2 October (Part 2) - P362 LOY and GJ60 EPX. Road blockheads
Some
ten or more years ago, long before Peter Craske’s reign of parking terror and
Teresa O’Neill’s local government by lies, Bexley council asked residents in my own
and adjacent roads if we would like to have yellow lines and a Controlled
Parking Zone. Abbey Wood station is only seven minutes walk away and parking
restrictions were to be introduced there with the consequential danger of displacement of commuter’s cars.
The majority was wise enough to realise it would be just an excuse to ticket
residents for minor acts of forgetfulness and to levy an annual tax. They said “No thanks”.
There is still no commuter parking problem in my own road although the next road
along does get filled up. It may not be much of a problem if the drivers have an
ounce of sense. Unfortunately some don’t. I was alerted to the fact that Carrill
Way which is the only access to my address was blocked this morning. A Vauxhall
Meriva got through by using the straight line route beginning on the pathway with an
inch or two to spare on each side but the Post Office van which arrived after a police car
occupied the pavement decided not to take the risk.
PC 635RY Finch used his initiative and some muscle and heaved the old Honda
Civic along for three or four feet and left warning messages on the windscreens
of both cars. He should have done the Honda owner for having a defective handbrake.
Maybe this self-indulgent blog will teach the drivers to use
their eyes in future and what little brain they may have.