Ken brands 4×4 drivers ‘idiotic’ – Parents who drive their children to school in Jeep-style cars are branded “idiots” by London’s mayor Ken Livingstone. [BBC News]
It’s interesting that Ken has branded a large group of people living in London “idiots” immediately before an election. The comments at the bottom are even more interesting.
One person from Cornwall says that they are safe for children and that if you continue that line of thinking through you shouldn’t have high performance cars either. Well firstly 4×4 are a bit like the nuclear deterrent. Once one person has one you need one in order not to end up in very small pieces if you have an accident involving a Land-Rover. Secondly Ken would probably agree about the high performance cars as they too are unnecessary.
There were two comments that disagreed with Ken. Both of which were from the US of A. Apparently “Every man and his dog owns a 4×4″ and “there doesn’t appear to be any problems”. Well what do you expect from Yanks.
Also if everyone agrees why are people driving round in 4×4s. There aren’t any comments along the lines of ‘I drive a 4×4 because…..’. Maybe because there isn’t a sensible justification for them in London.
