at the crack of dawn and back at 1700 ish(on the days I'm not going somewhere else), I wouldn't be allowed to take them.