Posted on 12/30/2021 6:29:11 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski
Soon, Brits will own nothing and will be happier for it…
UK Government Transport Minister Trudy Harrison recently spoke at a mobility conference, addressing the future of personal mobility. In her comments, she said it was necessary to ditch the "20th-century thinking centred around private vehicle ownership and towards greater flexibility, with personal choice and low carbon shared transport." That’s right, she said the quiet part loud and showed the hand of a growing number of government officials.
Harrison went on to praise not only public transportation but also bike share services, e-scooters, and ride sharing platforms. All of these are supposed to tune down how much carbon the UK is emitting into the atmosphere. As with all choices, this comes at a cost, particularly for those living in rural areas.
What’s more, 300 residents in Coventry recently expressed interest in giving up their personal cars. The tradeoff from the government reportedly would be a mobility credit worth up to £3,000. This mobility credit program has been going since March of this year, with 73 cars turned in and crushed. No, this isn’t a joke, but I wish it were.
Understandably, many Brits are upset about this. Some have asked if they should start riding their horse instead, all the in the name of “progress.” Others are tying this statement by Harrison with the looming government ban of internal combustion engines for cars by 2030. After all, EVs aren’t exactly cheap, so what better way to force people onto public transportation than by pricing them out of the vehicle market…?
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Hunger Games.
That may work in England where you might be able to go coast to coast in one day on a bike.
They’d have to get rid of the second amendment first for that to be implemented here.
The ‘company car’ system which you describe is still the norm here in the UK.
"Sorry, but you have refused to submit to your sixteenth booster shot and are therefore denied the privilege of accessing our public transportation, bike share services, e-scooters, and ride-sharing platforms..."
Coming soon!
Regards,
Greater flexibility????
Longer lines for the trains? Buses? Light rail?
No more personal privacy?
More endangerment from the crazies, as has been witnessed?
Moer “exposure to the infected” as possibly planned?
Exactly!
I watch a show from UK called “Escape To The Country”.
Realtors are showing 3 homes per episode to prospective buyers.
CARS are essential to making these trips.
MUCH of the UK is VERY RURAL.
Have YOU EVER driven across the USA?????
From coast to coast? No, how about you? Why do you ask?
No Bentleys for you Englander.
5.56mm
Good for them. They should. Never give a sucker an even chance.
Brits should act in an historically accurate way.
Execute her, bury her, wait a couple ofyears then dig her up, try her and execute her again.
https://www.historyandheadlines.com/january-30-1661-cromwell-executed-two-years-death/
Wasn’t Chariots of Fire a documentary about cars with Lucas Electrical? Or was that about the Pinto?
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