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Monday 17th 42F, rather cloudy with more gales and gusts to 45mph promised. There seems to be quite a lot of blue patches as we approach 08:00. Even fleeting hints of brightness. Short lived because it is now completely overcast at 8.30.It as much windier than yesterday as I cowered before the roar in the roadside hedges and trees. It was not so much being buffeted but being bodily pushed around. Glimpses of sunshine were accompanied by a procession of glory lights marching across the horizon.
The marsh pond was empty of waterbirds with the exception of circling heron and two wild mallards. All of which promptly left on my arrival. I disturbed a solitary hare. Which dashed off across the prairie. Wind chill made it very uncomfortable to remove my gloves for photography. Though I still managed thirty nine images of the dramatic skyline.
The UK is to have a £1.2 billion pound supercomputer for weather forecasting. I predict it will cost well over 3 billion and fail to work properly for at least a decade. Before the whole sorry mess is finally abandoned. It is intended that the power hungry behemoth will be built in Iceland or Norway. Where low carbon, electrical energy is available from thermal or water power.
Denmark has seen a reduction of 21% in prosecutions for "entitled" hand held, mobile phone use behind the wheel. Only 8,837 still felt entitled to break the law in the five months since a change in the law. The reason claimed for the reduction? A "clip" on their driving license on top of the £200 [equivalent] fine. A clip is similar to a UK license endorsement. It increases the risk of losing the automatic, absolute human right to a driving license.
Three clips means the loss of the driving license. £200 is small change to many Danes. Why doesn't the government add a nought to the fine? To focus the gap toothed retards who still feel entitled to mobile phone use behind the wheel. £2000? Try shrugging that off!
I see young women commuters every day using their huge mobile phones as they drive. Some of whom have serious problems driving around me as I walk along the edge of the road on my morning walks. Why should I be risking my life so they can illegally exchange their drooling trivia?
There is increased interest by the new [cough] green [cough] coalition government to end deliberate and repeated "lunatic" driving. Where the driver travels at 100% above the legal speed limit and often at much higher speeds. Loopholes in the law meant that lunatic drivers could claim they were not the owners of the vehicle. So the car could not be confiscated.
There seems to be cross-party support for a change to ensure the vehicle is confiscated, regardless of ownership and an automatic prison term applied. Not that this will stop all those illegal drivers who continue to drive without a license, insurance and vehicle safety checks.
Three clips means the loss of the driving license. £200 is small change to many Danes. Why doesn't the government add a nought to the fine? To focus the gap toothed retards who still feel entitled to mobile phone use behind the wheel. £2000? Try shrugging that off!
I see young women commuters every day using their huge mobile phones as they drive. Some of whom have serious problems driving around me as I walk along the edge of the road on my morning walks. Why should I be risking my life so they can illegally exchange their drooling trivia?
There is increased interest by the new [cough] green [cough] coalition government to end deliberate and repeated "lunatic" driving. Where the driver travels at 100% above the legal speed limit and often at much higher speeds. Loopholes in the law meant that lunatic drivers could claim they were not the owners of the vehicle. So the car could not be confiscated.
There seems to be cross-party support for a change to ensure the vehicle is confiscated, regardless of ownership and an automatic prison term applied. Not that this will stop all those illegal drivers who continue to drive without a license, insurance and vehicle safety checks.
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