No, what about a silver Vauxhall Zafira on an 08 plate?

Still no? Then how about a black-ish Freelander on a 55 plate?

Not guilty? Then, perhaps, a red Ford Escort nearly as old as me?

If you answer yes to any of the above, I suggest you take your vehicle to a garage immediately!

I could go on and list a host of other cars that should also be off the road.

They are all illegal.

Why? You might ask.

Simple, the indicators in every one of these vehicles and scores of others appear to be broken.

They must be.

Surely there cannot be so many drivers in and around Burnley who are willing to run the risk of crashing several thousands of pounds worth of precious metal simply because they are too lazy, too ignorant or just too stupid to bother telling everyone else where they are going.

Take a look at the picture on the top of this column.

If you are at a junction or a roundabout and you see these, usually, smiling features with words clearly pouring out, check your indicators.

If you have just not bothered to turn them on, you can summise I am not singing along to one of my favourite tunes!



HOW much of the news recently has been about the credit crunch?

Nearly all of it and the big cheeses at the top of the banking food pile are getting some stick.

And quite rightly so, it would appear.

They are playing with our money and not getting it right.

They are putting pension funds, pensioners' savings and the hard-earned money of hard-working people at peril.

Some are losing their jobs, but should we feel sorry for them? Probably not, as the risks of failure are pretty self-evident at the "fat cat" end of the scale.

But we should feel sorry for the people who work in our high street banks.

Many of those face the very real risk of losing their jobs.

They have done nothing wrong, but they are getting some real stick over the counter.

They have certainly done nothing wrong, so give them a break.