Quote: On Replacing The Automobile

Trying to get people to stop using cars is basically forcing them to reduce their quality of life… There are simply no viable alternatives to many car uses for a lot of people.

Public transport is useless, its dirty, unreliable, often unsafe, overcrowded (yes I know the roads can be crowded too, but at least you have somewhere comfortable to sit in a car and can stop to take a break), doesn’t run all night and is even more useless outside of large cities.

Riding bikes is only practical for short distances, where it’s not too hilly and where it’s safe to do so… This is why so many people ride bikes in Holland, the population is densely packed, the ground is flat and there are cycle routes everywhere. In other places, cyclists are expected to share the roads with large dangerous vehicles and aren’t allowed to ride on the sidewalk – even if the sidewalk is empty and the road is full of vehicles, thus slowing down the vehicles (causing them to waste more fuel) and increasing the danger for the cyclist.

Taking away people’s personal transportation is a terrible thing to do, having your own car massively increases your quality of life and this is not a new thing, having your own horse has done this for hundreds of years and now people are trying to force us to take a massive step backwards.

Lack of personal transportation will force people to live in overcrowded ghettos, since public transport is not profitable/practical without a high population…

–by Bert64 (520050)