IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS IM SURE THERE WERE LAWS REGARDING JAYWALKING.

THIS MEANT ANY IDIOT WANDERING AROUND ON THE ROAD AS OPPOSED TO USING THE FOOTPATH COULD BE CHARGED WITH SAID OFFENCE ! ! WHAT THE HELL HAS GONE WRONG ? ?

LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE..........
DRIVE INTO ANY BUILT UP AREA IN YOUR CAR,THE SORT OF PLACE WITH PAVEMENTS AND SHOPS AND YOU WILL FIND IGNORANT FOOLS WALKING OUT INTO THE ROAD.DIRECTLY INTO THE PATH OF ONCOMING CARS,OR GYMSLIP MUMS THRUSTING SOME HIDIOUS THREE WHEELED BUGGY-LIKE THING (WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO NICE PRAMS) OFF THE KERB,CONTAINING SOME POOR "DESIGNER LABEL" FESTOONED OFFSPRING,WHILST CONDUCTING SOME NO-DOUBT "LIVE OR DEATH" MOBILE PHONE CONVERSATION,OR EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT,"SHUFFLING" HER I-POD TO THE NEXT "BANGING" "R+B TUNE,BY SOME GOD AWFUL WARBLING PRIMADONNA ! ! GOD FORBID YOU SOUND YOUR HORN ! ! IF YOU DO ,YOU ARE USUALLY SUBJECTED TO A TORRENT OF ABUSE.

WHEN I LEARNED TO DRIVE IN THE EARLY 70'S I WAS TAUGHT TO USE MY HORN TO WARN PEOPLE OF MY APPROACH,IS THAT NOT WHY CARS HAVE HORNS ? ?
EVEN WORSE IS IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL THROUGH A TOWN ON FRI/SAT NIGHT YOU ARE BOUND TO SEE HOARDS OF DRUNKEN YOBBOS STAGGERING OUT INTO THE STREET,USUALLY AFTER URINATING IN A SHOP DOORWAY,ON A PUBLIC BENCH,WAR MEMORIAL,PARKED CAR,ETC,ETC,(SORRY IVE USED A BIT OF LATIN THERE,AS I BELEIVE CERTAIN COUNCILS,HAVE OUTLAWED ITS USE,AS "THE PUBLIC"DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT ANYMORE)OK,IF THERE IS ANY ONE OUT THERE WHO DOES NOT COMPREHEND "ETC" IT MEANS.. "AND SO ON" OK? OH AND HOWS LIFE AT STARBUCKS/MCDONALDS/BURGERKING/SUBWAY ? ? ...ETC ! ! ANNOYINGLY,POLICE PATROLS ARE USUALLY PRESENT WHEN SAID URINATING/JAYWALKING IS HAPPENING,AND SEEM TOTALLY UNCONCERNED.

I RECENTLY HEARD A STORY OF A MOTORIST WHO WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY THREE POLICEMEN,ON FOOT,AND WAS TOLD TO WAIT UNTIL THE ROAD WAS CLEAR OF SAID "JOLLY" "LADIES AND GENTS",WHO WERE DANCING AROUND,LAYING DOWN,EATING TAKE-AWAYS,SHOUTING,SCREAMING,AND DOING OTHER UNMENTIONABLE THINGS IN THE ROAD ! ,WHY DID'NT THE POLICE SEND THE VANS IN TO HERD THEM UP,TAKE THEM TO THE COLDEST CELLS FOR THE NIGHT,THEN CHARGE THEM IN THE MORNING ?,NOT THAT I'M "ANTI-POLICE",BUT IT DOES DISPLAY A SOMEWHAT SHAMEFUL AND COWARDLY EXAMPLE OF IT BEING EASIER FOR THEM TO INCONVIENIENCE THE POOR MOTORIST THEN TRY TO ACTUALLY INSTIGATE SOME LAW AND ORDER IN A TOWN !....AND,FAR LESS PAPERWORK ! 1

30 MPH IS SLOW ENOUGH TO TRAVEL VERTUALLY ANYWHERE AND HAS BEEN AROUND AS A LIMIT SINCE ADAM HAD AN AUSTIN SEVEN,AND PEOPLE USED THE FOOTPATH AND CARS USED THE ROAD..SIMPLE,WE DONT NEED SIGNS STATING.."TWENTY'S PLENTY" IF THE BASIC RULES OF THE HIGHWAY ARE OBSERVED.ARE WE EVENTUALLY GOING BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN YOU DROVE ALONG WITH A MAN WALKING IN FRONT WITH A RED FLAG ! ANY SLOWER AND MOTORISTS MAY AS WELL WALK,A-HA !COULD THIS BE PART OF A MASTERPLAN ? ?
ARREST AND CHARGE THE IGNORANT FOOLS I SAY ! !,THEN PERHAPS WE MIGHT HAVE JUST BEGUN TO TAKE ONE OF THE FIRST STUMBLING STEPS BACK TOWARDS NORMALITY AND COMMON SENSE,(BUT TAKE THEM ON THE PAVEMENT, NOT,THE ROAD) ! ! SO IN CONCLUSION,HERE'S THE DEAL..I WONT DRIVE ON THE PAVEMENT IF YOU DONT WALK ON THE ROAD..QUITE SIMPLE REALLY ISNT IT ? ?