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Illiterate bully threatened to smash car up



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Published Date: 11 August 2008
May I through your newspaper thank the driver who left a very abusive note on the windscreen of my car in the Brocket Arms car park, Swinley, last Tuesday night.
I can't quote the note as yours is a family newspaper, but briefly in some very foul language it informed me that my car would be "smashed up" if I parked in a manner he/she thought was "stupid" in future.
Obviously this person has very limited use of the English language and judging by the spelling mistakes mustn't have had a good education either.
If the person had taken the time to come back into the pub, I would have gladly moved my car but as I say they didn't have the bottle.
Why is everyone in this town so angry? I treated the note with the contempt it deserved, threw it in the nearest bin and laughed it off. People like these don't understand reason – they just know how to bully people.
Name and address supplied.

Doing our utmost for road safetyThe letter in the Wigan Evening Post of August 2 referred to a number of issues regarding City Road, Kitt Green, some of which
we thought we had addressed previously on your letters page.
The offer to look at planting schemes in Kitt Green was in reply to another individual's comment on that issue. Individuals have different priorities which are important to them and as constituents still have the right to ask us to address those needs.
Regarding road safety this is a matter that we have made great efforts to address and our achievements in this area are a matter of public record.
We have been directly involved in the provision of five pedestrian crossings on the ward, two of which are sited in the area in question, with one actually on City Road and another sited on Bell Lane, Kitt Green.
And as I have previously said a new pelican crossing is to be provided at the top of City Road, the spot the author referred to in his letter; this will, as with all crossings include parking restrictions which can be enforced.
The author goes on to talk about dangerous and illegal parking on the footpaths in the area. Let us be clear: if parking restrictions are in place then it is a matter for the council to enforce them.
If there are no parking restrictions and vehicles are parked on the footpath causing an obstruction, then that the duty of the police and not the council to enforce the law.
Where vehicles drive on to the footpath to avoid traffic, that again is a moving vehicle offence and a matter for the police, as is motorists exceeding the speed limit.
The council has tried to deter motorists from speeding through traffic-calming measures such as rumble stripes and a number of mini-roundabouts on City Road.
As councillors we believe we have worked hard to address the important issue of road safety in Pemberton ward and will continue to do so.
The safety of the public is our prime concern – that has been and always will be our priority. And because of the work done in this area, statistics show a drop in the numbers of road traffic accidents involving pedestrians.
We would also like to point out that we do not wait for complaints before taking action, as we believe the facts stated in this letter prove beyond doubt.
Councillors Paul
and Jeanette Prescott

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  • Last Updated: 11 August 2008 3:05 PM
  • Source: Wigan Evening Post
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robbie,

11/08/2008 21:17:00
Doing our utmost for road safety story above:parking restriction need to be placed not just on either side but on the bend as well as for parking on the pavement if you lived in the real world you would no that its hard enough to get the police to come out when there is gangs roaming the streets drunk so they are not gonna come out because some lazy inconsiderate person as parked on the pavement and in the reporter months ago it said that after complaints from residents traffic enforcement officers would monitor it everyday when this happens when parents are picking there children but nothing has happened so what do you suggest people do now Councillors as for the rumble stripes do you mean the red stripes painted on the road which motorists have never noticed and the mini-roundabout at the top of bell lane which people just drive over not a deterent just a waste of money
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robbie,

12/08/2008 13:39:21
just to add further to my comment above if you do not wait for complaints before taking action why have you done nothing about it whens its been going on for months and as been in the wigan reporter saying how bad it is. Try going to the top end of City Road between 15.15 and 15.45 when the children go back to school then if, as you say, you do not wait for complaints before taking action then you will do something about it
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Alf29,

13/08/2008 21:44:29
ref - the letter about the illiterate bully. As much as I do not condone threatening behaviour. Selfish, lazy, inconsiderate parkers such as yourself get on my nerves, you have basically hogged 2 parking spaces for yourself at the expense of another driver, who may be elderly, infirm or perhaps un-doubtedley like your good self does not want to haul their lazy a*** 1/2 a mile from an alternative parking space to a venue.

You have also made the ridiculous comment that they should come in the pub and get you, and you would gladly move the car - how very kind of you ! but how on earth would you expect them to know what you looked like, have you got 'bad parker' written on your forehead ?

People are more angry these days because the world is seemingly getting populated by more and more idiots like you. Bring on the fines for selfish parkers, you'd think twice then wouldn't you.
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Ian Berry,

Wigan 19/08/2008 13:54:00
My thoughts exactly Alf29. Some people need to pull their head from out their own a**e.
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