I'm glad fuel prices in Oxfordshire have reached an all-time high.

Maybe it will make people think a little before using their cars - especially those with huge great Chelsea tractors who burn petrol like it's going out of fashion.

There are plenty of alternative ways to travel. My friends and I have been car-sharing for years, and I'll always take the bus if I can (the baby loves the novelty).

Oh, and there's walking - kind to the environment, and good for the bum and legs.

One thing I do hope for, though. I do hope that the amount of money invested in public transport increases in direct proportion to the levy on fuel duty. This is imperative.

It's all very well beating people with a financial stick, but you have to sweeten them with a carrot, too. Especially in rural Oxfordshire, where village folk often find it difficult to get to the neighbouring village by bus - let alone a nearby town.

Surely it's a no-brainer: Make buses (and trains) comfortable, cheap and accessible and more people will be enticed to use them for their daily journeys. Until then, motorists will choose to plough through our streets in their gas-guzzling CTs.