Should KILLER cars be banned?

Question

Cars kill more people in the UK than guns and axe murderes. They poison the air with there deadly imissions and loud music.
The horse and buggy and bike would make the world a healthier place.
I would make an exception for lorrys, as we need the shops re filling with food.

I am suprised english people are alowed to drive KILLER cars. mind you there is no room left and the cars dont do more than 10 mph

Answer 1

the guns dont kill !!! the cars dont kill !!!! "it"s the drivers"

Answer 2

You will of course be aware that the average family car produces about 1.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

The average family house produces 6 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, over four times as much. So what are we going to do about those KILLER houses? And notice how its a FAMILY car, and a FAMILY house? Should KILLER families be banned?

And can you imagine how much land would be gobbled up for growing horse feed if all those KILLER families went out and bought a horse and trap. There'd be horse dung everywhere too, and flies carrying various forms of equine disease (which should kill off a few kids in those KILLER families, keeping the population down a little)

Neo-luddism is the new breeding ground for fascism, or, at the very least, for some very dodgy forms of authoritarian politics. Something has to change in the way societies organise themselves, but that is the way of life anyway. Going back in time is not an option.

Answer 3

That is a bit of a weird question? Cars only kill people when driven too fast and by irratic drivers. With the traffic these days do you really think that a horse and buggy would end this problem? I dont think so! The only cars that should be banned are those that go over 100 mph. Ive never heard of loud music killing someone!?!

Answer 4

I think you need to walk into my office I have a pair of scissors, a million pens and pencils with sharp points, glass containers that can be broken and used as weapons. I am wearing a belt with a gun attached, I have two fists, several screwdrivers, a utility knife, canned air, propane, and a broom. All of the above have hospitalized millions of people across America. Why don't we outlaw all of these things then maybe just maybe we will have less crime.

Or we could put prayer back in schools start teaching the BIBLE and start changing people from the inside out. Instead of the current approach. In situation A 2 people got killed what object should we remove from consumers so that a similar situation will not happen again. Why don't we just hold people responsible for the things they do with common everyday objects.

Answer 5

Er, most people miss this one. Let's say instead of 1 million cars in London say, you have 1 million horses. Now a car does give off noxious fumes, but do you happen to remember the problem with horses? They, er, give off noxious stuff also.

It comes down to, if you want to go back to horse and buggy days, you need less people. Cars overcame horses for riding purposes mostly because they put out less polutants than horses. Less polutants, less upkeep costs. Do they need to be reduced more? You betcha.

Horse and buggy riding was not exactly risk free either. Horses tend to buck when they are startled, and injuries came about as a result. Now outsidde a city, yeah, a car is probably more dangerous than a horse because of relative speed. Inside? Nope.

There are other solutions to cars, horse and buggy really is not one of them.

-Dio

Answer 6

The problem is there wouldn't be enough space, grass, hay, straw or food for all the horses; it would take up a huge chunk of farmland and we've already lost a lot of that to roadbuilding and houses.

Horses are a self replicating form of transport; but you need extra stock to do the breeding. That would increase the resources needed to care for them.

Renovating the canals would be better; horse drawn barges are a very environmentally freindly way of transporting non-perishable goods :)

Answer 7

You can ban cars if you want but still leaves the gun users and axe murders out there - what have you solved exactly other than going back to the dark ages. Keep the cars and bang the murders up for life (you, know the rest of their life not 2 years). Also, get rid of the treehugging camper vans and 2CV's - they are the real poluters - modern cars are a lot cleaner.

Answer 8

Anything can be a killer in the wrong hands and cars are no different. You use kitchen knives, they can kill, you use various liquid cleaners, they can poison. The world is full of risks you just have to face up to them and take care. Start banning various things and there is no knowing where you will end up - certainly without excitement.

Answer 9

You're crazy. How will we travel long distance?
Rather than ban cars, consider using biofuels like in South America. It would make use of all the fields Brussels won't let us grow food in.
Imagine. Grow crops, distil them at a refinery and create a replacement for petrol at gas stations. It would create jobs for our unemployed workers and make Britain rich. Imagine, we could become the number 1 fuel producer for Europe when the oil runs out.

Answer 10

it isnt the car that is the problem, its the driver.pretty much anything can be used to harm somebody if it gets into the wrong hands.
i do think though, cars that emit a certain amount of deady emissions should be banned. generally, the people that drive around in their 4x4s are those that can afford to pay extra for the harm theyre causing anyway so i don't see how on earth thats gonna help.

Answer 11

Good star question. People say they need their cars for work, taking the kids to school, live in the middle of the jungle, ad nauseum.
Most of them could manage with a Mini, but prefer a 4 x 4 for the status they THINK it implies.
By nature, man is a selfish animal. Motorists just prove the proposition.
But take performance cars away from so-called soccer stars and the world will be a safer place!