A couple of weeks ago, they closed off one side of a dual carriageway in Perth for a horse race. No, the horses weren’t on the road, but the approach to the racecourse was open only to VIP members of the racecourse who had special parking permits. Hundreds of cars stuck using a lane each of the other side of the road. While I sat in that traffic for 20 minutes, exactly zero VIPs came along to use that other side of the road. At least half a dozen people holding half of a main road closed just in case a VIP driver comes along. It does your head in.
A couple of weeks ago, they closed off one side of a dual carriageway in Perth for a horse race. No, the horses weren’t on the road, but the approach to the racecourse was open only to VIP members of the racecourse who had special parking permits. Hundreds of cars stuck using a lane each of the other side of the road. While I sat in that traffic for 20 minutes, exactly zero VIPs came along to use that other side of the road. At least half a dozen people holding half of a main road closed just in case a VIP driver comes along. It does your head in.