Please; nobody ever try and convince me that public transport is a better option than the car. Must start another thread....
It can be when it works, I mean, when I worked at ...anyway, not the time or place, but needless to say, I was working at a special needs school and all of the kids were picked up by minibus every day and most of the staff (depressingly) drove - I took the train and was one of the few who actually got to work on time every day.... and I had to walk up quite steep hill from the railway station too! (that hill in winter when it was all icy was certainly interesting!).
It just showed how bad the roads were - I could get out and
walk and STILL beat the cars!
Accidents and road works were common place, and I remember one morning, most of the kids and staff didn't get in until after 11 am because of an accident!
Imagine the outcry if that was public transport, but because it's on the road it's somehow 'different'.
Pathetic, absolutley pathetic!
Car better than Public transport?? Bwahahahahaaha!! in this case it most certainly was NOT - I think I had about ONE minor incident on the train the entire time I was working there! (how many delays did people using the roads have exactly?).
... And to then add insult to injury, what did we get in the staffroom??
Yep, that's right, discussions about how bad the roads were!!
HOWEVER, yes, I know the Sunday services are S**T - it's almost as though they think that everyone will be too pissed to move after a Saturday night! (All though on the lines out to Ayrshire, this might not be too far off the button!) 
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. And just to make it even less of an option, there are engineering works (again) this weekend, so replacement bus service part of the way. Please; nobody ever try and convince me that public transport is a better option than the car. Must start another thread.... 
. It will be my first event so I am a wee bit apprehensive!
