 Flintshire residents anger as trees are axed from railway
On Sep 10, 11:43 pm, "John Salmon" <john.e.sal...@genshiem.cot> wrote:
> "Peter Masson" wrote
>
> > There's a good story about the parish council that was forever complaining
> > to the police about the speed of traffic through their village. In an
> > attempt to get them off their backs the police went to work with the radar
> > gun. First two they caught were the chairman and the clerk of the parish
> > council.
>
> When I was Clerk to Elkesley Parish Council around ten years ago, a new
> 50mph limit was imposed on the A1 past the village, in an attempt to improve
> access. I was inundated with complaints from locals that the speed cameras
> weren't working - until their county councillor hit the headlines after
> being caught doing 80.
>
> Access to the village still hasn't been sorted and the 50 limit is still
> there.
Few years back, in Jersey, parents at a country school "demanded"
police action on speeding in the 20mph zone around the school. When
the police took action, 9 of the first 10 speeders caught were mothers
on the school run! | 
