, and aQuestion for JVH InWales, the police found this too


hard, but they were able to arrest blind resident Daniel Duckfield when, after months of failing to get any police action, he became so frustrated with the police’s two-to-three-hour response time


that he threatened direct action.Within 10 minutes, he was arrested and put in a cell. It seems a basic butwrong principle that when confronted with their own shortcomings, some police react by Continued on Page 38


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Never had these problems with a


quill pen, and the chap with the cleft stick always got the message through, if themonsters didn’t get him.


Back to parking ... After many years of parking


enforcers being viewed as the spawn of the devil for daring to try to do their job, something really strange is hap- pening inMiddle England (likeMid- dle Earth but not quite so advanced). Gloucester County Council has


taken over parking enforcement from the Police and (gasp) the public seem to like it! Parking is easier, contraven- tions are lower, and in some areas, the locals are even asking for more enforcement tomake it work better. Next thing you know the locals


will be asking for higher parking charges.


Footway parking (1) In Britain, a law dating to 1835


makes it illegal to park on the footway (sidewalk in “American”). Trouble is, the police never enforce it. In London, we gave up on the police and got a local statute. In many narrow roads, drivers


park with two wheels up on the foot- way to let the traffic pass. This means that pedestrians have to walk in the traffic, including mums with buggies, kids and the blind. It doesn’t seem right to me, and it’s easy enough to ticket:Wheels on the footway, you get a fine.


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