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On Feb 25, 10:20 pm, Don Whybrow  wrote: > Nuxx Bar wrote: > > > Three little words. "I hate motorists." You can do it. > > I hate reckless, inconsiderate idiots. > > In public transport, these are the people that insist on smoking on the > top deck of the bus, playing their music loudly and shouting insults at > each other. > > On the pavements, they are the people who walk around with umbrella's up > when it is scarcely drizzling and never mind the pointy bits getting in > other peoples faces, or they walk 3 abreast in rush hour at barely a crawl. > > On bikes, they are the pavement cycling, red light jumping, unlit urban > terrorists that think that the highway code is purely for cars. > > In HGV's, they are they people that pull up at junctions alongside > vulnerable road users and then turn left crushing them against railings. > > In PSV's and taxis, they are the drivers who think that the bus, cycle & > taxi lane is not for cyclists and they can be brushed aside into the gutter. > > In other motorised vehicles, they are the ones that are so keen to save > the odd minute from their journey that they put other road users in danger. > > In ... > > Fortunately, despite these things being apparently all too common, most > people are not reckless, inconsiderate idiots. It is just a shame that > the few with the opportunity to cause death or serious injury to other > people are all in charge of motorised vehicles.

Thank you for that honest reply. I don't know why others here apparently find it so difficult to admit that they even have the slightest reservations about the car as a mode of transport.