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I went out of the way to drive there today. Easy to turn left without crossing the line. Most drivers adopt the bad habit of cutting the corner when turning at junctions. It's the way your eyes want you to steer, so doing it properly, a near right angle, is unnatural and needs to be practiced. It's how you would have driven when you past your test. It is one of the most common bad habits. Trust me I am a transport professional working in the field for over a decade including projects with DVSA.

Did I see anyone complaining when Camden introduced parking restrictions until 8 pm, with drivers getting caught out as Westminster was 6pm in the other side of the road? And as I have said before why don't you take up your gripes with the powers that be?

Why should they? Good on them for having tighter restrictions. Your argument is similar to saying that all local authorities should adopt the same timings for paid on street parking. They very much don't How does all this affect you in any case beyond your campaigns against the council?

Thanks for posting the picture Earl. I've cycled on this piece of road 100s of times. I've driven on it too. The only drivers I have seen in it were doing this on purpose so I welcome the camera. Absolutely no issue with turning left here without touching the bus Lane. You'd only do this if you cut the corner on the junction, and/or were speeding. Poor driving and you'd fail your test for not being able to control your vehicle. Really don't understand the fuss.

Good heavens. So you are saying it is fine that people who can't steer should be driving. If you can't steer your vehicle away from a line on the road you shouldn't be driving. Another apologist for poor drivers.

You only pay if you break the rules, why is this a problem?

Whether you think they are justified or not them is the rules so perhaps move onto an issue where you can make a difference. You are whistling in the wind on this, ULEZ, CPZs, LTNs etc. Unless Reform get in, in 2029. God help us all....

You only pay if you drive in a bus lane. The level of discretion is up to the enforcement body, If you have a problem then complain to the enforcement body, go through their complaints process/ombudsman, your MP or the Transport Secretary, Much better use of your time. Then report back. Have you ever been fined for driving in a bus lane? I have, and whilst I grumped about it at the time as it was near to the end, I learned from the experience, and now avoid driving in bus lanes. Helps that I rarely drive.

Wow yet another thread demonising Southwark and putting drivers first.

Yes I can. But the debate is rather repetitive and not sure why there is yet another thread. Just best to get used to these measures as they are unlikely to go away. Or move. Here's a nice article about the other Sadik-Khan, former Transport Commissioner in New York who has done much to reclaim the streets from the car in in the other metropolis. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2020/sep/04/janette-sadik-khan-we-must-rethink-our-streets-to-create-the-six-foot-city

You can still drive to the village if you wish, and in your case have justification, just not at school drop off time. Lambeth also have parking restrictions you may need to work round. Why should I report motorists having to pay for parking, or paying fines when I agree with this FM?

I got caught by the C Charge many years ago driving on Xmas eve, more fool me for assuming that this was the Xmas holiday. I didn't complain, and put it down to experience. Owning a car costs a lot of money, and paying the occasional (and now extremely occasional) fine is part of that.

I've been occasionally involved in recruitment over the years and welcome all the efforts many organasations and the public sector put into avoiding intentional (illegal) and unintentional bias. It did get weird when applications were totally anonymised ie we just had a long number for an application. Some thought that the courses we went on to avoid bias were a bit politically correct but they did tell you things that you were totally unaware of. Ultimately it was the person with the best fit, and that would included how we thought they would work in the team - obviously based on the examples we gave. In retail unless it is clear that you are bad with people (which applies to any age, and you could argue that a work ethic is stronger with those who have more life experience) age really doesn't come into it. Of course the age stereotype I have just revealed could be argued either way.

It's not a diversionary tactic. It amused me that the post was someone who was driving and as such would have a carcentric view of the world. You don't drive to the Village fro a big shop. The CPZ is focused on those that drive their kids to schools and allows parking to shop the rest of the day. That's a good thing.

Have you walked or cycling led down to the Village. Thoroughly recommend it.

They are not being rude they are giving a factual account of his character and behaviour. Unstable is a good example. Dishonest criminal. Mysogenist. All accurate.

i use Isopon filler for my bodywork

Safer Streets is about crime. If that programme was about road safety it would banning cars, accelerate autonomous vehicles and improve driving standards

Not sure why anyone would object to a scheme that discourages parents driving kids to school with the benefits of less congestion, less pollution and active travel. You clearly have to have enforcement officers and Southwark is one of the better boroughs for having wardens near schools at start and end time. If there is any excess then it's great it is going to projects that improve our environment. If all drivers felt this way then there wouldn't be much to discuss.

I support speeding being decriminalised, and enforcement through the local authorities rather than the police, where fines go into a general pot. That will put the wind up those of you who routinely speed.

Glad to read that you are on first name terms with so many PMs, I'm not. This friendliness was half the problem with Johnson - ohh it's Boris, he is a self serving liar that has helped fac the country but he is so funny, I just have to vote for him. @Rockets, you ar comparing apples with pears

Because I phoned up reception (Alleyns) twice, and they came out and told the driver to turn their engine off I did it with my best Nigel Havers accent and they were very impressed!

There's some good debate here, but sadly this forum can become quite polarised and the title of the thread doesn't work. It's useful to look back on how we got in this mess. Blair had the benefit of a massive feel good factor, and his personality, but he did some dodgy things even before the war crime of Iraq, such as the Formula One fiasco. He will be looked at, no doubt, as both a moderniser, war criminal and the person responsible for much of the pain resulting from on line gambling. The BBC documentaries on both Thatcher and Blair were excellent, and reinforced many of my opinions. I wonder what a similar documentary will say about Cameron. Which brings me on my thought for the day. Somewhere in the mid tens the world became more fractious. And many became less interested understanding politics getting their information from less reliable and more biased sources. A far more divided country and world. Not sure how much of the coalition government contributed to this, it was benign in some respects, with LD blunting perhaps some of the more extreme policies of their Tory partners, but of course we know what happened to the LDs at the next election. The early stage of blaming civil servants was not very helpful (and followed by successive governments including Starmer, in part. Austerity definitely contributed to decimation of the public services and perhaps an even more alienated group of 'have nots'. Then Labour missed the open goal of the 2015 election, the Tories played it very savvy in their campaign and of course the LDs were routed. I fully expect that Brexit will be seen by historians as the turning point/watershed. I'm still scarred 8 years later, and have lost 'friends' and still have some awkwardness with family members. How much Brexit begat Farage begat Trump I don't know. I expect the tide was turning across the west, but the UK helped accelerate this. Many were already turning away from conventional sources of information - I remember before Brexit seeing a 25 year olds news feed and it was all one lines echoing the Daily Mail, we are all 'going to hell in a handcart'. The failure to invest by more recent Tory governments when lending was cheap, the continued mess of Brexit (and the negative impact on our economy), then the relative unavailability of Covid and Ukraine, and here we are now. The elephant in the room is managed migration, I'm being served by Indian students in bars in London, rather than French or Eastern Europeans. No issue for me. Students have always worked in bars. But there is an enormous gig/minimum wage job sector out there that relies on foreign workers which I can't get my head around. Looking forward to you sorting out this mess PM. I think there have been some poor handling and timing issues, and some decisions not made that would have peed many off (anything to do with cars!) which were a missed opportunity with such a large majority. Diluting commitments on nationalisation of the rail network/operators being another prime example. I don't run with the more extreme and somewhat viral view of its a catastrophe. Yet. Just a very much first school term report as should have done much better.

And then the thief will fly tip it. Not very helpful.

Average vehicle occupancy has gently fallen over recent decades and is now about 1.55 for cars and vans. There are studies of the utility of cars which is generally low, ie they do not have five people in them and are not driven for most of the time. The opposite tends to be different for buses, in particular urban areas and hopefully the other large conurbations following the London model will improve this further, I lived a little over a mile from my primary school at a time when many bussed in, and the rest walked. A handful would have been dropped off. A time when many mothers were stay at home, most would not have driven and few houses had second cars. That's just a statement of fact rather than any sort of opinion of 'good old days'. We'd walk home from maybe 6 or 7 in a mob, and spend the bus money on sweets, so not good for my teeth, And Ribena for lunch compounded that. I was 2.5 miles from secondary school, where 95% of those I went to primary school were coached, and a few cycled (I tried for a few weeks). I never heard of anyone being driven to school. Different days.