> Scraggy wrote in message
> news:nu2dnUARDfyfIyTbRVnygAA@brightview.com...
>>
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life and
style/driving/article2217990.eceOver
>> 3 off the ground? Get your training course in
>
> Try
>
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life and
style/driving/article2217990.ece
>
> Creep over the speed limit, and you might get a Ł60 fixed penalty
> and three points on your driving licence. Really put your foot down
> in a built-up area, and the magistrates could relieve you of up to
> Ł1,000. And thats assuming you dont injure anybody.
> But go up a ladder without approved ladder training to install one of
> those flashing roadside speed indicators, and the bench could have
> Ł5,000 off you, plus costs, for working at height without consent.
> Height in this context could mean 3ft (90cm) off the ground, but you
> could still end up in the Crown Court. Even if you didnt break your
> neck falling off.
> Health and safety regulations are now the overarching power in the
> land, as Lancashire County Council has discovered in its attempt to
> improve road safety in the northwest by installing electronic speed
> indicators which are regarded as effective in shaming drivers into
> slowing down.
> Thirty of the devices lie waiting to be put up on their roadside
> poles, but the council has found that it does not have enough staff
> qualified to go up ladders to install them. ...