I'd point out the effect on pavements, when the f*ckers park them there. But I quite like the French pigou tax, too - which sounds to be in the right kind of range, and easy to enforce. If we ge… (View Post)

This is established - SUVs in use in Europe are much more dangerous for others than a normal vehicle. For example, a study published a couple of years ago. https://etsc.eu/suvs-and-pickups-make-the-r… (View Post)

England, and maybe Wales, have a strange system of "access land" (eg would be a SSSI or viewpoint and non-farmable part of a hill) which can be dedicated but do not require a Right of Way t… (View Post)

As an aside on "Light Trucks" ie Tonka Tanks, they are simply exempt from many of the safety regs that apply to cars in the USA. That's been a scandal for a very long time, and manufac… (View Post)

AIUI (and this may be some way off) there are perhaps 3 political traditions in support of countryside access: 1 - Labour / working class. 2 - Liberal radicals. 3 - Paternalistic Tories eg consider s… (View Post)