Looks like the people owning the Chelsea Tractors (4x4’s if you wondered) are now being charged higher parking charges in some areas with others looking to follow suite. With there also being talk of higher tax rates for these vehicles there is now many unhappy people in suburbia moaning, they are starting to go on TV saying they are being targeted and picked on.

In a word, yes they are, and rightfully so. I have nothing against the people driving these things when they live in the countryside or regularly go to the countryside and need to go off road, why though do you need them in central London? People use them to take their children to school, why? If you live in a city why not walk your child to school, or use a bus? That’s surely just as safe and better all round? Also these Chelsea Tractors are dangerous, if you hit someone, particularly a child in them you will cause a lot more damage to them than if you were in a car. It has also been proven that they have more blind spots at the front, in the areas where a child would run into. There was also a lady on TV saying this morning that she needed the 4x4 as she carries quite a few children so needs a bigger car, has she never heard of a people carrier??

They are also worse for the environment than a normal car, and people have to accept that if you are going to buy a car that generates more pollution and takes up more of the road, you pay for it.

As I said, I have nothing against 4x4’s (or cars) in general, just use them as they are supposed to be used and stop being ignorant to the world around you, a controversial view I know but its about time someone said it!