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Media watch
Page 13
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IN THE NEWS
Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the way the newspapers have covered the world of transport this week.
The great British summer has been many things this year: wet, unpredictable, and wintry -to name but three. However, the one thing global warming has yet to provide us with between the months of June and August is the sort of snow that cuts off provincial towns from civilisation and makes reindeer fearful of men with bushy white beards. flying cars nearly ready for take-off But this is not an opinion held by Euro Parking Collection, it seems. Sadly, The Birmingham Post was unable to extract a comment from the parking fine firm, so we are still left wondering how it came to send Krister Nylander a parking penalty through the post. The make of vehicle and licence plate number on the ticket was correct, but Nylander is adamant he has never visited Warwick, where he supposedly transgressed the parking rules. He might have a point; the man lives in Sweden. His vehicle has never passed through Warwick either, he reckons. This is quite plausible, of course how often have Warwick residents employed the use of snowmobiles? In June?
It's as silly a story as cars that fly. That is, if The Scotsman hadn't already reported on exactly that. Dutch-based entrepreneurs have invested £10m in the "Aerocar", which will be ready for production in 2006 as the answer to our traffic jam nightmares. Perhaps. The article concludes soberly with descriptions of failed attempts to manufacture jet packs for Joe Public in the sixties and Sir Clive Snclair's past business exploits: "Another invention which failed to convince the public was the Sinclair C5. With its three wheels, low driving position and top speed of 25mph, it was a laughing stock."
The more eagled-eyed among you might question why the picture of the Aerocar is basically a C5 with a propeller stuck on top. Perhaps the 140mph top speed will wipe the smiles of all those cynical journalists' faces!