You’re dong a public service, and not letting entitled, freeloaders get away with it.
Keep it up
I agree with you ref vehicles and having enough space. Of course if a car’s taxed, insured, MOTed etc, they can park a car legally where they like, the ‘you don’t own the road’ mantra, but by me a family moved in a few years ago—in to a bungalow(!!) yet have 4 cars, plus a 30 year old + still living at home work’s wagon. They ‘had’ room for two on their drive for two cars, but this was hard work as it was one behind the other, and one in front of their bungalow, but this is on a corner so a stupid place. The other two dumped around the estate. They’ve now had a new extension which REDUCES available space. What goes through someone’s mind, to buy a bungalow with 5 cars? Unless some people generally don’t give a …
My BT guy was the opposite and kindly removed an old BT box for me
His theory was that the cable had snapped near the top of the telegraph pole because the engineer who had originally installed it [young guy very stressed out] had accidentally ‘kinked’ it
Met plenty of ‘It’s not on my job list mate’ trades folk though !!
Richard FX [will get disallowed if I reply too often]…‘Magpies’…luckily not been near the junction boxes …but they did go through a period of pecking at the front step into the bungalow…suspect they looking for bugs but be blowed if I could see them. Cheeky birds who do cause me amusement when I put the seeded bread and monkey nuts out in the back garden
I have reported several cars with no Tax Insurance or MOT online.
All of them were parked by people that did not live on the road and parked them in a residential road where there is not much parking for the residents.
We had a Vauxhall people carrier in our road for nearly 6 weeks that never moved. It turned out to be owned by the son of a woman in our road, he lived 1/4 mile away, so he dumped it outside her house. He had bought a new car, couldn’t get rid of his heap of crap, so left it untaxed, no MOT, no insurance, to rot away. I printed off an official looking type letterhead, attached it to the vehicle, it stated it would be towed away & he would be liable for all storage charges plus removal charges, it was soon gone.
He is a headmaster at a local school and he was soon outed on social media by others.
So just wait till a car crashes into you damaging your pride and joy then finding out they have no MOT or insurance, you’ll soon change your tune guaranteed.
“I never liked snitches… and no matter how old I get, I will never become one…”.
So all the people who report crime are snitches then.
Perhaps until one day you may need the help of a loyal law abiding citizen.
I guess you are more than happy to let crime rule the world then.
We’re drifting into a society where people are constantly watching, judging, and reporting on each other—often over trivial or contextless incidents.
Frankly, I also find the clampdown on rural speed limits in Wales and the growing trend of encouraging motorists to submit dashcam footage of others both unnecessary and counterproductive. It feels less like promoting road safety and more like fostering a culture of suspicion and control.
My mindset is simple: mind your own business. We should be promoting personal responsibility, not turning citizens into informants. It’s not just about driving anymore—it’s about the erosion of trust and common sense on the roads.
