Why should we ārent oneā? People should be free to drive their cars when and where they want.
By introducing car pooling schemes into rural areas, you are taking away peopleās freedoms. If rural Ireland had a decent bus & rail service then a car pooling scheme might be a runner, but it doesnāt.
Because it saves you money
Youāll still need a second car to get you to the rental car thatās sitting 10 miles from your house.
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Iāll take the freedom to travel when and where I want any day over saving a few bob.
I can travel there on West Limerickās imaginary LUAS.
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its not about you mate, some people will welcome the chance of not wasting money on a second car, your selfishness is an attack on rural oireland
Youāre wasting your breath trying to deal with these hypocrites.
No one is forcing them to waste any money. Limiting peopleās transport options is not a good move, climate crisis or not.
are you too tick to see dat dis is a good ting?
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Seems sensible to me; people can have the expense of owning a car they barely ever drive or they can rent one when they need it to spare themselves insurance, petrol and motor tax bills. I donāt see any impinging on personal freedoms there, only more choices.
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Tell us so, mate, are SUVās a good thing?
People who live in rural Ireland drive their car quite often. There is often no alternative.
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And providing a car sharing service is not an alternative?
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If the people want it, let them vote for it in the next GE.
Erm, the Green Party have a mandate and are in Government at present
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The point is that itās not viable and will be a terrible investment. Like many of the green solutions, their poor little hearts are in the right place but the stupid cunts are burning money to beat the band.
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Itāll actually lead to more journeys because of the lack of public transport at both ends
Well you canāt have bus services traipsing down every boreen in the country either mate, which would be a worse investment
Rural Ireland, like every other rural part of earth, relies on cars. Fix the urban situation where car journeys are pointless or unnecessary 90% of the time
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