Sue Burchett wrote:
>> Tony Brooks wrote:
>>> I have just had a response from BW concerning the email I sent them
>>> about that online quiz.
>>>
>>> It appears that it is considered uneconomic to make walkers, cyclists
>>> and fishermen contribute to BW finances on a simmilar scale to
>>> boaters and police the annti-social ones,
>> Not only is it uneconomic, but probably physically impossible.
>>
>> Mike Stevens
>> nb Felis Catus III - still at the Ware Festival
>
> Turn stiles on the towpath at strategic intervals would sort it, with pre
> paid cards like the pump out cards.
>
That's one way. I also think it would work if part-time wardens
were paid to patrol the towpaths just after working hours and
on weekends asking cyclists and fishermen to present their licenses.
I think the word would quickly get out that BW meant business and,
as a result, the part-time wardens could be reduced to, say, holidays.
At the moment, every cyclist & fisherman knows they are never challenged
so the natural reaction is not to bother getting a license. I wouldn't
be surprised if there is a downward trend in licences issued (and I
would be equally suprised if there are less cyclists and fishermen
using the canals).
Note, too, that such part-time wardens could also be checking for
out-of-date navigation licences and boats that have over-stayed the
local mooring limits.
Cheers..
Will Chapman
nb Quidditch
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
