Dim Drivers!

This morning, on the school run, I decided to do a bit of a straw poll exercise regarding the number of people who removed the ice from their windows and had headlights on (it's rather dim outside this morning and the snow is trickling too!).

About forty-six percent of the cars that I saw this morning were being driven without any form of illumination, side or main (that's forty five out of ninety-six cars) and from the same group, more than half of the cars (fifty-two) hadn't cleared their windows or windscreens (front and rear).

The prize of the day goes to the (unlit) dim lady who, driving a chav' type personalised number-plated Land Rover with nothing more than a slit across her side of the screen - the rest of the car was covered in a mixture of snow and ice. It was a bit like looking at an Armoured Fighting Vehicle!!

Don't think it comes as a surprise to point out that we saw three minor shunts this morning!

On a brighter note, a friend was one of six cars stopped on their way to work yesterday. Having would down his window, the policeman asked if he'd had a drink that morning or the day before and when told 'No', let my friend carry on his journey. Bet he'd wouldn't have carried on, regardless of the answer, had he looked a little the worse for wear of the officer had smelt alcohol in the car!

Well done the local police - anything that stops drink driving and help to lower accident rates is always to be applauded.

A happy (and glorious) Friday to one and all as we (Anglicans) celebrate Eglantyne Jebb (founder of 'Save the Children' and a great example of Christian Socialism).