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Plenty of people here don't need cars. Granted they're mostly people in the cities and large towns. I'm almost 40 and don't know how to drive. Buses and trains
by 00deadbeef 3y ago
Plenty of people here don't need cars. Granted they're mostly people in the cities and large towns. I'm almost 40 and don't know how to drive. Buses and trains can get me everywhere I want to be.
One third of British households have no car.
The USA has 908 vehicles per 1000 people; the UK just 600.
- gadders 3y agoI can understand people not owning a car, but not learning to drive seems short sighted. Driving is a life skill like swimming.
- ben_w 3y agoI'm also 40, and I've driven so little that I might well have saved money by spending the cost of learning and getting certified on taxis and public transport for the same trips. No idea how far we really are from a no-steering-wheel-needed car, so this may or may not remain true as the years continue to pass, but now I live in Berlin and (non-express) public transport nationwide is only €49/month and is good enough to rely on — I've even seen people literally take a kitchen sink with them on the tram.
- tonyedgecombe 3y ago>One third of British households have no car. I'd like to believe that but judging by my neighbours I'm struggling to.
- dukeyukey 3y agoDepends where you live - I'm in London, and probably 1/10th of my friends have a car, at most.
- tonyedgecombe 3y agoIt seems it’s 21% (in 2021). https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-travel-survey-2021/national-travel-survey-2021-household-car-availability-and-trends-in-car-trips#household-car-access https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-travel-sur...