24-11-2022, 02:24 PM
In the mid 70s I used to work on the railways, passenger trains up and down the country, freight trains galore, not a lot of heavy trucks on the roads causing havoc and chewing up the roads creating potholes etc. Not saying its all the trucks fault but when I started with rail there were at least 40,000 people working and when I left there were just over 4000 so the balance of freight had to go somewhere and that somewhere is on our roads.
Despite the high cost of living it remains popular