| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Parking Disinformation in "Neighbours' Paper" | |
| Posted by: | Simon Hayes | |
| Date/Time: | 16/03/26 15:51:00 |
| Wow, the cycling nutters are getting worked up here. When they did the trial of 20mph on the roads where I live I asked the council to provide details of accident statistics against which the trial could be measured. How surprising to be told that there were none. How even more surprising to be told that the trial was not going to be monitored or evaluated to see whether it was necessary. No data collection at all. Nor any methodology to see if such a trial speed limit would work. Of course there’s no way to enforce the speed limit on the residential side roads, so speeding is commonplace. I’m not condoning speeding but to put in a limit then do nothing about enforcement is pretty stupid. And closing the roads off isn’t an option that the majority of residents want, as proven with the LTN fiasco. As for the NCTJ qualification, it’s well worth having and ensures rigorous standards for any of us who have plied their trade as a journalist. However, the Neighbours Paper isn’t purporting to be The Times, so it’s unrealistic to expect contributors to have professional journalism qualifications or even be signed up to the Code of Practice. It’s effectively a newsletter and it tells residents a lot that the council isn’t. A mistake is a mistake, and it was an honest one here. One suspects the Bens and Pauls of this world are looking for conspiracies that don’t exist. Maybe they should look a little closer to home to find the sharp practice. |