Firstly at the Meadowhall roundabout with the M1, I had started on green when a young lady decided to race the lights, just missing me. Her response to my remonstration was to stick her tongue out at me, if the parents of a young lady driving a Mini Cooper S is reading this, I should warn you that unless she changes they can expect the worst. Next on the slip road to the M18 I met someone with magic indicators. You know the ones, those that automatically put up a force field allowing the driver to pull out on you, two second rule - don't make me laugh. Lastly there was the boy racer who shot passed me on the M18 at, I reckon close to 100mph, only to realise he wanted the Rotherham turn off and so swooped across all three lanes to make it.

Who do I blame, apart from the drivers, the police of course. Since they abdicated their responsibility for traffic to cameras, driving standards in South Yorkshire have plummeted. It is ironic that the biggest drop in deaths on the road have occurred in Durham and North Yorkshire and it is no coincidence that these forces actually believe in policing the highways not relying on cameras. It is little wonder that respect for the police is at an all time low when they operate a policy of reactive policing on roads. What better deterrent to bad driving can there be than to have police vehicles conspicuous on the roads? I always though that prevention is better that the cure, but maybe the police know better.

Arthur Wild
Clayworth Drive
Doncaster