Re: Ad portrays trains as loser's transport!

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

30 minute headways at night do make trains loser's transport.

Bus routes with minute frequency during the day are also losers transport.

Cheers
John Wayman

"Peter Parker" <parkerp@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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> Heard a road safety ad on commercial radio last night.
>
> It features a man who has just missed his night train.  Then there's
> an announcement saying that the next train to Epping is due in 30 min
time.
> A mild expletive is uttered.
>
> I think the ad is meant to mean that if you drink drive or speed
> you'll lose your drivers licence.  The punishment is dependence
> on public transport to get around!
>
> This ad, presumably being paid for with taxpayer's money, is
> conveying the impression that trains are last-resort second-rate transport
> used only by low-life scum not rich enough to run a car.
>
> I think the train companies and public transport advocates would
> be fully entitled to take legal action to get this defamatory ad off the
> air.
>
> Peter
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