Heliport
(pauses to remove fishhook from mouth before continuing with reply)
Yeah, right. Cars here drive on the same side of the road as they do in Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, India - and the UK. The drivers hereabouts seem to have been taught by the same people who teach most of the Devon farmers the rules of the road. That is, they aren't the most aware, but they're slow and generally considerate. Son Mk 1 has had plenty of exposure to normal risks, ta. He also used to walk aforementioned route to school (with his mum) for 1 term as a 4-year old before they joined me here.
So, up to speed on safety consciousness there then, allowing for the inevitable lapses of concentration primary school kids have from time to time. Drivers have those lapses too; the difference is that a driver doing 50 through the 30mph-limit lanes is lethal, whereas a 7 year old walking inadvertantly into something slower isn't. Avoidable road accidents, where driver negligence is involved,
are a crime.
I stand by what I said - use whatever means available to stop the bu**ers from posing a threat to me and mine, and I'll cheerfully pay the tax bills. I'd rather stump-up for the use of the Police heli as a pre-emptive measure than have to rely on the charity-funded Air Ambulance to pick my lad up afterwards, OK?
oh, and
too to show no
hard feelings - just
strong ones.