Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: JNugentJNugent Date: Feb 25, 2007 10:40
Derek Geldard wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:34:04 +0000, Roland Perry perry.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >>In message 40tude.net>, at 14:02:52 on
>>Sun, 25 Feb 2007, Steve Firth <%%steve%%@malloc.co.uk> remarked:
>>>>>>Anyway, don't just take my word for it
>>>
>>>I don't just as I don't take your word that a ВЈ6 ticket should be taken as
>>>indicative of the real cost of rail travel.
>>>
>>>BTW, if can ever spare a moment you may care to consider how, if train
>>>travel is as efficient as its supporters make out, that it costs so much.
>>>Train transport ought to be vastly cheaper than using a car. The fact that
>>>it isn't and that its supporters have to make up imaginary costs for the
>>>competition show that something is seriously wrong.
>>
>>Although no-one is "making up" costs for car travel.
>
>
> Brimmer is.
>
> He's saying that because a train has a dedicated driver then the cost
> of a dedicated car driver should be taken into consideration when
> comparing the cost of train and car travel, whereas the a car driver
> is always for the purposes of this discussion a passenger making the
> journey for a useful purpose.
He goes further than that.
He says that you should cost in the pay of a chef
when you cook your own dinner, and the cost of a
daily when you do the hoovering and washing up
afterwards, as well as the cost of a DJ when you
listen to a CD and the wage of a projectionist and
usherette if you play a DVD.
Or, if he doesn't, why doesn't he? It would be at
least as logical as costing your own time when you
drive.
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