Comments on: New ad: Drive five miles less a week

By: Ian Hazeldine

Ian Hazeldine — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:55:15 +0000

This is an absolute, patronising insult. Given that we have to pay a totally unreasonable amount of tax simply for owning a car (the VED)whether its used or not then surely that is the single biggest influence on whether you drive or not, ie, if I have paid excessive tax then I am jolly well going to use the car. I did actually used to deliberately walk to my local shops to “do my bit” but since this campaign I have rebelled and will now drive. Not to mention that waste of taxpayers money…..If the Govt is going to put effort into public information films then choose a subject where benefits can be had, such as how to merge when two lanes become one and when to use fog lights.

By: Denis Hall

Denis Hall — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:27:39 +0000

I live in a country area where the car is essential, at £1.15 a litre for diesel I can assure you I do as little mileage as possible. I take exception to this suggestion that I can save the world with my 5 mile reduction, in this country we have the combustion engine of all types being raced for “sport and fun” thats where the generating of CO2 can be massively reduced, so don’t pick on me, go for the biggest offenders!

By: s baines

s baines — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:29:08 +0000

Funny how the figure being quoted by the Government is 5 ? Is that not the same number as the new Terminal at Heathrow they pushed thru ?? Sick to the back teeth of these preaching leeches telling us how to live our lives.

By: Lee Holland

Lee Holland — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:55:32 +0000

The advert is terrible. It’s like it’s there just to inform you of what you already know about cars being a big contributor to CO2 emissions. That’s all it does. It offers this silly notion of driving five miles less a week. That’s never going to happen. People go where they need to go and they pay such a lot to run a car that they’re completely entitled to do so. Driving a defined number of miles per week less is just a silly gimmick, not really a sustainable idea. It’s not a solution to anything. If the advert was phrased better and made you think about some of your shorter journeys then it may have been a better advert.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:19:30 +0000

Yeah, I’ll drive 5 miles less per week so long as someone can move my office 5 miles nearer to my house!

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:29:20 +0000

How on earth are people supposed to drive five miles less a week? How? That advert was not thought through. How are we supposed to drive five miles less?

By: Barry Glynn

Barry Glynn — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:56:25 +0000

This is THE most idiotic waste of money any Government has wasted on an advert. How on earth am I meant to drive less a week? Do they think I actually drive anyway that I dont need to? Do they think I drive around and think “I know, Ill drive an extra 5 miles I dont have to, just for the hell of it.”

In any case, the resulting savings on gases etc are a joke.
Money would be better spent trying to convince the Chinese that global warming actually exists.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:07:18 +0000

If VIZ magazine did a “how to save the planet” skit they would say something like “drive 5 miles less a week”.

Now if you said drive 5mph slower for a week that would have more effect. As drag increases with the square of the velocity it would probably achieve far more than that.

By: jon

jon — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:42:57 +0000

How ridiculous.
If I drove 5 miles less each week, I’d go to work on a Friday morning and I would be able to return home until Monday.

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:42:37 +0000

I have already made the effort to buy an economical diesel car which importantly I also drive in an economical manner. Perhaps if we are to fund campaigns such as this, the Government would be better spending our money suggesting that people drive within and preferably slightly below the speed limits. This would save vastly greater amounts of fuel, CO2 (and lives). Coming from a Government that continually promotes air travel in every possibly way, this drive 5 miles less campaign is insulting to those of us who try to make a bit of an effort. (And no I do not fly abroad for my holidays.)