to say that students shouldn't own cars?

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I'm living in Bristol, which is rolling out Residents Parking Schemes throughout the city (an excellent idea, I think). We have lots of students here, which is great, but many of them own cars. If they didn't, the streets would be considerably quieter. I know that other universities tell students that they can't have cars, and I really can't see why they would need them, and it would be a good way of helping with parking problems .

YADBU!!

Why shouldn't students own cars?! I've never heard of any uni not allowing it, it's ridiculous. You wouldn't get any other demographic not allowed to own cars, like pensioners. Why would they not need them? Or even need them any less than anyone else?

I am assuming this is a joke post?
You want a demographic to have fewer rights than you, because it would make life easier for you?
Which university yells students they can't own cars ?

I don't think any university can tell students "they can't have cars" many do say you can't park on university grounds which is reasonable.

If students live in houses as opposed to halls, they will be residents and get residents permits. so YABU.

Why do you need a car then? Get rid of yours and let the students follow suit.
Students aren't some breed apart.
My uni is just outside London. There's a shortage of PT jobs nearby cos there are so many students so many will naturally find jobs in London. Ditto internships. Train travel can be prohibitively expensive for many. Why not a car?

At my uni we're not allowed to bring cars. My friend has three and brings them all

They can tell students not to take cars if they live on student accommodation but you can't stop them from parking cars on public roads. I don't think most students need cars, but you can't stop adults, living in private housing from driving or owning a car.

Cambridge. At least it did in my day. It's a small medieval city with thousands of young people living in college accommodation. There aren't enough car parks for university staff to all drive into the city centre.

But surely lots of people don't really need cars - especially in a city which presumably has a decent level of public transport. I work in a city centre and get on a bus that goes past the universities - It's not really more difficult for me to travel to work by public transport than it is for them. Why single out students rather than other people who may not really need their cars?

Why shouldn't students have cars? Many students live away from home and need a car to go home over the holidays, having to lug clothes etc on busses and trains is a total pita, an expensive pita depending on where they're going.

Going by that logic, why does anyone who lives in a city need a car? Most big cities have plenty of public transport yet thousands of people who live there have cars. Why do they need them when there's adequate public transport? That would really reduce the parking and traffic problems.

I needed my car to get to uni (lived rurally with no decent public transport) so YABU

It also wasn't my fault if the uni closed all the car parks to existing students on open days so we had to park on residential streets so again YABU

Not all students have family willing or able to cart all their belongings to their student house and back so they'd need their car

:-)

I think many halls if residence and colleges do discourage cars as there just isn't enough parking space.

But once they're living out, they're local residents surely?

I live in Bristol too, in an area with lots of students, which has just rolled out the residents parking scheme . I'm torn, in some ways I think YANBU but only because the students next door to us always park directly in front of our house and I sometimes have to park on another road and carry DD back to the house which is irritating. However I think the bigger issue was with commuters from outside bristol parking on residential streets as it was free, whereas parking in the city centre as I'm sure you know is bloody expensive. I think it would be impossible to implement when students are living in houses rather than in halls, and really they have as much right to have a car as anyone else. Our street is actually much much quieter after introducing the residents parking scheme so I don't complain about it too much. So I'm completely sitting on the fence and not being helpful at all

My university advised against cars because the city centre is pedestrianised and it's difficult to park anywhere near the university but they certainly didn't ban them. I'm not sure why students should be less entitled than anyone else to drive.

You have to apply for permits to park on the road, so, if you're a student, you shouldn't get one. We have several neighbouring houses subdivided for students, most of whom have cars, which is a problem. Of all social groups, students, IMO, need cars least. I know this makes me an officially grumpy old woman, when I was a student, nobody had a car. And didn't need one either.

Oh and Bristol is crammed with cars not because of the huge student population, but also because there are lots of houses that have been converted into flats or are HMO's.

Also, I did take all my stuff home for the holidays. On the train. and it was a PITA, but does that mean I needed a car? No.

YABU

I am a student nurse (with 2 DCs) so not only do I need to get to university for half of the year, I spend half of the year on work placements with shifts starting at 7am and finishing as late as 9pm... Using public transport would add (at least) another hour onto either end of my day.

Before becoming a student I worked for 20 years so not sure why I should suddenly relinquish my car just to make the roads a bit quieter...

At my uni there are lots of medics, health care and teachers

All if them need to get to placements which can be anything up to 50 miles away, often at anti social hours

Are they not allowed cars?

A university can advise against bringing cars, or request it but that's all.

Perhaps a minority of students who a) live in close proximity / have easy access with public transport to their campus and supermarkets and b) have parents who are willing and able to cart their belongings around at the beginning and end of each term could do without a car but many students are expected to be able to get themselves to and from various different locations as part of their courses (I thinking medics, physios, nurses, midwives as that's what I know but I'm sure that there are many more).

Those living in University owned accomodation may be restricted to not bringing a car, but otherwise they will be a local resident just as you are and so have as much right to own a car as any other resident. Yes, most university towns and cities cannot cope with the volume of cars but that problem is not down to students alone to solve, many other residents could have a long hard think about their car use and other options that may be available to them.

YABU Btw.

When I was at university I was told to get my driving licence and get a car by the admissions staff.
All nursing students were told that. It was to make placements easier to allocate, especially when doing health visitor placements.
So YABU, students do need cars (and sometimes it is mandatory) as much as the general public.

bobby is right, the problem is that one building can house multiple families.
I genuinely think the residents parking scheme has been good for the area I'm in. It was impossible to park within 100m of my house previously.

I'm in a residents' parking area in Bristol with lots of student houses, and it has got a lot easier to park and drive around since the scheme was introduced.

Some students still have cars, but I think fewer of them do, because a) there is a limit on the number of parking permits you can have per house, so a student house with seven bedrooms can't get anything like seven permits, and b) the car has to be taxed/registered/insured at the address where the parking permit is issued - I get the impression that a lot of student cars are officially owned and insured by the parents.

I don't think a blanket ban on student cars would work, and some of them genuinely do need them (e.g. the student house opposite me is mostly medical students, some of whom are now at the clinical stage and need to get to the hospitals where they are working at odd hours for shifts etc), but it's good to discourage them as much as possible.

When I was at Cambridge, I knew several fellow students who did have cars, they just kept them parked away from the city centre.

OK, change the rules so that if a student applies for a pass they have to make a case for why they need one. I don't believe that will knock out many.

I live in Bristol with five other students.
You are being ridiculous - why exactly do non students deserve cars then?

I live with four medical students. They have go and hospital placements that are up to two hours away via public transport. Why shouldn't they use cars?