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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: ®i©ardo®i©ardo Date: Sep 2, 2008 12:51
Doug wrote:
> On 1 Sep, 19:23, nik.morgan talktalk.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:55:35 +0100, Knight Of The Road wrote
>> (in article bt.com>):
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>>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote
>>> It would be a pretty desperate situation if I had to rely on you to
>>> feed me.
>>> Why takes the food to Tesco, the Tesco fairy?
>>> Luckily though there are very many others who also transport
>>> food and probably some who are not totally car dependent like you.
>>> I've never met a truck driver who didn't own a car. How would he get to
>>> work?
>> Come to think of it I don't either, all own cars or vans and a lot own
>> scooters or bikes as well for the summertime. In the last couple of RCD's
>> I've delivered to on a regular basis most of the workers there also own cars
>> though there is some car pooling and minibusses for the migrant workers.
>> There are certainly no bus services or trains and these places work 24/7 with
>> shift patterns across all hours. no car (or own transport) equals no work.
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> I doubt that you or Vince's anecdotal evidence counts for much. You
> seem to be trying to claim that truck drivers NEVER EVER live near
> their place of work within walking or cycling distance.
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> http://www.worldcarfree.net/
> Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K.
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If, unlikely as it may seem, you had a job, would you wish to live next
door to your place of work?
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