Keeping London drivers on the hop
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YELLOW FEVER is gripping the capital, with a plan to double the number of traffic wardens to 4,000 and put them under the control of the Greater London Council. It is part of a tough campaign to deal with the thousands of illegally parked cars that block central London streets.
Anything that will speed buses and lorries on their lawful occasions will be welcome but perpetual motion is not the aim of transport. Vehicles must eventually stop. Reasonable facilities must be allowed for deliveries, along with the provision of proper off-street parks.
In a recent television programme on a day in the life of a traffic warden I was sorry to observe commercial-vehicle drivers, as well as private motorists, being less than gallant to the yellow-banded meter maids and matrons who were trying to do their job. Both sides were victims of unhappy circumstances, for which a pogrom of motorists is not a recommended solution.
IT MAY have been a good publicity stunt but it made the day for a 10-year-old boy. Jim Poynor's ambition was to ride in a heavy lorry and as a 10th birthday present Young's Seafood Ltd, of Thorne, kitted him out in a driver's uniform and sent him on a 240-mile trip in a Volvo refrigerated outfit.
I suspect that young Jim will be eating fish and chips for the rest of his life.