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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news-out1.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!xindi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!multikabel.net!newsfeed20.multikabel.net!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!shaftesbury.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Guy Cuthbertson  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Bus lane moaners. Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:13:28 -0000 References:     <2eadndaaRpovforWnZ2dnUVZ8uednZ2d@pipex.net>           Lines: 19 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.9.13 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 091203-1, 03/12/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 8316a7a0.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=YcNS^PaeUfXnS@\_F@iSjUnok4Z\<mH4YhDU:2=XKPkXUi[o_KR?:?ZEn<S9LLeaZ]BZ[e0Q0RT=X X-Complaints-To: abuse@zen.co.uk Bytes: 2543 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:745260

In article <TLGdnfrM6KT_Q4XWnZ2dnUVZ8t2dnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk>, simon@simonmason.karoo.co.uk says... > > "Guy Cuthbertson" <guy.c@nothing.invalid> wrote in message > news:MPG.2582ba01e08a4e119896c8@news.zen.co.uk... > > > > > He's having trouble with that, isn't he? I'm starting to think that > > Simon is just another car-hater, albeit less offensive and deceitful > > than most of them. > > > > You are damn right I hate cars. My Alfa 159 is only getting 23 mph, is > costing me £50 a week in petrol and I hardly drive the damn thing!

What do you honestly think the main reason for the proliferation of bus lanes over the last 10-15 years has been? Do you think it's to speed up bus journey times, or do you think it's to discourage motoring by causing unnecessary congestion? The truth please.