LAST week I went to the county council parking shop to get some visitor permits.
Prominently displayed was a leaflet headed “the only sensible way to drive into Oxford”.
It listed several reasons why it was not sensible to drive into Oxford. Among the reasons were Oxford contains medieval streets, that are hard to navigate, and there is a baffling network of one-way streets. Additionally, it said, private cars were banned from a large pedestrian area, and so on.
However, the leaflet said the solution was to use the park and ride service and arrive stress-free in the heart of Oxford.
From the parking office I went to County Hall, and there I found the car park full of councillors’ cars – right in the heart of Oxford.
Can I take it from this evidence that county councillors are not acting sensibly?
Or is it just the case that they follow the maxim of ‘do not do as I do, do as I say’ – the age-old refuge of hypocrites.
JOHN POWER, Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford
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