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It feels like just another money making scheme. I don't think fines and penalties make roads safer, people still drive like nut jobs and play the odds of actually getting a fine.

I know this is hard but if we put the issue of what happens to the money collected as fines what this is really about is obeying the rules. 'The Rules' in the highway code are there keep traffic running smothly and safely.
Sheer volume of traffic is always gong to lead to congestion but a car or van parked too close to a junction or on a bus stop is not going to help traffic flow, blocking up a yellow box junction is not going to help traffic flow, pulling of some whacky overtaking stunt that makes everyone else brake is not going to help traffic flow, an accident caused by speeding or talking on a mobile phone is not going to help traffic flow the list is endless the solution is quite simple: Drive carefully and politely, within the law or stay at home and watch from the window!!

Just smells like yet another government money making scheme to me.

Non effective solutions to a long term problem by an inept and incompetant government.

Here's a thought ..instead of this nonsense about fines for this, prosecution for that ..how about a rethink.

Some dimwit somewhere has obviously decided that the best way to help people travel is to force them off the roads, but has failed to think up a viable alternative, because it's obvious to anyone with an iq above 85 that previous strategies like bus lanes simply don't work, public transport is garbage and the lanes introduced non effective. Private clamping companies simply increase the hatred motorist have for any authority that employs them and traditionally illeagally exploit their position to rake in a fortune from the motorist completly unchallenged by the government we pay for.

Speed cameras are also a joke, only ten percent of the fatalities on the roads in this country are proven to be caused by speeding and yet there seems to be a lot of emphasis on speed cameras and fines as a solution, is it because it's hard to design a camera to detect drunks and as the presence of cameras have allowed a financial saving by a reduction in traffic police, isn't it more difficult to detect the reckless drivers who actually cause the most accidents but who simply aren't speeding when they crash into someone?... aren't these cameras therefore counter productive to the safety they're supposed to provide, only succeeding on one front ..financially propping up a clueless governments illeagal activities overseas and sheer incompetance at home?

Non effective solutions stubbornly being supported by a government too stupid to admit it's wrong.

Next thing we know, we'll be arrested for using blogs.

It's a farce I say ..time for a change!

I've been thinking and I've come up with an idea that should not only improve road safety, but add to this ailing governments coffers ready for the next election as well (always thoughtful me)

Why don't we outlaw children under secondary school age from being allowed out unacompanied by a resposible adult, imposing a fine on their parents should one be found wandering about, especially near a road.

Also, children and toddlers under primary school age, should either be in a push chair or pram fitted with a lap belt where necessary or if walking one of those harneses that used to be popular when I was a child (you don't see them anymore) failiure of the parent to comply should be fined with a fixed penalty just like a vehicle driver would if not wearing a seat belt, perhaps even a parent responsibility awareness course.

This should cut down on accidents involving children dramatically and also allow the child to learn about crossing roads with their parents present, instead of finding out the hard way as so many do. It could also save so many children from being exposed to drugs and sex offenders, or even other children carrying weapons if the parent or guardian has to be there.

So many times I see it, children who're not even capable of tieing their own shoe laces, left to walk to and from school crossing busy roads with no awareness of how much potential danger they could be in.

So, instead of just tackling the motorist Mr Brown, the motorist is always the soft option ...how about tackling parental responsibility as well, it's what you're paid for and it's likely the only people who'll disagree are the ones who don't give the preverbial "monkeys" about their children, left to wander the streets at all hours of the day and night.

(and before anyone asks ..yes I do have children of my own and it scares me rigid when I see some of these little ones out on the streets)

Can I have some feedback on my thoughts about all new drivers on passing the driving test not be allowed to drive a vehicle with an engine no bigger than 1200cc for a period of 2yrs.
This may assist the police in controling new drivers driving beyond their ability in vehicles that are far to powerfull for them

What stresses me when driving is people stopping in yellow boxes, trying to pull U-turns when there's no room, cutting across traffic, and the classic "the law doesn't apply to me, I'll drive up the bus lane while everyone else waits" type.

Personally I never get fined as I never break the law when driving - a very simple but very effective avoidance measure!

So I fully support TfL's attitudes and actions, and wish councils elsewhere had their balls.

Dan (15)

I think Barrie (11) is saying that like most of the schemes thought up under the current administration, it has proven to be expensive to the motorist whilst making no apprechiable improvment. But as it is making money any forward momentumn is curtailed due to the extra revenue for Ken to spend on wi fi speed cameras that will be wide open to exploitation by anyone with a laptop and a trojan who wants to exploit it, wether that be identity fraudsters or international terrorism.


Perhaps it is you who should THINK before you post.