What a joy to drive on the roads over the past few days. The rush hour appears to have been downgraded into the busy hour. With the schools on holiday the roads are virtually empty meaning my journey to and from work is swift and without stress. The tailbacks are still there but they are not as severe.

What amazes me is that all the missing traffic can be associated with children going to school. In this modern age the children seem unable to walk to school with their parents and the preferred method of transport is the car or Chelsea tractor. Due to lack of exercise and invention of the computer games machine the children of today are now obese and their health is in danger as a result.

If the normal traffic consists of mothers driving children what does this say about the economy of the town? Education of the children does not bring any income to the town well not as much as factories and industry would. I think it’s quite clear the roads are being used for the wrong purpose. They are a means of allowing children to get to school because they are too lazy to walk rather being than a vital artery allowing goods produced in the town to be sent off to customers to boost the wealth of the town.

Even the higher fuel prices have not deterred the use of cars. If the roads jam up when the complex opens perhaps the encouraging children to walk would be an ideal way of recovering extra capacity in the transport system.

So what else can be done to free up the roads? Well, for a start isn’t it time the children were encouraged to go to their nearest school rather than allowing them to go to schools that are miles away? It would be a good start to giving us back our roads and saving the planet too. What do you think?
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