4x4 Vehicles - Should they be banned from Town/City Centres

fattyrae1 wrote:

I very much doubt that Mr Farmer would be driving around in a pristine 4x4. Most of the Mr Farmers i know drive mucky landrovers and Mrs Farmer doesn't look like a sloane ranger. :rotfl:

So we can have a 4 x 4 as long as its dirty ?

This is a strange thread.

er wake up and smell the coffee

Its a poll and 60% say ban em

coffee's a good idea 'though, thanks, I think I'll go and have a cup.

What an absolute disgrace!! 81 people so far trying to tell people what to drive! What about banning milk floats and the such because they drive a lot slower than me?

Well just to confirm, I say let people drive what ever they want! It's their own money, they pay the road tax, they pay the fuel (even though a few are economical) they pay their repairs, insurance and all other costs associated.

My car a Legacy estate takes up pretty much the same amount (if not more) road space as most so called 4x4's (shoguns and the like)... it's a 4x4 so I assume on these counts alone it should be banned?
Well it also does between 10 and 20mpg depending on how you drive it so theres a third reason.....

Why on earth should somebody tell me I can't drive it to a town centre or anywhere else for that matter? should it be resigned to off roading only? of course not it's an estate car, it IS a big, uneconomical, 4x4 estate car though.

In fact, I wonder if those 81 people don't actually enjoy driving, they only do it because they "need" to get from A - B, well don't let me hold you up.......
Oh thats right I won't it's also one of the fastest family cars around which is another reason to ban it....

I realise that people arn't complaining about cars like mine but other than the height of the vehicle it suffers all the traits being complained about.


Get a life people!

intel wrote:

They should be banned full stop except for farmers.

And road Tax should be 400quid a year for all the road damage they cause.

Thanks (!)

I am not a farmer. I live 850 above sea level at the end of a one mile road that is "unsuitable for motor vehicles" - and half of which is an unadopted track that we have to maintain ourselves. The road from the village (3 miles away) is steep - 1 in 4 at the worse. In the winter we frequently get conditions that a non-4x4 just can't cope with. Equally, the track is pretty rough and at least one non-4x4 car that I had in my time here had the suspension ruined! Most of the track is unfenced and sheep and cattle roam the fells, and the track, at will. Whilst I felt they were justified I actually ditched the bull-bars!

There are several properties around this area that have similar problems. Most of the residents just wouldn't survive part of the year without a 4x4.

What you are saying then is that we should either (a) move or (b) stay indoors when the weather is bad or (c) become farmers

:rotfl:

AAMOI Intel, what sort of car do you drive?