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[albitz]

i am not a big fan of "call me Dave" and the pretend tories,but hopefully they will dump at least some of this stalinist nonsense when they (probably) win the next election.

[Kevin Wood]

Well the tirck is to drive as fast as you like just after going into the zone, then stop at the motorway services for a snack, and then speed on out of the zone... average speed below the legal limit...  

Don't suppose your Kompressor has got one of those handy average speed displays like my MID has, has it?

I have a feeling they're going to be coming in handy.

In all seriousness, I keep expecting all this tripe to turn out to be some kind of mistimed April fool. Do they seriously expect us to vote for living in 1984?

I hate to think how much cash is getting flushed down the toilet employing "experts" to sit in the pub and pull these ideas out of their @rse over a liquid lunch every Friday.

Kevin

[Richie London]

Though it's ok for the government to give the go ahead for another 23,000 flights a year out of Stansted Airport & maybe another runway.
They really don't have a clue :-? :-? :-? :-?

and an extra 117,000 out of heathrow

[Martin_1962]

Completely impractical and time for show plates

show plates have just become illegal.any number plate made for any purpose must go through the whole legal rigmarole

Are they illegal in Ireland?

[Martin_1962]

i am not a big fan of "call me Dave" and the pretend tories,but hopefully they will dump at least some of this stalinist nonsense when they (probably) win the next election.

If they dump it all they have nearly £40,000,000,000 to plough into useful things and give us hopefully a tax cut

[Kevin Wood]

and an extra 117,000 out of heathrow

The CAA are trying to foist some pretty nasty legislation on the private flying community at the moment and one of their justifications is that the government have told them to plan for air traffic in the UK to double in the next decade.

When trying to respond to their consultation I wondered how this sits with their commitments to the environment, and the fact that they are always beating up motorists over CO₂ emissions. I can't remember the exact figures but, IIRC, an airliner emits the equivalent of about 200g/km CO₂ per passenger.

So, jumping on a plane to a meeting in New York is roughly equivalent to jumping in a V6 Omega and driving 5,000 miles. Four Months motoring for the average driver in an above average car, and that's for one passenger to attend one meeting. And some people do that once a week.

Remember, that's an Omega with a single person in it. Put a passenger in it and you halve the emissions.

However, when you think about it, when you're on a plane you're being looked after by Nanny state's rules and regs. You're being fed the right number of calories of vegan/veggie/halal food. You're getting a taste of alcohol, but not too much. You're unable to decide your own direction and speed. Just like sitting on a bus, there's no chance of us using our own common sense, making decisions for ourselves or being an individual. So bu66er the environment. We know what the real agenda is.

Kevin