Grrr...

BBC NEWS %7C Politics %7C Tory plan for cars in bus lanes

The Conservatives once again presumably painting themselves as "the motorist's friend", ignoring the fact that the cost of motoring has in fact fallen by 4.8% between 1997 and 2003, whilst the cost of travelling by train has risen by 3% and the cost of travelling by bus has risen by 8%!!!! Which just puts the whingeing of some motorists about the government's "war on motorists" into persepctive.

Here's my alternative plan:

• Make more bus lanes effective all day, especially on routes that don't calm down after rush hour;


• Introduce serious penalties for those driving or parking in bus lanes when they're in operation;


• Subsidise public transport so that when fuel prices go up, bus companies etc. aren't forced to raise their fares;


• RENATIONALISE THE RAILWAYS!

And no, I don't drive. Although my wife does.