I DRIVE a truck around the roads of Scotland and from the lofty heights of my cab I see many "Police Slow" and "Police Accident" signs left behind on the roadside after traffic collisions.
Since the introduction of the new 101 non-emergency number, I regularly call in to report these and allow for their uplift. I recently gave very precise details of the location of one such wayward sign on the M90 near Kinross, three times in one week. On the fourth occasion, I stopped in the emergency layby and picked the sign up myself. I then phoned Police Scotland and told them I would be at the nearby services for 45 minutes, after which time the sign would be handed to police elsewhere in the country at a time of my choosing. Amazingly, despite the division being "very busy" an officer quickly arrived and picked it up.
In these straitened financial times it is surely prudent that the police keep a tight control on expensive assets. I served in the police in the 1970s and 80s and we had to account for all accident equipment on our vehicles on a weekly basis. Any missing kit resulted in much scrambling about looking for replacements.
David Russell,
71 Charles Street,
Penicuik.
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