Stop whinging about parking and bus lanes (From Wimbledon Guardian)
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Letter to the Editor: Stop whinging about parking and bus lanes
10:00am Friday 24th August 2012 in Your Neighbourhood - Merton
By C. Mathews; Southfields
Another boring read in your local rag supporting these idiots that block junctions and think it is ok to do so, park anywhere they feel like and think its ok to do so, do not display nor make sure their pay and display ticket is attached correctly.
There is a sticky part at the back that, if you put it corner to corner and press it on the screen it stays there, it don’t curl up.
Who cares if the residents of Dorset Road find it hard to get into Kingston road?
Use another road - there are others - or shall we just get rid of traffic wardens and let every clown do as they wish?
I don’t use Dorset road to exit into Kingston Road because, I agree, it’s not easy to do so it’s a matter of timing to pull out as the cars in Kingston Road start to pull forward from the level crossing.
You may just get two cars out, or if there is a considerate driver he or she will let you out.
But by penalising the idiots that don’t care less about anyone else and block the box area should be welcomed.
I had in the past tried to cross over Kingston Road via the road opposite Dorset Road and found I was there forever due to these clowns blocking the junction, they should be penalised and the local residents should support this.
After all Dorset Road is mainly used as a rat run I have done it my self, now I only use Dorset road from Kingston road to turn left into.
As for the Hartfield Road bus lane - let's allow everyone do as they like shall we?
It is there to let buses through and it encourages people to travel this way if its quicker. So what if it adds five minutes to your journey? Use another route if you don’t like it.
After all, when the works were in place people seemed to do this.
It is the same old story you get a ticket for doing wrong and you don’t like it, and of course you're never in the wrong.
I'll support any method that keeps traffic moving, but have no time at all for the whingers that have nothing else to do but moan, moan ,moan.
The Wimbledon Guardian should now call it a day and start printing letters that are of interest, and not from boring old farts that have nothing better to do but moan.
Traffic jams are here to stay, so are traffic wardens, bus lanes and whatever else is dreamed up.
So get used to it, or buy yourself a push bike or start walking. Stop whinging and get a life for heavens sake.
No, I have nothing to do with Merton Council before you start writing in - I just can’t stand people that think they should be able to do whatever they feel like when they feel like on this matter.
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Comments(3)
collier
says...
12:49am Tue 28 Aug 12
We should not tolerate people who deliberately flout the rules. But most of the people who have been fined didn't even know the bus lane was there. If you tell people not to do something most of them won't do it. But the record breaking number of fines indicates that many of these people just didn't see the signs, rather than a sudden rise in lawlessness.
If so many people don't see the signs we have to question why that is. "Choose to ignore" implies they can see the signs and then ignore them. But often the signs were facing the wrong way, upside down, or obscured by bushes; a nice buddleia is hiding line of sight to one sign at this very moment. The council should indeed fine people who choose to ignore the signs, but only afer they have make an honest effort to ensure the signs are visible in the first place. As for being whingers, although they work for us, this council has been ignoring local people for many years. The fear of embarrasng headlines looks like only way to make them listen in between elections. We can expect a cynical magnanimous gesture come election time.
Tobermory
says...
6:27pm Fri 7 Sep 12
Tobermory says...
10:04pm Fri 24 Aug 12
When you get a driving licence you agree to adhere to the rules of the road, if you don't like that then walk or get a bus.
I'm sure that if the Police had fined 769 people for smoking cannabis since May the Guardian would have been full of praise, but catching 769 drivers for breaking the law causes an uproar.
The Council were forced to take on traffic enforcement after the Met decided in 2009 to instruct its officers to no longer enforce traffic offences such as ignoring box junctions, 'no entry' or 'no right turn' signs. If drivers choose to ignore these signs then they only have themselves to blame. The Guardian should be applauding the Council for its success in cracking down on motoring offences not printing an endless stream of garbage anti Council propaganda dressed up as 'news'.