No sunshine today and it feels cold

He served Birkenhead for over 40 years, a real 'man of the people'. RIP

Actually, I can well understand that they prefer to call up older people.
Generation Z are all like little children now, so they'd be stupid to put them on a jury.

We will eventually. There will be GPS controlled speed limiters in vehicles. Leave bags of room for any overtaking when they arrive.

Heaven forbid that in this day and age of technology, we can't organise variable speed limits and other traffic controlling items (such a staffing lights) which reflect what's actually happening in real-time.  For example, how many of us have sat at red lights despite there being absolutely zero traffic on the other roads at the junction?

Edit... and another thing.  Cones put out where there is no need for them to be there 24/7.  By all means put them in place when someone is physically there doing something, or the road has a hole or is unsuitable for cars to go on it.  But remove them when they're not actually needed.  It would take 5 mins at the start and end of their shifts to do this, and save countless hours of time for drivers by not having the obstacles in the bloody way.

IMO there is little problem keeping to any sort of limit when the road itself dictates what is a safe speed. The problem comes when a limit is imposed which may be applicable at certain times but isn't at others as keeping an eye on a speedo takes it off the road. I like to drive with a satnav running that beeps if you exceeed a limit and always do for anything other than local journeys as they do seem to like to play the changes with limits and everywhere there are likely to be customers there is a chance of a camera van.

A few miles from me there is a dual carriageway that runs through an industrial estate with numerous businesses having artics going in and out all day. It has a 40 limit. Few would exceed that when the businesses are open as it clearly fits the conditions. On Sundays all the businesses are closed and there is only through traffic. Guess when you see camera vans there.

It was crackers in Wales.  The problem round here is that our road isn't quite as narrow as some of the others, so the idiots prefer it as they don't have to slow down! Most drivers do, as you say, because of the conditions.  It wasn't so bad when it was full of potholes, but since it was resurfaced.... 🏎�🏎�

Me too, I thought he was a talent wasted.  RIP.

Cancer. One Labour politician I could respect. I hadn't realised he was so old. RIP

Quote from: Michael Rolls on Today at 05:44:30 AMI was called but was too old.

What exactly happened?