Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt
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We've all seen it, tied pretty much around every lamp post, bus stop and road sign around the main town routes (especially the Weston Rd and near the hospital) - does anyone know if those who did the tying plan at any point to remove the ribbon and dispose of it properly and safely?
I ask this from a point of concern as a motorcyclist. The other day whilst riding along the Weston Road I got home and realised that some of this said ribbon had come off a lamp post and become wound around my front wheel. This could easily have become jammed in brake, suspension or gear linkages and caused an accident. Equally as dangerous I should imagine to pedal cyclists.
It is hardly the best way to go about keeping a hospital open, causing more A&E admissions...
I don't wish to sound like a kill joy, I respect the right of people to make a protest but I think it only fair for the amenity of the town (and road users) that this sort of stuff is removed within a period of time rather than just left to become the next littering problem or worse. Get it shifted.
I ask this from a point of concern as a motorcyclist. The other day whilst riding along the Weston Road I got home and realised that some of this said ribbon had come off a lamp post and become wound around my front wheel. This could easily have become jammed in brake, suspension or gear linkages and caused an accident. Equally as dangerous I should imagine to pedal cyclists.
It is hardly the best way to go about keeping a hospital open, causing more A&E admissions...
I don't wish to sound like a kill joy, I respect the right of people to make a protest but I think it only fair for the amenity of the town (and road users) that this sort of stuff is removed within a period of time rather than just left to become the next littering problem or worse. Get it shifted.