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This photo was the view that confronted Tina O’Neill after a bull broke out of his field in front of her last week.
She took refuge as the huge animal roamed the country lane at Castle Eaton, bellowing and snacking on the verge.
Posting in the Swindon and Wiltshire Camera Club group she said: “When you get trapped in the car because this beast has escaped from the field.”
Luckily the farmer was alerted and arrived to put the big lad back in his field.
Susan Elizabeth Knight: Glad they got him back in the field without any dramas!!
Pip Fitch: Holy beast from hell. So powerful and the muscles... Gandalf quote ‘though shalt not pass’... Me ‘you carry on past mate’.
Aaron Harford: Look at the guns on that thing.
The Community Speed Watch scheme will now have more powers to tackle those determined to speed on Wiltshire’s roads following the appointment of a Community Speed Watch Enforcement Officer.
The new role is part of significant investment made by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and Wiltshire Police. We asked you if you thought it was a good idea.
Helen Begrie: Maybe they should do speed watch in the evening when the boy races are out and about.
John Anthony Strange: No this is open to abuse, about 10 years ago I was based at MOD Corsham I got a letter through saying I was caught speeding through a village at X time on y date. I travelled through that village most days going to work but on this particular day I was in Portsmouth on a course and had been all week. I never did over the speed limit in that village but The villagers mustn’t have liked me riding through every morning and evening and thought how can we screw the guy. I wrote back and demanded an apology with my evidence that these ‘go gooders’ can’t have pinged me speeding and must of fabricated their evidence/logs.
Wayne Edwards: Look on the bright side, they don’t have a ‘wet weather capability.’ I have never seen any of these ‘crusaders’ out in wet (or even cloudy) weather conditions...
John Phillips: Wont happen the kit needs to be home office approved and calibrated. Location needs to be precise backed by a traffic order. Too easy to contest. Dont allow them to intimidate.
Nic Ryan: This is a terrible idea. I was “caught speeding” by them going “52mph” on a small road just after sharp bend in my 20 year old Jimny that struggled to get up to 50 on a dual carriageway. 0-60 took about 4 minutes. They use threats and scare tactics and are blatant liars.
Julie Currie: No! My son’s girlfriend was sent a letter saying she was caught speeding just outside Bristol, she was actually in work in Warminster at the time!
Yan Ellis: This is WAY too open to abuse. Invest in more and ‘properly trained’ police officers. They rarely have personal vendettas against local drivers as they usually come from out of town. This is far too good an opportunity for settling scores.
Don’t forget, those volunteering for positions that put them in a place of punitive punishment over others should be the very last people to be given such power.
He Len: Hope it stops people being killed.
Sainsbury’s have joined Tesco in charging drivers who use Pay at Pump machines a £100 deposit fee to use the service. Drivers who fill up their car at the supermarket forecourts could see a temporary deposit of £100 taken from their bank accounts.
Clare Marriott: It’s the length of time it takes to process the payment is the pain because if you want to do your shopping after or have bills to pay and your on a tight budget that money not be available to you for a few days. Bad idea to be honest especially for those on benefits like me.
Tishy Tyler: They are just pushing people to pay in kiosk rather than at the pump. Not the best idea in this climate.
Vanessa McDermott: The petrol station apps (Esso, Shell) do this already- drive to pump, pre-authorise on app, fill up, drive off, correct amount charged and only that amount is taken from account Seems to work fine. Nothing new with this approach.
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