If you need proof that Gordon Brown has bankrupted the country - then look no further than the roads we drive on.
We pay a fortune in road tax, an extortionate amount in fuel taxes and yet we still have roads to embarrass a banana republic.
It might cost £10billion to put right. I might be imagining it but Gordon's about to put up taxes to pay for it.....
Captain Gatso
The Motorists' Friend
The Daily Mail
Britain's road network in £10billion pothole pit as winter ravages roads
Roads are in need of billions of pounds of repairs after two cold winters which have left them pitted with with thousands of potholes, experts warned yesterday.
The number of holes in the nation's roads is estimated to have leapt by 60 per cent after the two icy winters and the cost of fixing them all is put at around £10billion.
There are now thought be at least 1.6million in England and Wales, making life a misery for motorists and cyclists.
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Friday, 5 February 2010
Monday, 1 February 2010
London councils' three-decade parking error revealed
Well done to the campaigners who have managed to have a great success on parking bays.
[Read more: Five London councils may have to repay millions of pounds of parking fines to motorists after a BBC London investigation proved hundreds of their parking bays have been unlawfully operated for decades. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8490074.stm]
As Neil Herron says: "Fairness and justice is a two-way street and councils now have a duty to refund those fined unlawfully."
Here at MAD we agree with that sentiment. However, we believe that all councils will try to aviod paying out saying it's too drastic to refund everyone.
Plus they can't afford to.
Well tough luck. You effectively stole the money from innocent people and should pay them back the fine plus interest.
Hopefully the legal fightback by the put-upon motorist in this country is now beginning.
It's especially interesting that the authorities hide behind laws they haven't implemented properly to persecute motorists and they will try to hide behind them to continue this war.
Pay up and shut up!
Captain Gatso
The Motorists Friend
[Read more: Five London councils may have to repay millions of pounds of parking fines to motorists after a BBC London investigation proved hundreds of their parking bays have been unlawfully operated for decades. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8490074.stm]
As Neil Herron says: "Fairness and justice is a two-way street and councils now have a duty to refund those fined unlawfully."
Here at MAD we agree with that sentiment. However, we believe that all councils will try to aviod paying out saying it's too drastic to refund everyone.
Plus they can't afford to.
Well tough luck. You effectively stole the money from innocent people and should pay them back the fine plus interest.
Hopefully the legal fightback by the put-upon motorist in this country is now beginning.
It's especially interesting that the authorities hide behind laws they haven't implemented properly to persecute motorists and they will try to hide behind them to continue this war.
Pay up and shut up!
Captain Gatso
The Motorists Friend
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Harriet Harman escapes driving ban
People have been asking why I haven't blogged anything on our esteemed MP Harriet Harman dodging a driving ban for using a mobile phone when she drove into another car.
The simple answer is: the result is no surprise. NewLiebore believe that normal laws don't apply to them (see anything on Baroness Scotland for this).
You or I would have been banned, loads of points and given a dressing down. Public schoolgirl Harriett didn't think the matter important enough to even bother turning up for court.
The interesting issue for me is a cabinet minister being caught TWICE speeding in a 30mph zone. Where is the outcry for that? How can these idiots criticise motorists? Double standards, hypocrites etc etc.
I despair. Bring on the election and let's consign these idiots to history.
Should you be interested in reading more: click here
The simple answer is: the result is no surprise. NewLiebore believe that normal laws don't apply to them (see anything on Baroness Scotland for this).
You or I would have been banned, loads of points and given a dressing down. Public schoolgirl Harriett didn't think the matter important enough to even bother turning up for court.
The interesting issue for me is a cabinet minister being caught TWICE speeding in a 30mph zone. Where is the outcry for that? How can these idiots criticise motorists? Double standards, hypocrites etc etc.
I despair. Bring on the election and let's consign these idiots to history.
Should you be interested in reading more: click here
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
And finally the truth comes out
I've been telling anyone who will listen for years - and so have fellow members of Motorists Against Detection - that speed cameras have nothing, and I mean NOTHING to do with road safety and here is the proof.
Swindon took the brave step of removing their cameras and got lambasted for it. Now a year later they haven't seen a difference in their accident rates.
That's because speed is not a factor in 95% of accidents.
If this deceitful government and their misguided camera partnerships announced today that they were going to improve driving standards and behaviours I would be on their side immediately. We have too many drivers in this country (many without licences or insurance) who have no idea how to drive properly. Crack down on those idiots and see the accident rate fall. Simple.
Here's today's story in the Sun:
Swindon took the brave step of removing their cameras and got lambasted for it. Now a year later they haven't seen a difference in their accident rates.
That's because speed is not a factor in 95% of accidents.
If this deceitful government and their misguided camera partnerships announced today that they were going to improve driving standards and behaviours I would be on their side immediately. We have too many drivers in this country (many without licences or insurance) who have no idea how to drive properly. Crack down on those idiots and see the accident rate fall. Simple.
Here's today's story in the Sun:
FIXED speed cameras make no difference to road accident rates and are simply money-making machines, it was claimed last night.
The first council in the country to ban Gatsos revealed it has seen little change since making the move in the summer.
Chiefs in Swindon, Wilts, reckon the results have proved that the cameras didn't save lives - but were only there to make money.
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