Our local paper recently detailed the treatment a crime victim had when his car was damaged by vandals which I hope will be of interest. It is a good example of what is wrong with this country - too soft by half. I think I will send the cutting to our local MP, although as a Liberal I don't expect her to take too much action.

We have a horrendous roundabout at the end of our road on the A31. When improvements were suggested she (MP) and the local Lib-Dem councillors were opposed because the welfare of the rabbits thought to inhabit the roundabout (if they hung about long enough) would be compromised. The roundabout improvements are going ahead. It is a 'six-went way' and there will be seventy traffic lights for this new 'hamburger' junction. Incidentally, the improvements are not for UK road tax payers' benefit, but for the benefit of Olympic Visitors getting to Weymouth for the sailing events, next year.

The A31, part of the Folkestone to Honiton Trunk route, is atrocious through this end of Dorset and we have campaigned for years to get it 'put right'. All we have had in fourteen years are new speed limits. John Major did allocate some money before his enforced retirement, but Prescott put a hold on this whilst he 'conducted a review.’ He lied, of course, and no review or improvements took place. But I digress. Your column is a breath of fresh air in the world of motoring. Long may it continue.