Expose the car
Sir: '. . . to conceal the true cost of food, or of clothing, or of any- thing else that is a matter both of necessity and to some extent of Personal choice—is to do a disser- ylee to the lowest paid workers, for It leads them to accept in return for their labours less than a living wage'-Thus your editorial, sound and sensible. But can anyone ex- plain why, in all the orgy of non- Concealment going on, at the mo- ment, the motor car and especially the motor lorry have escaped. Can anyone believe that the real costs of motor transport—land use, road building and mainten- ance, police, NHS costs etc.—are anything like covered by motoring taxation; has anyone even bother- ed to work out the true costs? Because of the historical acci- dent that the railways had to buy their land and provide their own safety arrangements, while for motor transport these were pro- vided by the community, it has meant that, in 'effect, motor trans- port has been subsidised. Might we hope that the spirit of your editorial would extend to this area, or does the Tory revolution coll- apse when it meets the entrenched forces of the AA, RAC and the Brit- ish Roads Federation?
R. K. Farrow 34 Blenheim Avenue, Gants Hill, Ilford, Essex
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