22-10-2020, 11:53 AM
(22-10-2020, 06:30 AM)bob46320 Wrote: 38.6 million cars on UK roads today, that means that just about half the population are drivers - all at the same time. When you can assume that 1/3 of the population aren't old enough to drive, 1/6th too old to care about driving, another 1/6th either can't afford a car or don't drive a car or for other reasons unable to drive, it leaves about 20 million of us to drive the said 38.6 million cars. We sleep or rest for 12 hours a day, work for 7 hours a day (yes, some of us drive for work), so for 5 hours we have the chance to drive approx 2 cars (at the same time) , however I suspect that the majority of us drive for less than 2 hours a day, so why are our roads so congested ??
I guess it depends where you live. In remote Pembrokeshire we see no traffic jams, even this year where everyone staycationed. In heavily populated industrial areas the population is just bigger. The vast number of new houses / estates in these areas plus the streets kids used to play in being choked with parked Chelsea Tractors are plainly visible