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UK MOTORISTS have hit back at Government over suggestion that private car ownership could eventually be banned

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1540834/private-car-ownership-ban-proposals-uk-cities-reaction

By FELIX REEVES

Transport Minister Trudy Harrison called for the country to move away from car ownership with shared mobility instead becoming the norm. She called for a system that is “fit for the future” and said the UK needed to depart from “20th century thinking centred around private vehicle ownership”.

In response to the statements from the transport minister, drivers were outraged and called on these proposals to be abandoned.

In a poll of 3,276 Express.co.uk readers, held from December 21 to 23, a staggering 91 percent of voters said private car ownership should not be banned in cities.

One Express reader, using the handle SgtBilko said: “She said she wants ‘greater flexibility, with personal choice’.

“Well my personal choice is to own my own car.”

Another, named Trogg, highlighted the far-reaching consequences such a move would have on numerous industries.

They said: “I don’t think they have thought this though.

“Car industry goes bust. Insurance companies going bust.

“Government loses revenue from fuel duty and road tax. Companies surrounding the motor industry going bust.

“The person who thought this one up must have a brain the size of a pea!!”

A third commenter, Omoni007, said: “It’s ok for London to scrap private ownership of cars.

“There are so many buses running all around London, it’s mind boggling.

“Where I live, you can drive around for days without seeing a single bus.”

This has been a common theme throughout the discussion of a car ownership ban, with many looking at the effect it would have on those living in rural areas, where public transport routes are not sufficient.

One user, with the nickname not1tomoan, said: “My wife and I are both disabled and live in a rural area.

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