Re: An unusual sight

D-W-S on 13/05/2006 wrote:

>Unfortunately it's more likely to be a short morning stroll coughing and
>spluttering in the exhaust fumes of other parents' cars than an excuse
>to chat with other parents.

Probably.  As I said elsewhere many parents use their car on the school 
run for only a short distance.  On many occasions I've asked them why they 
do it and always have the reply that the traffic is too bad to walk.  
Being a driver of a school bus I see the difference between school time 
and when schools are off, during school time the traffic load is easily 
triple due to the school runs so school-run-mum runs her kids to school 
due to the traffic being so bad due to school-run-mums running their kids 
to school...a never ending cycle which will only come to an end when 
school-run-mum cannot run her kids to school due to roads being totally 
snarled up.

Things cannot go on like this forever.  A modern high tech mass transit 
system is no longer a luxury for towns, it's becoming a necessity and will 
probably have to be centrally funded no matter what the cost to the tax 
payer.

-- 
Rob

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