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A minor addition to your hypothesis is that most cars in London are manual (stick shift) - even if they could find somewhere to park, pay the congestion charge,
by agurk 8y ago
A minor addition to your hypothesis is that most cars in London are manual (stick shift) - even if they could find somewhere to park, pay the congestion charge, etc they might well be less able to operate the vehicle too.
- joe_fishfish 8y agoManual cars are more popular but automatics are still easy enough to find. Also if you're registered disabled you may qualify for a specially adapted Motability car.
- agurk 8y agoBoth good points. I was assuming that most people are on crutches temporarily, as I've only ever known people to use them this way. I would assume this group are less likely to get a special car just for the duration or their use. A quick google didn't give me any idea of what proportion of people use them permanently/long-term, although there are reports of complications increasing with prolonged (>1 year) use [0] so it implies they definitely are around. [0] https://www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/arg/Lists/ARGnotes/Attachments/6/The%20Complications%20of%20Crutches%20-%20A%20Summary%20of%20a%20Systematic%20Review%20of%20the%20Literature.pdf?Mobile=1 https://www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/arg/Lists/ARGnotes/Attachments/6/...