Off Track

Gonna start todays blog with a little mini rant and it's aimed, once again, at poor drivers.

I genuinely believe that everybody should have to retake the driving test every 10 years and pass with a high rate to be able to continue driving on public roads. A major part of the test should be devoted to having consideration for other road users.

This morning not just myself but several other tax paying road users were held up by people (mainly in Vans) blocking off a junction. Now I don;t know about you but whenever I am in traffic and I'm approaching a junction I always leave space for people to either come out or turn into that junction.....Anybody who doesn't do this should be given 3 points end of story.

Also people who after a certain amount of time and after passing certain tests should be able to report poor driving and be able to issue points themselves for instance this morning a qualified person should have been able to take note of the registration plate of the vans blocking the way and at the next convenient time get to a computer, logon on to the DVLA and issue a penalty.

Not just anybody should be able fill these position of course because it's then open to abuse but after a careful selection process and vetting procedure I think it's viable. I'd certainly apply to be one of those people and I wouldn't want paying for it if i knew that the money was being invested in the retesting of current drivers after a 10 year period.

But of course the government won't take such extreme measures because they'd be 50% less people on the road, 50% less cars being sold, 50% less fuel being consumed, 50% less insurance policies being taken out and 50% less Road Tax (plus the tax on the sales of the preceding 3 items)

This is why we need a revolution folks :-)