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From: The Medway Handyman on 5 Mar 2010 19:48 The Medway Handyman wrote: > Doug wrote: >> From the latest 'Street Lifre' Spring 2010 by Living Streets. >> >> "There are 28 million cars on our streets, and 90% of the >> time they will be parked. > > I think this clearly shows what a complete fuckwit you and your > phycolist bum chums are. > > 90% of 28 million is 2.8 million. > > Since there are 246,988 miles of road in the UK and 90% of cars are > parked, that only leaves 1 car travelling for every 11 miles of road. That should read 11 cars per mile of road. -- Dave - the small piece of 14th century armour used to protect the armpit.
From: Doug on 6 Mar 2010 01:49 On 5 Mar, 18:03, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "Doug" <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote in message > > news:c14ff8d8-307b-46b2-ba08-af22bd5529c8(a)d27g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... > > > On 5 Mar, 14:49, NM <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> On 5 Mar, 13:38, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > >> > Better still, only buy a car if you have somewhere to put it when it > >> > is not in use, instead of cluttering public spaces. > > >> I'd go along with that however I live in the country and except for > >> the high summer season I can always find somewhere to leave it. Those > >> like yourself, who are unfortunate, for whatever reasons, to live in a > >> big city may feel somewhat different. > > > Despite living in a city I have a front garden with a space which I > > used to use for parking > > So you've concreted over an area intended for growing plants? Hardly > environmentally friendly is it Doug? > Thanks for highlighting yet another problem caused by car users, there are so many! Yes indeed such concreting encourages flooding and is environmentally unfriendly. Fortunately for me only a portion of my garden is concreted and the rest is earth with plants. BTW, aren't you drifting off topic again, Brim? -- Car Free Living Project http://www.carfreelivingproject.org.uk/ For people wishing to live without a car
From: Doug on 6 Mar 2010 02:13 On 6 Mar, 00:48, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam- blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > The Medway Handyman wrote: > > Doug wrote: > >> From the latest 'Street Lifre' Spring 2010 by Living Streets. > > >> "There are 28 million cars on our streets, and 90% of the > >> time they will be parked. > > > I think this clearly shows what a complete fuckwit you and your > > phycolist bum chums are. > > > 90% of 28 million is 2.8 million. > > > Since there are 246,988 miles of road in the UK and 90% of cars are > > parked, that only leaves 1 car travelling for every 11 miles of road. > > That should read 11 cars per mile of road. > So if every car was parked on roads and pavements that would be about 100 per mile on average but more in urban areas and less in rural. In London it must be closer to 1000 per mile parked on roads and pavements. Nasty eh? -- World Carfree Network http://www.worldcarfree.net/ Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K.
From: FrengaX on 6 Mar 2010 04:12 On Mar 6, 7:13 am, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > On 6 Mar, 00:48, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam- > > > > blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > The Medway Handyman wrote: > > > Doug wrote: > > >> From the latest 'Street Lifre' Spring 2010 by Living Streets. > > > >> "There are 28 million cars on our streets, and 90% of the > > >> time they will be parked. > > > > I think this clearly shows what a complete fuckwit you and your > > > phycolist bum chums are. > > > > 90% of 28 million is 2.8 million. > > > > Since there are 246,988 miles of road in the UK and 90% of cars are > > > parked, that only leaves 1 car travelling for every 11 miles of road. > > > That should read 11 cars per mile of road. > > So if every car was parked on roads and pavements that would be about > 100 per mile on average but more in urban areas and less in rural. In > London it must be closer to 1000 per mile parked on roads and > pavements. Nasty eh? 100 per mile? A nuke us 5280 feet. That means one car per 5 feet 3 inches. I think your own maths is way out. Try applying some reasonable thought before making ridiculous pronouncements.
From: Tony Dragon on 6 Mar 2010 04:13
The Medway Handyman wrote: > Brimstone wrote: >> "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message >> news:c14ff8d8-307b-46b2-ba08-af22bd5529c8(a)d27g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... >>> On 5 Mar, 14:49, NM <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> wrote: >>>> On 5 Mar, 13:38, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Better still, only buy a car if you have somewhere to put it when >>>>> it is not in use, instead of cluttering public spaces. >>>> I'd go along with that however I live in the country and except for >>>> the high summer season I can always find somewhere to leave it. >>>> Those like yourself, who are unfortunate, for whatever reasons, to >>>> live in a big city may feel somewhat different. >>>> >>> Despite living in a city I have a front garden with a space which I >>> used to use for parking >> So you've concreted over an area intended for growing plants? Hardly >> environmentally friendly is it Doug? > > And increased the flooding problem. > > Plus increasing the pressure on the drainage system. -- Tony Dragon |