In article ,
(JB) wrote:

"Paul Cummins" wrote in message
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In article ,
(JB) wrote:

The London Congestion charge is based on vehicle occupancy? I've
never heard that before.

Yup - if you drive a vehicle with only enough wheels and seats to
carry 1 or 2 people, it's free.

I hadn't thought about motorcycles I have to admit, but that's not the
same as vehicle occupancy. It's just that motorcycles are included as
of the exemptions.

Isn't that as much the difficulty of using the chosen enforcement system
on motorbikes as any wish to encourage them?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article ,
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

Isn't that as much the difficulty of using the chosen enforcement
system on motorbikes as any wish to encourage them?

A motorcycle can carry as much luggage as a small car, and 2 people, in
1/4 the road space.

Thus 4 motorcycles, carrying a minimum of 4 people, can fit in the same
space as 1 car.

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

I'm Backing Blair - www.backingblair.co.uk

In article ,
(Paul Cummins) wrote:

In article ,
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

Isn't that as much the difficulty of using the chosen enforcement
system on motorbikes as any wish to encourage them?

A motorcycle can carry as much luggage as a small car, and 2 people, in
1/4 the road space.

Thus 4 motorcycles, carrying a minimum of 4 people, can fit in the same
space as 1 car.

I'm not disagreeing with you. It's just that I doubt that Ken was thinking
what you're thinking when he decided to exempt motorcycles from the
congestion charge.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Paul Cummins) wrote:

In article ,
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

Isn't that as much the difficulty of using the chosen enforcement
system on motorbikes as any wish to encourage them?

A motorcycle can carry as much luggage as a small car, and 2 people, in
1/4 the road space.

Thus 4 motorcycles, carrying a minimum of 4 people, can fit in the same
space as 1 car.

I'm not disagreeing with you. It's just that I doubt that Ken was thinking
what you're thinking when he decided to exempt motorcycles from the
congestion charge.


Really? He seems to like buses (more people in less space) surely
motorcycles are exempt for the same reason?

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 08:27 +0100 (BST),
(Paul Cummins) wrote:

In article ,
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

Isn't that as much the difficulty of using the chosen enforcement
system on motorbikes as any wish to encourage them?

A motorcycle can carry as much luggage as a small car, and 2 people, in
1/4 the road space.

Thus 4 motorcycles, carrying a minimum of 4 people, can fit in the same
space as 1 car.

If they were part of a motorcycle display team, perhaps...

Charlie

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And how many bikes (aside from those with sidecars) have you seen that carry
more than 2 people?
Glen

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"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(JB) wrote:

"Paul Cummins" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(JB) wrote:

The London Congestion charge is based on vehicle occupancy? I've
never heard that before.

Yup - if you drive a vehicle with only enough wheels and seats to
carry 1 or 2 people, it's free.

I hadn't thought about motorcycles I have to admit, but that's not the
same as vehicle occupancy. It's just that motorcycles are included as
of the exemptions.

Isn't that as much the difficulty of using the chosen enforcement system
on motorbikes as any wish to encourage them?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:30:05 +0100, "gay merrington"
wrote:

And how many bikes (aside from those with sidecars) have you seen that carry
more than 2 people?

I've been one of 20 people on a bicycle made for 20. Owned by Hares
back in the 1970s. Actually it had a sidecar for a brakeman.
--
Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org