Okay, here's how we clear the roads of idiots, whilst at the same time helping the economy.
The police have a month long, no excuses crackdown on the roads.
Unmarked cars patrol the streets and motorways for "Operation Death Race Armageddon".
Excessive speeding? Max points and max fine.
Mobile phone use? Max points and max fine.
No insurance/tax/MOT? As above.
Dodgy number plate? Ditto.
Driving without due care and attention/without consideration for other road users? I think you get the picture.
Firstly this will give a massive number of people something to think about. Who knows it might even encourage them to mend their ways.
Secondly it will keep the courts and all the associated people ticking over (the Post Office, Group 4, Prison Service etc.) - it might even create a few jobs. Some poeple might even lose their jobs, say a Range Rover Sport driver might get a ban and because he relies on his transport, he gets the sack. His job can be filled by some poor bloke who was recently made redundant. Maybe the sacked bloke and those like him can't pay his bills and debt collectors/bailiffs have to take on more people to cope with demand.
The possibilities are endless!
How can this possibly fail?
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By the time you had recruited and trained enough traffic police we will probably be in the next ice age. :)
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This is wealth dissolver, not wealth creation.
It is industry which creates wealth, the public sector uses it up.
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This is wealth dissolver not wealth creation. It is industry which creates wealth the public sector uses it up.
Don't freeze the boy out.
MD
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Could employ a few people to mend the potholes...
peanut
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But I like the idea of banning Range Rover drivers - any chance of a special penalty for those with HID lights who blind everyone they follow? And an extra penalty for those that fit low profile tyres to 4x4s - the vehicle is supposed to be used off-road, for heavens sake - and low profile tyres are no good there!
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I also propose a £250 "ignition" tax for HGV's. Basically £250 every time one is started or turned off.
And an overtaking tax on HGV's too. £50 a time unless the manoeuvre can be done in under 7.5 seconds.
This should alleviate congestion whilst also employing thousands in a new greener delivery bicycle with basket on the front service.
Some people get paid a fortune for this kind of "Blue Sky" thinking you know.
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Some people get paid a fortune for this kind of "Blue Sky" thinking you know.
Ah, blue sky thinking, I remember the phrase well.
Employees boiling the ocean have been the downfall of many a good company. Basically, we must all be singing from the same hymn sheet. Critical path deliverables and core competencies, at the end of the day, together with disintermediate drill-down heads-up helicopter views can only lead to high-lever leapfrogs and facetime functionality.
Edited by L'escargot on 06/05/2009 at 10:46
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"Employees boiling the ocean have been the downfall of many a good company. Basically, we must all be singing from the same hymn sheet. Critical path deliverables and core competencies, at the end of the day, together with disintermediate drill-down heads-up helicopter views can only lead to high-lever leapfrogs and facetime functionality. "
Until someone moves the goalposts, and then we are all [insert expletive of choice]
Quite frankly the best way for roads to help the the recession would be if HMG gave the Highways Agency and councils ring-fenced money to get the roads up to standard, and gave them bonus cash for removing traffic lights (where safe), speed-humps, superfluous signage and all the other road-clutter.
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Basically we must all be singing from the same hymn sheet. Critical path deliverables and core competencies at the end of the day together with disintermediate drill-down heads-up helicopter views can only lead to high-lever leapfrogs and facetime functionality.
Didn't know you worked in marketing in my company, L'escargot. ;-)
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