On the Road
Blogging has been light. I was offered a day’s work in Swansea on Monday so I went – regardless of the weather. The plan was […]
Transport
Bring Back Steam, Eh?
This week’s snow brought with it predictable chaos on Britain’s transport infrastructure – including the rail network. It always does. Yesterday it seems it was software […]
Driving EU Mad
Apparently, Britain is resisting moves to harmonise the prosecution of motoring offences across the EU. Mrs L got caught speeding just outside Lodève the other […]
Railways and Extreme Weather
The Beeb has a scare story about climate change causing disruption to the rail network as extreme weather events increase. Changes to the climate could […]
Faith School Transport Cuts
There was a news item on the BBC this morning about cuts being made by local authorities. The plan is to axe free transport for […]
Too Fat to Drive
It had to come. Sooner or later someone, somewhere would decide that they could use the denormalisation process to their advantage. A bus company in […]
Electric Cars
I was staying with my brother in law a few weeks ago and he was trialling a Citröen C1 electric car. His employer was providing […]
Another Driving Story
Following on from yesterday’s nonsense about older drivers we have another call from the righteous to restrict drivers. Newly qualified young drivers should be banned […]
BBC on Elderly Drivers
The BBC Breakfast programme has been discussing elderly drivers (no link, unfortunately). The usual stuff came out of the discussion; older drivers have slower reactions, […]
Jawdropping Stupidity
Dick Puddlecote and the Civil Libertarian have both commented on this story, so I wasn’t going to comment, but even having slept on it, I […]