How to stop speeding!

It would appear that in my local authority area we have a new method of controlling speeding traffic of late.No longer do we require speed cameras, sneaky policemen wielding Gatso guns from behind a gate, sleeping policemen, warning signs flashing wildly at us should be exceed the prescribed limit by a fraction or even the fear of three points on our licence and a fine!

Nope, there is a much simpler and cheaper way to stop our speeding antics....just let it snow and then freeze for a few days allowing our badly built roads to produce potholes the size and depth of the average well and then wait in anticipation for the local authority to fix them...and wait.....and wait....and wait and damn well wait some more!

I don't know what it's like where you live, but here in this little town which already has something of a negative reputation for it's road surfaces, it is currently something more akin to off-roading than urban driving when trying to negotiate the main through routes. In an effort not to completely annihilate one's suspension and acquire wheels of various peculiar shapes a slalom course, which changes daily if not hourly, has to be followed, and it's a course which becomes more dangerous and aggravating by the day.

Speeding is a thing of the past, there is absolutely no danger of that, trying to make it above second gear is an impossibility and traffic flow is completely disrupted by stopping traffic having to wait for oncoming vehicles forced onto the wrong side of the carriageway while attempting to negotiate the numerous potholes that could, and have, caused serious vehicular damage already.

I know it all costs money but really, it's ridiculous, there are not one or two, there are one or five every few feet and these babies are big, some of them really big and more than a foot deep on occasion....and they are still there, all of them, weeks after the event and already, despite my best efforts at avoidance, my geriatric car is developing all manner of new 'issues' in the suspension and bearing departments....and I imagine that if I attempted to gain recompense from the local authority it would be a long drawn out red tape nightmare?

Come on guys, not good enough....sort it out! Or at least show willing and make some effort!

Like anything I say will make a difference!

Miffed? Me?