And on a slightly different note, can I just mention that bloody idiot
pedestrians who casually walk across crossings a good 4-5 seconds after
their light has gone red, are equally, if not more so, to blame for
congestion in cities. But do they get fined? Do they ****. I've not
heard
of a single prosecution for anything like the offence known as jaywalking
in
the states.

There's no equivalent offence in the uk.

There bloody should be. Pedestrians crossing when the green man is no
longer green (so off-colour that in fact he's red) cause just as much
congestion problems as cars blocking up box junctions. Especially when it's
not just the odd one or two, but twenty or thirty of them - as it is more
often than not. Half the time they don't even ****ing look when they cross.

Peter