Shall we all move to Swindon?

[MisterX]

...now the Council have said they will stop using the yellow cash collection machines....

[AMG Merc]

MisterX said:

...now the Council have said they will stop using the yellow cash collection machines....

Have they indeed - an excellent plan!

What's their rationale on the change then - could it be that they've realised that the fekking things are dangerous?!

[peterguk V6 KWK]

AMG Merc said:

What's their rationale on the change then - could it be that they've realised that the fekking things are dangerous?!

Council pays to buy and maintain them - Govt. takess all the money. No brainer really.....

[AMG Merc]

peterguk V6 KWK said:

AMG Merc said:

What's their rationale on the change then - could it be that they've realised that the fekking things are dangerous?!

Council pays to buy and maintain them - Govt. takess all the money. No brainer really.....

I meant why has the council there decided to remove them (if that's what they're going to do)?

[MisterX]

I meant why has the council there decided to remove them (if that's what they're going to do)?
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They say that Government figures show only 6% of accidents are speed-related and they'd rather spend the £300k running costs on more effective measures.

[snuffy]

I think the chap who wrote this on the BBC's Have Your Say site ( 2nd comment from the top ) is bang on ! ( I wonder who it was ? )

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?sortBy...

[joust]

Mr M. Used to hang around here, last I knew he was racing Radicals.

J

[AMG Merc]

The guy was on LBC earlier

Give him a medal for sensibility and a job at City Hall working for Boris so he can "delete" some of the London "boxes".

[NobleGuy]

My ex-wife lives in Swindon.