Today was 'Car Free Day' here in Devon. I even had my photo taken by the local paper in an attempt to give some publicity to the event. Actually the local council sent a councillor down to the Strand and he was the main personality which was a good job as the Herald Express photographer (seen in the photo with the councillor) managed to hide most of my face behind the nearside mirror. Devon County Council organised a promotion with the company, we sold Car Free Explorer Tickets for £3.80 instead of the usual price. One passenger protested when I sold him an explorer for the reduced price that it usually cost £6.00. When I explained that the cheaper price was to reward him for not using his car today he pointed out that he did not have a car to use. So I said, "Right, that's different then. That will be £6.00." Only kidding.
Anyway I had a look at the number of passengers I carried last time I did Duty 3610 which was the duty I was doing today. (Each duty produces different numbers of passengers. Generally speaking the earlier you start the more passengers you carry). With it being 'No Car Day' I expected the number of passengers to be up today. Well I carried 83 less people than last time which was only two weeks ago. The County Council will have to work harder to get people out of their cars than they did today. But we all know that, car owners are not easily seperated from their cars.
Have a look at Devon CC's web site that promotes the event. If you were a teacher you would write' could do better' on this effort.
