I couldn't disagree more with the original point. It's because no one seems to care or take notice that red lights seem to have become only advisory in Birmingham, double parking is the norm, yellow zones outside schools are just 3 pm parking bays, 20 mph speed signs will just be ignored and rust away.
I'm sick of it, I want someone to do something about it and enforce the law. I want people to stop at amber lights like they used to, park considerately, make allowances for children on the roads. The reason no one ever does is because so many people just shrug and accept it as something we have to get use to and accept. I want speed cameras and traffic cameras surrounding every junction if that's what it takes. Then give the job of monitoring and implementing it all to the people who currently run clamping services so that careless and inconsiderate drivers get hounded till the pips squeak [forgive the mixed metaphor]. I hope the ex-clampers-now-vehicle-monitoring-service live a champagne lifestyle on the proceeds.
Do you know why? Because I am a considerate driver and have nothing to fear from any of this, and the alternative is to give up my principles and join the mob.
I don't care if there will always be drunks and loonies on the road, I want the maximum leverage applied so that there are as few as possible, and for the shortest amount of time possible.
Vote Nige, you know it makes sense.