British Transport Police have promised tougher measures to tackle anti-social behaviour on public transport. The nation is ‘sick to death’ of it.
The ‘decent’ public are being called upon to help eradicate it.
What about anti-social behaviour on our roads, where innocent children and cyclists are killed or seriously injured every single day and millions of ‘decent’ drivers are intimidated by ‘speed freaks’ to the point of mental illness, which can potentially lead to physical illness?
In our hospitals, signs read: ‘The trust takes a serious view of verbal abuse, threats and violence to its staff. The trust will support legal action being taken in all incidents and will press for the highest penalties.’ Shouldn’t we have the same message on our roads? Every petrol station and ‘petrol head’ needs one!
Allan Ramsay, Radcliffe (via email)
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