I've just read the story about a man who walks his dog by holding the lead out of his car window as he drives along and the dog follows...he's quoted as saying 'he doesn't want to get wet when its raining!'

Is this the challenge we're all up against?  Is this for real, or is it a publicity stunt because he was recently voted as 'Great North Bum' by his family through a local radio competition?

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Lazy_man_walks_dog_in_his_car&in_article_id=355843&in_page_id=2

Has anyone else heard any similarly scary stories related to walking, or the lack of it?

this is a golden oldie and makes a great illustration in a powerpoint presentation.  I have actually seen someone driving round a field with the dog running behind the car, not on a lead!  we need to give them a positive reason to get out of the vehicle, a friend perhaps

 yes i have seen a highways engineer measure the length of roadworks by holding his trundle wheel out the window of his car!!!

That is incredible, did you get photographic evidence??  

It would be interesting to see how active those professionals are who are employed to keep us all moving...I know that in one of my last jobs (which was in the NHS) that some communities found it hard/impossible to take advice from people about physical activity who weren't active themselves.  I can understand that.  I always used to share with people my walking habits, and even about how hard i find it sometimes to stay active but also the tricks of how i overcome this, particularly when i'm busy at work.

 Its the classic do as I do!  I think it is part of your professional integrity and credibility with others, to actually walk the talk and it helps you share experiences so that people can relate to what you are encouraging them to do.  I wish I did more of it, so any encouragement would be great!