Tee Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Get shot of the damn taxi's who like to double park so they can have a chat and things would improve, not to mention the ones who think it's a damn good idea to do u turns on the prom (usually without any indication). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerboy Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 not to mention the ones who think it's a damn good idea to do u turns on the prom (usually without any indication). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Guilty - although i do indicate! I find the best time to do it is when approaching traffic ligthts that are on red... You missed out the drivers who pull over to take phone calls no matter how busy the road is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Skies Are Grey Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Seriously....jack up the prices on fuel and road tax and then you will see who really needs a car and has to drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 not to mention the ones who think it's a damn good idea to do u turns on the prom (usually without any indication). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Guilty - although i do indicate! I find the best time to do it is when approaching traffic ligthts that are on red... You missed out the drivers who pull over to take phone calls no matter how busy the road is! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The swines who find a nice bend to stop on even tho there is a nice bit of straight road just after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontiuspilot Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 we don't know the meaning of traffic jam and grid look over here. those in the uk dream of having our traffic "problem" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
integer Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Seriously....jack up the prices on fuel and road tax and then you will see who really needs a car and has to drive <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No - you'll just see who has most money..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripsaw Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Then why is it the answer for other capitals and not ours? What makes us so special that we can cure our ills without legislation? We all value our right to freedom of choice as it also gives us the right to be selfish and put ourselves before others. Slim is right in his thinking that sometimes some decisions have to be made for us in order to benefit us 'all'. This is either done with legislation, ie: bans, rules, regulations, etc.; or it is done by persuasion ie: limitations, fiscal penalties,etc.. Whichever method is chosen, the infrastructure must be put in place before the changes are introduced. When the congestion charge was introduced, the first thing many did was clog up other residential streets by parking just outside the zoned areas. Where disk zones exist many simply park up and move on their disk 5 minutes before their time expires. Most remedies are quick fixes, they don't remove problems, they alter the problem or shift it onto somebody else's front door. Result? More legislation to combat the new problems and so on and so on.... When ideas are voiced that could work the public response is often "It will never work". Not because it is a bad idea, but because many respondants are incapable of thinking outside their own little 'bubble'. This creates the need for the quick fix rather than a global remedy as decision makers fail to address the big problem due to misguided belief that something is better than nothing. Most of the problems that this Island faces are a direct result of bad, negligent or non existent forward planning and decision making over the last 15 to 20 years. They are not historical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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