On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 07:04:18 -0800 (PST),
Neil Williams wrote:
On 6 Nov, 14:17, Neill wrote:

The sun is shining and you can't see any of those nasty leftwing
troublemakers who'll be sacked now. The picture is pretty accurate,
'cos bike and expensive taxi will be the only way to get around when
all the strikes those job cuts will spawn come along. Unless you have
a 4x4 of course, as they don't cause congestion according to Boris.

It is a fact that a 4x4 causes no more of a traffic jam than a
normally-sized car. A Land Rover Defender SWB, for instance, is as I
recall shorter and narrower then a Vauxhall Corsa.

This doesn't necessarily follow. A 4x4 waiting to turn R out of a
junction onto a main road can block traffic wanting to turn L out of the
same road because they cannot see around or through or over the bonnet
of the larger car.

Tim.

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and there was light.

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On 6 Nov, 15:20, Tim Woodall wrote:

This doesn't necessarily follow. A 4x4 waiting to turn R out of a
junction onto a main road can block traffic wanting to turn L out of the
same road because they cannot see around or through or over the bonnet
of the larger car.

In which case it is only fair to charge MPVs and vans etc (including
electric vehicles) the same amount

Neil