Au contraire, Snazy. A pedestrian does indeed have a self-important bubble, and can indeed cause danger on the road. But a much slower-moving one, and other pedestrians watching him do it are likely to think 'what an idiot' rather than 'great, I can do that too'. People will eventually slow down at speed cameras, once they accept that they are going too fast, and that it's their responsbility. If they don't, they will accumulate points on their licence, and eventually another arrogant motorist will be banned from our roads. Safety win. The motoring lobby has repeatedly stated that it doesn't want speed cameras and doesn't want contoured traffic calming, yet never proposes an alternative. "Anything's got to be better", they cry. Well, tell Philip Hammond what this anything is, because if it's cheap, I'm sure he'd prefer it.

jon14 - what you actually said was "I don't think people are having a go at the unemployed - rather those who don't even sign on because they can't be bothered because they get more money living off benefits." I was expressing surprise that people can get magic benefit – be it JSA, IB, or whatever – without 'signing on' for it.