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Oh dear, when will politicians learn? Less government is better government. Common sense (as taught by parents)is the equivalent of market forces. Why on earth is anyone - let along a "Culture" Secretary - trying to teach people life-style?
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Another major initiative mentioned on Teletext today is that HMG are going to tackle the heinous crime of misuse of box junctions and turning right (whatever that means - voting BNP?).
Probably many days Commons debating time for the few who bother to turn up.
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frostbite, I'm afraid the turning right one is a pet hate of mine.
On the main road through the town we have several junctions clearly marked 'no right turn' from the main road into the side road. Regularly traffic backs up just because one individual wants to sit in the road blocking all progress while waiting for a gap to appear in the oncoming traffic so he can perform his illegal right turn rather than turn right at the next junction with a right turn lane and go round the block as he is supposed to. Basically it is just the one individual sticking his fingers up to everyone else and saying 'my thirty seconds saved is more important than all you lot wasting a couple of minutes behind me', just good old basic selfishness.
As for yellow boxes people just don't seem to realise they are there for a reason, not just to decorate the road. I bet if you asked 100 average motorists 60 wouldn't be able to tell you what they are for and how they should be used and I reckon 80 or more wouldn't know that there is already a fine for misuse.
Mind you, I fail to see who is going to police all this as traffic police seem to have become an endangered species on the roads today, not that that seems to have any acknowledged link to the increase in road deaths last year, but that's another topic.....
Cockle
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Mind you, I fail to see who is going to police all this as traffic police seem to have become an endangered species on the roads today, not that that seems to have any acknowledged link to the increase in road deaths last year,
traffic wardens, apparantly.
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frostbite,
It's a New Year - please don't be unkind to our MPs.
Would YOU turn up if all you were earning (whether you attend or not much of the time) was a lousy;
Salary £56358
Expenses £64304 to £74985 - to include staffing allowances.
Incidental £18799
Expenses
As they only get a pension fund after one term (5 years) of £140000 or a fund of £630000 if they serve us so selflessly for 20 years, it is clearly a very risky occupation!
These figures are from the Money section of Saturdays Telegraph, which was delivered to me together with the Motoring section and is available online.
Matt35.
Mods - Off to the Tower?
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