WITH reference to the recent petrol crisis, it seems that people have short memories.

Only a few years ago, the Government announced a multi-billion pound scheme of investment in both road infrastructure and public transport. Tens of by-pass schemes, new sections of motorway, road widening, junctions improvements and so forth were all highlighted. How would the demonstrators react, if, for example, petrol went down in price and all these and other plans were scrapped?

Reducing petrol would lead to more people using their cars more often, increasing both congestion and pollution.

People who can afford to buy a car should count their blessings. It is those of us without cars who should be demonstrating because we get such a raw deal with public transport.

For example, in late May the local bus company reduced the post 7pm bus service to Rawcliffe from nine to four buses. In addition, there is a one-and-a-half hour gap in which there is no service out to Rawcliffe.

I travel to Hull regularly and I cannot afford the £10 single train fare. Even by express coach the fare is £9.75 (standard single). It would cost around £4 in petrol to drive to Hull by car. The bus service to and from Hull doesn't even operate in the evening, meaning that it is impossible to travel out of Market Weighton.

I think it is obvious that those members of the public who are car-less have the worst deal and have to part with far more money to get from A to B.

D R Edwards,

Newborough Street,

Bootham, York.