Well done Kent Police

[Audio Al]

I see this every shift it's a daily occurrence , Middle aged to older drivers think lane one is the slow lane for HGV's and the middle lane is for them to use at 45 / 50 miles per hour

[Pigmy Pony]

I see this every shift it's a daily occurrence , Middle aged to older drivers think lane one is the slow lane for HGV's and the middle lane is for them to use at 45 / 50 miles per hour

This is a problem which needs addressed - driving too slow is every bit as dangerous as driving too fast, it makes other drivers often take silly risks to get past them. These drivers (usually older folk) don't want to do their 50mph in the slow lane as they will be overtaken by the HGVs, which would scare them shitless. So they hog the middle lane, and because HGV's aren't allowed in the fast lane can cause real congestion problems.

Perhaps trucks should be fitted with those 'cow shifters' they used to have on the front of trains in the Wild West. That should do the trick

[Marco]

This is a problem which needs addressed - driving too slow is every bit as dangerous as driving too fast, it makes other drivers often take silly risks to get past them. These drivers (usually older folk) don't want to do their 50mph in the slow lane as they will be overtaken by the HGVs, which would scare them shitless

Absolutely, so that's why a re-test should be MANDATORY, for all over 65s, to prove that they're still competent enough as drivers to be on the road, and if not, then their licences are revoked, before they end up killing someone. It's as simple as that. TBH, I'd advocate doing the same for *everyone* regardless of age, after, say, 15 years of driving, as too many folk let standards slip once they've passed their test, so it's not just an old-age thing.

Quite simply though, If you're 'scared shitless' of a lorry passing you, then you shouldn't be on the road. The fact is, there are too many bloody cars on the road in the first place, and also too many incompetent assholes driving them, so it might help the planet more and also ease congestion, if we had a mass cull of all the cars driven by such assholes

Make it much harder to pass a driving test, so that you have to EARN THE RIGHT to own a driving licence, rather than the piss-easy joke the test is currently (plus older folks who passed much easier tests in the past should be made to prove that they're up to current standards) *and* if you don't pass within, say, 6 attempts, you forfeit the right to drive a car, as quite clearly, you're not up to the task!

Plus make it law that a maximum of two cars is allowed per household, and introduce financial incentives to encourage car sharing.

Honestly, if I were transport minister, I'd sort out the current road chaos in jig-time!

Marco.

[dave2010]

Plus make it law that a maximum of two cars is allowed per household, and introduce incentives to encourage car sharing.

Depends on the size of a household. OK - you want to force people to all live in little boxes in a city where there may be public transport, or cycling or walking are feasible. Maybe you want to stop people from having kids, or alternatively condemn parents to forever providing a taxi service.
Maybe you don't want people to live together in one house - which can be more efficient energy wise. Maybe you want to stop relatively poorer people from owning their own homes, so that they have to move into one house with their parents, or share with friends, because they can't afford to live otherwise. Maybe you want to stop some of the people living in multiple occupancy homes from using cars to go to work, as otherwise they won't get there in time, and won't get paid, and thus make their problems even worse.

I suspect you want everyone else to belong to this - http://www.vhemt.org/aboutvhemt.htm.

[Marco]

Depends on the size of a household. OK - you want to force people to all live in little boxes in a city where there may be public transport, or cycling or walking are feasible. Maybe you want to stop people from having kids, or alternatively condemn parents to forever providing a taxi service.
Maybe you don't want people to live together in one house - which can be more efficient energy wise. Maybe you want to stop relatively poorer people from owning their own homes, so that they have to move into one house with their parents, or share with friends, because they can't afford to live otherwise. Maybe you want to stop some of the people living in multiple occupancy homes from using cars to go to work, as otherwise they won't get there in time, and won't get paid, and thus make their problems even worse.

I suspect you want everyone else to belong to this - http://www.vhemt.org/aboutvhemt.htm.

Jeez, that's a bit grim... You obviously don't know me very well!

No way would I advocate anything so extreme as the latter, or indeed any of the above. More likely the exact opposite! However just to address this:

Maybe you want to stop people from having kids, or alternatively condemn parents to forever providing a taxi service.

No, but the 'little darlings' don't need a car each either!

They can learn to share, or live on their own (if they're old enough to drive a car and pay for it), so that they're not restricted by the '2 cars per household' rule. Quite simply, the situation is beyond ridiculous now, where many of the UK's Victorian residential streets, which simply aren't designed for such levels of traffic, are barely accessible because every bugger living on them thinks that they are 'entitled' to have a car, so they all end up parked parallel to each other, outside on very narrow streets!

Therefore something drastic needs done, as it's not sustainable...

My goal would be to ensure that every major city in the UK has a proper underground system, such as in use in London, and/or a proper infrastructure for trams, plus I'd ensure that there were bus and trains services (regular and punctual), with extensive networks of such running throughout the country (including rural areas), and which people could rely on. Basically, I'd improve our public transport system as much as possible, in order to encourage folks when they're travelling, for everyday journeys at least, to leave their cars at home - or even better (if possible) not to own one in the first place.

Now of course, saying that, and PAYING for it and making it become a reality, are two very different things!

However, maybe if all our resident millionaires/billionaires and 'fat cats' were forced to pay proper taxes, in line with their huge earnings, and we spent a bit less on developing and housing nuclear weapons/submarines, etc, it might go some way towards helping pay for it...?

Marco.

[dave2010]

Quite simply, the situation is beyond ridiculous now, where many of the UK's Victorian residential streets, which simply aren't designed for such levels of traffic, are barely accessible because every bugger living on them thinks that they are 'entitled' to have a car, so they all end up parked parallel to each other, outside on the street!

Not only Victorian streets. There's one road in Shepperton, where just about every house has had the garden taken out, a couple of cars on the front, and the pavement on both sides pretty much all along is taken up with cars, some on the pavement, some half on-half off. Driving down the middle is just about possible - but three point turns a complete no-no. That is insane.

That is an extreme example, but I'm sure there are others.

[Marco]

Not only Victorian streets. There's one road in Shepperton, where just about every house has had the garden taken out, a couple of cars on the front, and the pavement on both sides pretty much all along is taken up with cars, some on the pavement, some half on-half off. Driving down the middle is just about possible - but three point turns a complete no-no. That is insane.

Well, there you go... That situation is completely unsustainable, so something drastic has to be done, as it's only going to get worse! Therefore, my proposal of introducing a law restricting households to a maximum of two cars each would go some way towards addressing the problem.

People need to start looking at the bigger picture, and the knock-on effect that their actions are having upon the environment that they're living in, rather than just selfishly protecting their own interests!

Marco.

[mightymonoped]

The fact is, there are too many bloody cars on the road in the first place, and also too many incompetent assholes driving them, so it might help the planet more and also ease congestion, if we had a mass cull of all the assholes

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[Pigmy Pony]

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Perfect! Should be an emoji

[Joe]

Plus make it law that a maximum of two cars is allowed per household

And that neither of them should be diesel.