If the lorries and vans that supply our shops and operate our public services are deducted from the remaining 40 per cent, it will be seen that cars are not the polluters of popular myth, and are probably responsible for less than one-third of road traffic emissions.
It is also worth mentioning that the same research found Edinburgh was a particularly unpolluted city. Nobody likes pollution, and the sooner all modes of transportation – land, sea and air – are cleaned up the better. But in the meantime, let's not discount the facts for the sake of a cheap headline.
GRAHAM M McLEOD
The Muirs
Kinross