Letter: We buy cars not because we love them, but because there's no alternative

Sir: For a newspaper that has in the past given favourable coverage to motorcycling, it was disappointing that Hamish McRae failed to mention the one form of powered personal transport which would, if its use were encouraged, offer significant reductions in both congestion and pollution.

Yours sincerely,

TIM DENNIS

University of Essex

Colchester

4 August