A chara, - In view of the traffic gridlock in Dublin and other urban areas, the decreasing air quality and likely effects on health, the increasing frustration of commuters, the detrimental impact on workers who need to use cars for work, and the inability of more roads to solve the problems, is it now time for society to regard non-essential driving of cars (e.g. to office-bound jobs in city centres, to schools) as being as antisocial as smoking in public places or as drinking and driving? - Is mise,
Donal Daly, St Aidan's Drive, Goatstown, Dublin 14.