14 October - Saint George banished from his horse
A
small number of readers have complained about
Bexley Council removing the flags from the Cob and Fish roundabouts. The Council says
that they caused “a distraction, impeding visibility or leading to posts or other
material falling on the carriageway. These put road users in cars, HGVs and
other vehicles, on bikes or on foot at greater risk of collision or injury”.
The bit about flags falling into the road is of course the sort of nonsense that
one has come to expect from low IQ Council officials but I am inclined to agree
about the flags being a distraction. Going to Lidl and Toolstation on Clydesdale Way took me
past the Cob several times recently and whilst I would have liked to have admired the
flags I was unable to because that roundabout is far too dangerous already and
demands one’s eyes to be firmly on the road. In another indictment of Bexley
Council’s lack of road planning skills, the Fish roundabout in Erith is just as bad.
If you can be bothered to read Bexley Council’s statement (extract below) you will find that
they go on to issue threats against anyone planning on replacing the flags. They
will introduce speed limits and the like. If they are so worried about
distractions they should remove the bloody horse!
Bexley Council needs to go. Very little they do indicates the level of intellect
needed to run a Council, Highways being the most obvious example.
