[SideburnsOfDoom]

> The poor and middle class do drive in London.

I didn't say that "it doesn't happen" just that it's not prevalent.

> There are over 2 million cars in London

Did you notice that the number of people in London is a multiple of that? "ordinary people" is broad, do you think that it varies within that, and varies in sync with disposable income, or is evenly distributed?

From Your own source at https://content.tfl.gov.uk/technical-note-12-how-many-cars-a... :

> "Londoners are more likely to own a car if they live in outer London, live in an area with poor access to public transport, have a higher income, have a child in the house, and are of Western European nationality."

have a higher income , household car access rises as income increases, live out in the suburbs.