Air pollution worse for drivers than cyclists on same Bath road

Looking at the ventilation inlet on many of the cars I have owned, it does often sit behind or to one side of the radiator. Moreover with the fan on, its actively sucking in the fumes from an exhaust pipe which may be only a very short istance away from it. One of te reasons why I leave lots of room in front when stuck in traffic.

I was almost gassed, howver, by a truck at the side of me in a traffic jam. I was in a sports car, his exhaust went crossways under his front bumper - about level with my ear! When he revved up, black sooty smoke went into my window, across the car, and (mostly) out of the passenger window while I was desperatley trying to close the windows!

One of the biggest problems is that the media wilfully ignore one of the biggest answers to the pollution from vehicles problem: Active Travel, cycling and walking, with the BBC to the fore as always with anything to do with utility cycling.

The BBC article quoted at the start is typical "Is there a way to tackle air pollution?" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39132679 with only two solutions offered: making the engines cleaner and scrapping the most polluting vehicles, no mention of the much more efficient and effective transfer of short, more polluting trips to walking and cycling.

BBC R4, to which I listen frequently, has been featuring air pollution from vehicles a great deal over the past three weeks, but how many times have they mentioned Active Travel?  I'll give you a clue; it's a round number, very round.

And when I say "wilfully ignore" I mean deliberately, knowingly ignoring Active Travel.  I have sent R4 news programmes quite a few messages over the past few weeks pointing out that they are ignoring one of the biggest solutions to this problem, but the response has been to carry on ignoring it.

We need the media to recognise that Active Travel is a large part of the solution to motor vehicle pollution, but what to do when they won't listen?

Well the problem is that a cyclist will inhale maybe twice the air volume a driver is breathing.

The environmental crime of keep selling diesel cars that most of their mileage is urban, must stop. Otherwise many of us will pay the cost that diesel cars are supposed to reduce

Is that not a rehash on old research

Suck it up, you cager twats.

Problem is, the bastards will probably try to sort matters out by improving filters on the air intakes, rather than cleaning up the exhaust or (heaven forbid!) stop driving.

That's the kind of selfish mentality you get with drivers.

It beggars belief that we're still stuck with the attitude that car is king. How much more evidence does our stupid government need that road traffic is killing us?

Mean while the governement races to bribe Nissan to stay in the country, and with who knows what the fallout will be from the recent announcement from PSA that they'll be closing some factories they are yet again focusing on areas of industry that need to die.

even worse if you get stuck behind any Diesel that belches smoke when pulling away...

Obviously the solution to this is for cars to be sealed and carry their own air supply.

Cyclists were, however more affected by higher levels of airborne SMIDSY particles.

Something might get done now there's proof it affects drivers.