I have never taken a lesson in my life and never will. I am not anti car but have never felt the need to drive. During the week it is easier for me to drive to work, shopping does need a car tbf. Then comes the weekend but my social activities say drinking and driving is not a good idea. Am I the only non-driver on here?
I parked in Horseferry Road one day last week - 3 hours cost me nearly £20 on the meter The state of London buses these days is a mirror image of the state of London. Dear oh dear.
Travelling by bus is not always a pleasant experience. The trains generally are very reliable and getting around the country can be cheap if booked in advance. A major gripe is that we do not encourage people to use the trains. Travelling on the day can be VERY expensive.
I traveled on 2 or 3 buses to school and 2 or 3 home again for seven years (no single bus had a direct route between home and school). That experience put me off buses for life. A lifetime of boredom waiting and waiting and waiting. Walking between bus stops when I couldn't take it anymore and then getting caught between stops and missing the bus because I couldn't run fast enough. Buses that drove past request stops even when I put my arm out because the drivers hated school kids. Not getting a seat. Shocking verbal abuse and umbrella/walking stick beatings from crazed pensioners... Riding on the old Routemaster 53 was great, but the earliest of the 'new generation' of buses with closing doors were absolute rubbish. Cheap and nasty looking, always breaking down, flimsy ugly tin boxes on wheels. The only public transport I don't mind using in London is the tube, but that may be because I don't have to use it every day. Though it is expensive and not good for the environment I an definitely a car person. Since I hardly drink at all (and have not done so for many years now) the drink-driving issue doesn't affect me.
London is brilliant for public transport if you live in Forest Hill. Not too bad in Orpington either, especially if it's free. Leave home at 1345, in the Valley one hour later. Anyone moaning about London Transport should try living in the sticks. 2 buses a Week in one village I know.
Living in a city like London it is not necessary to have a car. Driving breeds lazyness, people not walking for five minutes to get a pint of milk etc.
Travelling on London buses could be made a far more pleasant experience if the Mayor introduced a couple of rules - 1. No loud conversations on mobile phones in foreign languages. 2. No eating hot food. Food in this country is traditionally eaten at the dinner table at home.
I can see where you are coming from regards point two(but eating a banana or a portion of chips to me amounts to the same thing), so how do you stand on drinking alcohol on a train? Point 1 I agree with wholeheartedly, we should segregate the trains.
We are unlucky in South London to have two of the worst train companies - Southern and Southeastern. Southeastern’s staff possess communication skills which make Clinton Morrison look like Sir Ian McKellen.
