jacobscreek
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Just been told that todays Street Patrol UK (BBC1 @ 11am) features damage to roman remains by 4x4 drivers. Anyone near a TV to watch and comment?
Meeeee... my highly packed schedule for today ....which currently consists of lying on the sofa, having made the huge transition from lying in my bed...I probably have the capacity to fit it in
jacobscreek
Active Member
They probably ran out of fighting neighbours n drug dealers to feature.
In fairness - when you watch it - its knobs like these that give us all a bad name. Local by-way in Malmesbury Wiltshire but number of Land rovers going off-piste and going through the river and driving through the fields- 3 discos shown and a white 110 with a roof rack . Certainly tore the place up , Tearing down the fences too
jacobscreek
Active Member
Thanx for info. Trouble is this behaviour tarnishes the law abiding drivers.
Council applying /applied to closed by-way and put heavy steel gates to block it off . £30,000 of public money to address ####wits behaviour
Were ####ed when we have individuals like that driving 4x4 -and when they then go and post it on you tube to be shown on programmes like this
Were ####ed when we have individuals like that driving 4x4 -and when they then go and post it on you tube to be shown on programmes like this
jacobscreek
Active Member
Same happened with Footie in 70's n 80's. A few d1ckeads ruined it for all others.
maddogminder
Active Member
Ya i watched that and it is divs like that, that make it hard for us.
DIFFLOCK66
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Missed it - I'm at work in the mornings Oh well, at least having NOT seen it, I'm not as angry as I would have been. Wonder if anyone has emailed/written to the council/BBC distancing responsible 4-wheelers from scrotes like them?
Diff.
Oh well, at least having NOT seen it, I'm not as angry as I would have been. Wonder if anyone has emailed/written to the council/BBC distancing responsible 4-wheelers from scrotes like them?Diff.
jacobscreek
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Just watched it. Lucky the land owner didn't give 'em what for with his shotgun. I would have. Trespass, criminal damage and threatening behaviour just for starters then post it on line???? Blunt Tools!!! Enjoy your days out while you can. Another one gated off n gone forever.
jacobscreek
Active Member
Footage shows spanking new heavy duty gates both ends of lane. To be fair , on reflection the vehicles looked to be road only cars with normal tyres n zero mods so could have been lads just dicking about and kept going back
Who's word ?
The farmer or the council ?
Unfortunately they had the video evidence of the inds doing exactly what they said they were doing and photographic evidence of the damage they did.
Problem is it doesn't matter if its 4 blokes going back or 40 ...they ruin it for all of us
And its this kind of stuff that the organised bobbles pull out of the bag when theyre tarring us all with the same brush. ..and in a way you can understand why. ...I was furious watching it and yet new the context and the illegality of it....to your average viewer....they won't understand about byways and will just see big 4x4 driving down lanes they don't think vehicles should be on
blue beasty
Leaks an prone to bits dropping off
Just watched it and it's very misleading.....a lot of the footage is reconstructed, some posted footage of crossing a ford but nothing to say thats not the legal route.
All the crossing fields and gate crashing is reconstructed..... that's not to say it hasn't happened....and being a roman site perhaps it does need extra protection if fuktards can't keep to the legal route.
As a piece of investigative journalism it's ****e
All the crossing fields and gate crashing is reconstructed..... that's not to say it hasn't happened....and being a roman site perhaps it does need extra protection if fuktards can't keep to the legal route.
As a piece of investigative journalism it's ****e
lorri789
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Yeah, just saw it and those dicks were making a right mess of stuff. However, we only have the farmers concerning the feeling of being threatened, even though there is no evidence and only his word. They also said they broke down gates...again no evidence.
This is the BBC bigging it up. I still think they were driving selfishly, but it is misleading the public.
This is the BBC bigging it up. I still think they were driving selfishly, but it is misleading the public.
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No they didn't, the mess was reconstructed. There were a few 'online videos' of fording which hardly looked stupid and may have even been a ford on the proper Byway.
Seems to me it's more sensationalist 'reporting' looking for stuff to fill rather than actually having a problem that could have been quite easily solved. (My opinion, for what that's worth)
Having said that, I do believe there may be an issue with off-piste activities, especially on sites like this with archaeological interests, it just seemed to be far more sparse (over 20 years!) than was being made out. Not condoning it at all, but as I say above, it seems like a much more minor problem than was being reported that could have been stopped years ago .. why have a problem for 20 years and not solve it until now?
