Car counting: Letter

Sir: Hamish McRae ("What drives the P rush?", 2 August) accuses "green" motoring correspondents of not understanding what everybody wants. But his argument is too simplistic.

Of course there are people who, if they have the money, will want a P registration car. Such people can easily be counted through the sales figures. The people who can't be counted are those who would much rather have a decent urban environment to replace the present one which has been steadily eroded by excessive use of private cars.

HARLEY SHERLOCK

London N1