Tonight at 7pm -
"Tristram Hunt shows how motoring has gone from allowing us to explore the beautiful English countryside to the present day of speed cameras, congestion charges and environmental issues. Along the way, he looks at different cars through the ages that define a decade and a generation."
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Predictable dross, from start to finish. If you want a thesis on the social history of the motor-car, read Setright - at least he challenges conventional wisdom.
The final straw was when he trotted out the old lie that 'bypasses and motorways destroyed the countryside'. I think you'll find that 99% of our countryside is entirely road free and, far from destroying the countryside, the car simply made it more accessible. What use is 'green and pleasant land' if you can't get anywhere near it?
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