What are the advantages of car clubs?
Car clubs offer a good fit between businesses that want vehicles for day-time use and individuals who want a vehicle for weekend shopping or going out. Most trips by car are local journeys of less than five miles. When you own a car, the majority of your costs are fixed and petrol costs form a low percentage of your overall car costs. Therefore, especially with the car parked outside the door, it is tempting to use the car for journeys that could be made by public transport, walking or cycling. ‘Members of a car club have low overheads and pay the full cost of car use each time they use the car, reducing the temptation to use a car unnecessarily for short journeys. Carplus, the car clubs network There are currently about 25 car clubs in the UK. This is growing each year. But the UK is still well behind Switzerland, which has a national car-share scheme boasting 43,000 members and 1,700 cars.
