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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road
Posted by: Darren Halford
Date/Time: 05/02/10 20:47:00

I thought we lived in a Tory run borough? If you remember rightly (and I'm no apologist for Labour) it was the Tory government that abandoned the idea of public sector traffic wardens.

It felt traffic wardens were a burden on the public purse. Instead, traffic control was put out to tender. This has had a negative affect on how the streets of Britain are patrolled for traffic.

The introduction of traffic wardens was for one reason only: to keep traffic flowing and preventing vehicles from blocking roads. When traffic wardens were public servants this was their main function. Wardens would tell a motorist to move on before issuing a ticket as a last resort. Their job was solely to keep traffic moving.

Now the minimum wage immigrant workers employed have only one function; to raise revenue for the privately owner traffic patrol companies who have to hit a target to make their tender profitable. Traffic flow is of no consequence in the new economy.

It would be interesting to do a comparison study of the cost to the tax payer of the old style wardens versus new wardens. What Thatcher envisioned as a saving is likely to cost, if you look at the bigger picture, a lot more.


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Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road02/02/10 00:06:00 Darren Halford
   Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road02/02/10 07:18:00 J Smith
      Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road02/02/10 14:35:00 Darren Halford
   Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road02/02/10 23:10:00 Tony Price
      Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road03/02/10 12:50:00 Philippa Bond
         Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road03/02/10 13:07:00 Tony Price
   Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road03/02/10 18:25:00 Editor
      Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road03/02/10 20:43:00 Chris Veasey
         Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road03/02/10 21:01:00 Editor
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road03/02/10 21:33:00 Chris Veasey
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road04/02/10 10:51:00 Chris Veasey
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road04/02/10 14:52:00 Editor
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road04/02/10 22:31:00 Darren Halford
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road04/02/10 22:59:00 Chris Veasey
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road05/02/10 00:28:00 Darren Halford
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road05/02/10 09:53:00 Richard Jennings
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road05/02/10 13:40:00 Darren Halford
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road05/02/10 13:40:00 Darren Halford
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road05/02/10 14:18:00 Alan Brainsby
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road05/02/10 20:47:00 Darren Halford
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road05/02/10 22:43:00 Chris Veasey
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road06/02/10 09:10:00 Arthur Breens
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road06/02/10 12:37:00 Alan Brainsby
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Strange New Road Markings on Uxbridge Road08/02/10 09:29:00 Chris Veasey

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