Sunday Parking Protests
There seems to be a lot of protests about charging for parking in Westminster on Sundays.
Why not? After all quite a few UK cities charge.
Anyway, one of the reasons people buy a car seems to be so that they can moan about fuel prices, parking charges, Congestion Charges, insurance and tax. I don’t have to worry about any of these things now!
According to the AA, if I had a £20,000 diesel car doing 10,000 miles a year that would cost me £6081 or thereabouts. In addition, if I invested the money on Zopa at six percent, that would give me another £1200. That gives me £140 a week to spend on black cabs and trains to take me outside of London.
The Anonymous Widower 
But you are able to live in a large city with a good public transport infrastructure which you are physically able to use, and you can walk reasonable distances as well.
Some of us cant
Comment by liz | August 1, 2011 |
It’s might actually be cheaper to give the seriously disabled a free pass for black cabs, for travelling in the local area.
It would be interesting to see if that was offered what happened. Especially, if that were to be done in a few years time, when the roads are more congested and the disabled parking spaces are all filled up by cheats. That is a serious problem all over the south east.
Comment by AnonW | August 1, 2011 |
A free pass for a local area does not help people like me who need to travel further, for example to visit my mother sorting out stuff after my father’s death. It would also mean black cabs being adapted to take mobility scooters, some would need to be adapted for wheelchairs as well, as they arent all suitable.
Manchester is doing really well at stopping cheats, names and details are printed in the local press, often alongside photos. And people are encouraged to challenge people they think are cheating.
Liz
Comment by liz | August 1, 2011 |