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Motorists push back at private car ownership as 'many who still own cars don't want to'
https://www.express.co.uk ^ | , Dec 24, 2022 | Dec 24, 2022

Posted on 01/08/2023 9:40:37 AM PST by RomanSoldier19

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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Their towns, cities and villages were all organized on their island before motor cars existed. Loads of charm there and less need for autos day to day.


21 posted on 01/08/2023 9:55:46 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: JBW1949
And then there are the vicious gangs of Keep Left Signs....


22 posted on 01/08/2023 9:56:53 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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23 posted on 01/08/2023 9:57:20 AM PST by Main Street (Stuck in traffic.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I love my pickup truck. They can go pound sand.


24 posted on 01/08/2023 9:57:37 AM PST by From The Deer Stand (P)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I was always amazed at how much money I saved in Korea, not having a car. Also, for short times in Germany. It was no big deal there. Now I live 10 miles out of town and have 20 acres to tend to, can’t live without my truck.


25 posted on 01/08/2023 9:58:21 AM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: dfwgator

There ya go!!!!!


26 posted on 01/08/2023 9:58:27 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: dfwgator

They all want you to be a “leftist”.....


27 posted on 01/08/2023 10:00:26 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: dragnet2

My thought exactly. What are they waiting for?


28 posted on 01/08/2023 10:00:35 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III
Yeah, but then who wants to get stuck driving in a Roundabout?...


29 posted on 01/08/2023 10:01:47 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: HamiltonJay

“If you don’t want a car, don’t buy one.. but don’t tell others they can’t have theirs…”

They aren’t against cars. They just can’t afford them.


30 posted on 01/08/2023 10:03:14 AM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: dfwgator

I’m a “far right” driver....


31 posted on 01/08/2023 10:03:59 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Ownership of anything is bad.

Homes, cars, boats, businesses, pets...

You name it, it’s bad.

That’s why communism exists. Nobody owns anything, and everything belongs to the government, and you work for the government, and whatever you get, it’s because the government allowed it. Otherwise, you exist only to support the government, and government owns you. In fact, you exist because the government allowed you to exist, and you should be thankful for government control of your life.


32 posted on 01/08/2023 10:04:05 AM PST by adorno
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To: dfwgator

[[extensive train system that makes it easy to get around the country. ]]

not so easy for things like moving when a person must move themselves without movers- or when picking up large items for the household, or just running down to the store for groceries and having many bags of food to carry- etc-

being independent makes life much more comfortable and convenient, and is something advanced sovereign freedom loving nations do- taking that freedom and independence and comfort away, that is something dictatorships who don’t want their citizens to be independent do


33 posted on 01/08/2023 10:04:24 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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To: dpetty121263

British have relinquished so many rights they don’t recognize what freedom is.

Freedom is a burden they let government manage for them.
Like a chained pet that gets food, water and a nice pat on their head every once in a while.

“Good doggie!”


34 posted on 01/08/2023 10:04:55 AM PST by RedMonqey
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To: 2banana

No, no, no, no! You’re suppose to say “I don’t like lima beans so no one should be allowed to eat lima beans”! And you “want the government to mandate that”! See? LOL


35 posted on 01/08/2023 10:06:53 AM PST by JoJo354 (We need to get to work, Conservatives!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

United Kingdom - 594 vehicles per 1000 population

India - 59 vehicles per 1000 population

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita


36 posted on 01/08/2023 10:13:17 AM PST by FarCenter
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To: RomanSoldier19

Freedom is such an inconvenience. Besides in the personal car we cannot be “in this together”...
/s

When I don’t want to own something I don’t own that something. I’m not asking Govt to make sure everyone else wouldn’t have it.


37 posted on 01/08/2023 10:13:51 AM PST by alecqss
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To: RedMonqey

We have citizens, Britain has “subjects”.


38 posted on 01/08/2023 10:14:51 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Bob434

I wonder what the distribution of this is, as far as urban vs rural.

I know if I lived in London, there is no way I would want a car. But of course if you live in a suburb or rural area, a car would be a necessity.


39 posted on 01/08/2023 10:16:22 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rktman

And half the people who don’t have cars want one! And 33% of those who have a car want another one for different uses.


40 posted on 01/08/2023 10:17:13 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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