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UPDATED EVERY FRIDAY
Last Update:
Friday 14th January, 2005
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New Journal Enterprises, 2004.
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Protesters send the 4x4 school-run mums to bottom of the class
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Campaigners confront 4x4 drivers on the school run
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PARENTS taking children to school in off-road vehicles received
a ticking-off from protesters dressed as teachers on Tuesday.
Members of the Alliance Against Urban 4x4s chose one of the busiest
stretches of the school run – the junction of Belsize Lane
and Fitzjohn’s Avenue in Hampstead – for their protest.
They handed out “could do better” school reports and spoof
parking tickets.
As they rolled down the windows of their SUVs, some mums were less
than happy at being given a list of frightening statistics about
the heavy-duty vehicles.
Drivers argued with protesters, saying the large cars were a necessity.
One mum said: “If you had three kids to get to school, you’d
have one too.”
Alliance member Brian Gascoigne said: “We want to make driving
these vehicles socially unacceptable, just like wearing fur suddenly
became socially unacceptable.”
Organiser Sian Berry said: “There’s only one good reason
for driving a 4x4, and that’s if you have to drive off-road.
“Otherwise people just buy them as a fashion statement and
a status symbol.”
She said estate cars normally had more seats and were safer.
Campaigners want a ban on mainstream advertising of 4x4s and higher
taxes and congestion charges – and they say 70 per cent of
Londoners support them.
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