--- In [email protected], Malcolm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:27:44 -0000, "Tony Brooks" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Sue > > > >What is the point? > > > [snip] > > They also > >need a lot more support from the police and their systems. > > > >Tony Brooks > > > > > Answered your own question :-) > > report incidents to police and they will be more aware of problems on > BW sites. > > Also lobby the Police authority / council members > > -- > > Malcolm
Ah if it was so simple. I have tried all the "official" methods of sorting out problems and all the individual gets is the usual fob off letter. (read that any way you choose!) I even got the ASA to admit a marine advertiser was not being truthful but they refused to act because "the public were unlikely to be mislead". Too right they were not, it was only boaters who were being mislead. It will only work if the people "in charge" were in some way accountable and they are not. Yes I got as number from the police, but I doubt it ever got recorded. Likewise I doubt BW recorded my complaint because Fobney lock is a well known problem in the summer and when the inevitable happens and a kid gets seriously injured or drowned or a boater gets knifed I have no confidence it won't be the boater who is blamed. I have a sneaky feeling the locking of the K&A locks was abandoned when BW realised that to man Fobney would make them face the problems rather than wring their hands and ignore them. We know there are problems but it will cost too much cash and/or time & effort to deal with it so let the individual paying users put up with it seems to be the universal attitude. Just look at all the paddles with long term yellow tape and notices tied to them! Tony Brooks
