What follows is a quotation from “A Passenger Transport Development Plan for the West Midlands” (November 1972) :
2.3 Highest car usage in Britain
No conurbation in Britain has as high a proportion of commuters who travel to work by car as the West Midlands. The combination of the M5 and M6 motorways provides a local as well as long-distance motorway system. Thus the area provides the nearest British approach to the car dominance reached in, say, Los Angeles….” !
The Witch of Worcester 