It is typical of the high-handed attitude that those in authority have towards the people who pay their wages.

Why should Transport Scotland decline to explain why restrictions are still in place overnight when no work is taking place?

And why any restrictions at all until work starts on the road itself?

The lame excuse is that vehicles will be accessing and leaving the area. Farmers and others have been doing just that for years.

I do concede that speed limits might be appropriate at busy times of the day, but think that the blanket 40 mph limit is at best a mistake and at worst sheer laziness.

I would bet money that Transport Scotland asked the contractors when work started rather than asking them when work would start on the road itself.

If it is not for that reason that we have a limit, then it I wonder if it is because it is easier to put in all the restrictions at one go, never mind the inconvenience.

Many people working for the ever-expanding public sector have forgotten they are civil servants and should be putting the emphasis on the second word of the title.

Finally, those in authority often wonder why so many people put lives at risk by inappropriate speed.

While there will always be law breakers, the laws that are broken the most are the ones people do not see as being necessary. Those travelling up and down the Carse just now are getting a prime example of one that comes into that category.

It is a case of the authorities crying wolf. While I don’t speed and do not encourage others to speed, I can understand the frustration caused by this needless piece of jobsworth. — Squeezed Dry.

The person and friends, within five minutes of arriving there, were bombarded with water bombs and eggs.

The culprits were subsequently excluded.

This is not punishment enough. I can see their faces now “Whoopee a holiday!”

I am not in favour of bringing back the belt to the full extent that it was before, but I do feel strongly that these children should have suffered corporal punished. — Disciplinarian.

The anti-social team gave me a tape to record the stamping and banging that goes on.

I phoned the police five times the other day but they didn’t arrive. I phoned again the next day and they told me I have to accept noise in a tenement. I told them the noise is deliberate and the sergeant told me stamping was not what they consider noise.

Why do people pay taxes? The police are not here for the community. — Craigie Reader.

These shifts were tried out for a year and officers were asked to vote on their preferred shift patterns.

The majority vote was ignored and old shift patterns were again put into place.

What was the point of the vote?

Once again, Tayside Police is considering changing shifts.

According to other wives, some officers seem to be keen on the new shift patterns at first glance.

I would urge these officers to take another look at the letters they received.

If you read into it you will once again see you are going to lose out as overtime will again be snatched away.

Also, any kind of family schedule will be disrupted because of last-minute changes due to court appearances.

As a working mother, I have looked at this thoroughly and dread the thought of having to re-organise my work and child care because of it. — Force Not With Me.

Well, so what? People with one leg or ginger hair are probably under-represented, too. And, what about Proclaimers’ fans? There can’t be many of them around.

I’ll take the job with the association. Oh sorry, I’m not an ethnic minority. Who’s fighting my corner? Only me. — Dundee Reader.

The bus driver rightly proceeded to a stop before pulling in.

What would happen if one of the passengers had been injured by the driver braking suddenly?

What if one of the girls accidentally tripped while getting on?

The driver could lose his or her job for stopping at an unauthorised place. — Happy Bus User.