Mini Cooper ad. This appears for a fraction of a second, and then goes away. Now I don't want one, but I probably would click on it if it ever appeared.

Landrover ad. No way of getting rid of it until it decides to go of its own accord. Very annoying indeed! Read more

Came off the M4 at Junction 11 (Madejski Stadium exit) and turned South on to the A33 yesterday (Sunday) at around 14:00.

There is a big roundabout on top of the M4 then you drop down on to a dual carriageway and the road curves to the left then straight on to another roundabout at Three Mile Cross.

As there is a dip and a turn a section of the road ahead of you is obscured. The guy in front of me indicated right and moved over, didn't think much about this except that he was probably turning right at the roundabout ahead, then a police car came in to view. It was deliberately parked in the obscured section so you could not see it from the roundabout on top of the M4. It had lights flashing so it wasn't as if it was parked dangerously but it was an odd place to be.

It was a full spec. Omega and had a camera mounted on a black pole on the rear drivers side. It looked like the kind of thing that could be mounted/removed quickly.

Came back the other way 30 minutes later and it was still there.

Now, the camera I assume was a numberplate recognition device and I assume it was parked in such a way that you could not see it from far away and avoid it but it all seemed highly curious.

If we have anyone from the Thames Valley force posting on this board could they advise what it was doing there? Read more

I was reading a motorcycle publication and there was a very upseting article. I will write it as it is published:

\'The RIDE report on road tax and poor roads which made me very angry. Last month there was an incident near my home, in which a 16 year old lad was riding his scooter along a busy road. His front wheel hit a pothole and he lost lost control. The scooter slid across the road under an HGV and the lad was killed.

The next day the council were there, filling in the holethat caused the tragedy. Surely, the same money that was readily available to do the work just 24 hours later, had been available before the accident? It makes you think: is it due to lack of funds that these thing s don\'t get sorted out or the can\'t-be\'bothered factor?\'

And this article followed:

\'One way to help out with the pothole situation is to notify the council. This will achieve two things:
1. It could make them liable if someone has an accident as a result of defective road surface they were aware of.
2. Becuase if this they are more likely to rectify it (especially as we approach the end of the financial year when they have to spend money or lose it)\'

\'Top idea. You can find your councils\'s number in the phonebook. Give them a buzz and ask for the highways department\'

I am sure we are all aware of the many places where there are potholes and defective road surfaces, so if we all did something by making a phonecall, perhaps more would be done to make the roads a better place.

It is important to note that out of the road tax we pay, Ride found only 16% (approx) is actually spent on the roads. The rest is spent elsewhere, which means the money is there but is spent in my opinion fraudulently on something else. It is odd that if we give say a shop keeper a pound, they are legally made to give us the items we pay for. But we pay road tax and the authorities do not even have to spend it on the roads. Read more