If my custom isn\u2019t welcome, it goes elsewhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a3160 for crossing an unmarked \u201crestricted\u201d road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a380, if you pay fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A parking ticket in a park that clearly states \u201cFree parking for motorcycles.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And all of this in the name of \u201cmanaging traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s be honest \u2014 this isn\u2019t management. It\u2019s revenue raising<\/strong>, and motorists are the low-hanging fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For years, snide little signs have appeared across our towns: \u201caccess only\u201d<\/strong>, \u201crestricted zone\u201d<\/strong>, \u201cno vehicles at these times.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Not big, bold, can\u2019t-miss-it warnings \u2014 but sneaky, deliberately confusing traps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each with a fine attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And we\u2019re expected to swallow it as good for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, if that\u2019s the game \u2014 then here\u2019s my move:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m done.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n No more trips to the local high street. No more coffees, no more small shop spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If my custom isn\u2019t welcome unless I\u2019m walking, cycling, or paying off a penalty notice, then I\u2019ll take my trade to the places that still welcome vehicles \u2014 and the people who drive them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n High streets say they\u2019re dying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But maybe they\u2019ve just been killing off the very people who kept them alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope isn’t what they promise you. If my custom isn\u2019t welcome, it goes elsewhere \u00a3160 for crossing an unmarked \u201crestricted\u201d road. \u00a380, if you pay fast. A parking ticket in a park that clearly states \u201cFree parking for motorcycles.\u201d And all of this in the name of \u201cmanaging traffic.\u201d Let\u2019s be honest \u2014 this isn\u2019t management. It\u2019s revenue raising, and motorists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[235,236,234],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughts","tag-boycott","tag-high-street","tag-motorist"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n\n\n\nThe Quiet War on Drivers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nThe Trade Has Changed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nFinal Thought<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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It’s how you carry on when they don\u2019t deliver.<\/em>
\u2014 Dave Carrera<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"