| Letters - 07 December 2005 |
| Dazzled by fog lights |
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| ONCE again the dark nights are upon us, and again as a driver I have to put up with looking in my rear view mirror only to see a dazzling display of the car behind me with headlights and fog lights blazing. |
| Don’t the drivers of these vehicles, for it can be any type of vehicle, realise that it is unlawful to drive in clear visibility with fog lights on?
Fog lights do not have a focused beam. They are designed to diffuse light so it does not give the driver any more visibility in the dark.
I seem to remember a few years back, the police warned that any driver contravening this law would be punished.
Perhaps I am being cynical, but I have yet to hear of any driver being prosecuted for driving in this manner.
Maybe we can put this point on par with those drivers who tailgate, have illegal registration plates and those who continue to use mobile telephones while driving. — Switch Aff. |
| Too much traffic |
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| IT IS ironic George Devine of Strathtay Buses should encourage frustrated commuters to complain to Dundee City Council about traffic hold-ups in the city centre.
Apart from the fact the road realignment is necessary as part of the Waterfront redevelopment, traffic jams in Dundee City Centre didn’t just appear with the road works. They are caused by too much car traffic on our roads.
More to the point one of my staff uses the 17.14 pm service to Arbroath from Ninewells Hospital that takes well over an hour and a quarter to get the 14 miles to Carnoustie.
Strathtay should concentrate on providing an express service so users can get home to spend some quality time with their families. — J. Brown, Dundee. |
| Festive beacon missing |
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Dundee University Tower Block star in 1998.
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| Whatever happened to Yonder Star that adorned the top of the Dundee University Tower building each Yuletide?
It was such a festive beacon in the West End. Is it to return this year?
I don’t think it appeared last Christmas. — Ian Black, Magdalen Yard Road, Dundee.
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| Not a Scottish army |
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| I CAN understand the concerns regarding the amalgamation of regiments with proud traditions.
However, I have a problem accepting the term “Scottish” regiments.
If Scotland does not have an army of its own, then how can it possibly have any regiments?
I would like to note that the six regiments up for merger each has a member of the British Royal Family as its Colonel in Chief. How Scottish is that? — P. A. Fisher, Newport.
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| Christmas reservations |
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| I HAVE written a poem for Christmas, which I feel reflects the current politically-correct situation.
Are they going to cancel Christmas?
Is it due to get the chop?
Are there somewhere stupid bureaucrats
Planning it should stop?
Let’s leave the Christ in Christmas
And use our intellect
To recognise man’s many faiths
And treat them with respect.
The world’s gone topsy-turvy
And it’s hoped they don’t intend
To scrap the Christ child’s birthday
In case it might offend.
So let Christians keep their feast day
According to tradition
And refuse to let ‘do-gooders’
Hector them into submission.
— Ron Irvine, Fintry Road, Dundee.
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| Pram and buggy |
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| I WOULD like to nominate as a rat the person who stole my pram and buggy from outside our close on Balunie Drive.
My mummy will have to try and find extra money to replace these. — Baby Blue. |
| Free food |
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| RE THE letter about OAPs expecting free food. We pensioners are well aware that food isn’t free. You will all be OAPs yourselves one day. Let’s see how you get by with what we get dished out to us. — P. Mitchell, Sheltered Housing, Dundee. |
| Bypass |
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| YOUR LETTER writer Ashamed was spot on with his or her observations about lack of investment in Dundee. He or she missed another figure. The Scottish Executive’s roads minister Tavish Scott has agreed £400million for an Aberdeen City Bypass. — Sair Throat. |
| No infamy for Churchill |
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| THE USE of chemical weapons in Iraq by the American military is not the first time an invading force has used these weapons of mass destruction in that region.
In 1920 the RAF used mustard gas against rebelling Kurdish hill tribes to save the use of the infantry divisions to quash the rebellion.
All this was orchestrated by Winston Churchill. Unlike Saddam, Churchill and Bush will never be made infamous because of their actions. — Maverick Observer. |
| Charity bingo |
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| WE ARE having a charity bingo night at the Cutty Sark on Thursday, December 15, in aid of the Kennedy Quin Fund. Eyes down 7.30pm. — Karen Brownlee, Fintry Terrace, Dundee. |
| School holidays |
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| I AM astonished the schools in Dundee don’t come off on holidays until Friday, December 23. All Dundee City Council offices are closed from the day before. — Curious Parent. |
| Special word |
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| SINCE ‘FATHER’ is a special word to most people, I find myself cringing when readers use the term ‘City Fathers’ to describe the council.
A father gives rather than receives. — Pedantic. |
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