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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Brimstone
Date: Sep 2, 2008 01:42

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.
>>
> 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.

Very few people live near their place of work, thanks to NIMBYs like you.
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