RANT/Edinburgh congestion charge shocker!!!

[MY94]

Is it just me or is the standard of other peoples driving getting worse!!!!

In the past 6 weeks I've been crashed into(twice) and tonight I nearly died when a van pulled out right infront of me.

No one seems to indicate anymore,old people clearly have eyesight & spacial awareness issues,and why do bus drivers drive within an inch of your bumper?

Also,anyone else noticed all the signs in Edinburgh urging us all to vote yes to paying to go to work ,or even for a trip to the shops.(the congestion charge/tax)

The last time I got on a bus I was in the middle of a domestic ,along with kids spitting tissue through their McDonalds straws.The nutter always sits next to me,I can always see the relief on the other passengers faces when he sits next to me........thinking thank god it wasn't me.

I did try cycling for a couple of years(nearly 1500 miles in two years!!)but I got knocked off several times and it was becoming dangerous.Also,u try breathing while cyclying up Leith Walk stuck behind a bus.......... busses push out huge clouds of smoke,this mixed with cycling uphill makes me think the healthier option would be to get a taxi whilst smoking a ciggy or two.Except for the fact that taxi's cost an Optimax(alot).

Also,did u know that a train produces more CO2 etc than a car(in terms of a train carrage of say 50 people doing a journey from A to B/10 trips in a family car carring five traveling the same journry from A to B......it was on top gear....it must be true:-)

SO VOTE NO! NO! NO!

The council paints half our roads green and says it's now illegal to drive on the road that I already pay tax for.12 years ago the traffic in Edinburgh moved more freely not because there was less traffic...........it's because we could use both lanes of our roads.

They created the problem to an extent and now want to charge you for it.

It's your road.........ask for it back..........

Long night at work/dealing with arrogant t0ssers all night/scooby still in the bodyshop/sorry/rant over/have a good week folks/do u agree?

[robinh20mrv]

indeed!! though it does not matter what we say or vote, as the machine IS going to do as it wants, and we the voters can get f**ked

as THEY know best.................my arse

[ANDYJDMSTI]

As always our views mean completely f**k all!!!!!!!

sad but true

[wrxmania]

Yeah - noticed all those stupid signs this morning. I wil NOT be voting for it as a West Lothian resident - it totally f*cks over anyone from outside Edinburgh

Agree with all the aboce points - Glasgow has more traffic but seems to cope better and without all the daft restrictions

Brian

[ormiboy]

i have noticed these pathetic signs also, they are all around stockbridge and blackhall. what the daft t00sers dont realise is that these areas are to suffer a predicted 200-300 % increase in trafic due to rat running so i hope they feel pretty stupid when this nonsense comes in.

but i suppose that the signs are mounted too high up the lamp posts to have been mounted by coffin dodgers so it can only be the money grabbing council which have put them up.

[Kenny_McGee]

One thing that gets me about this congestion charge is that it will only make 20M quid a year for the council - so all this fuss and expense for not a lot - which probably means as soon as its in the price will go up just like London.