Studies have shown and indeed we have seen locally in the case of Nick Clegg, that having a bobby on the doorstep (Local Neighbourhood Bobby - LNB) 24/7 significantly reduces crime at that location. I would like to make my doorstep a local neighborhood bobby doorstep or LNB. Why my doorstep you may ask, when crime in other areas is higher? Because people do not always obey the law! Besides there is so much crime that putting a bobby (LNB) on my doorstep will not make that much difference! It may go up slightly but that is offset by the benefits to me. Of course when I leave my doorstep (LBN), I will still expect to be protected by the police that serve the rest of the borough! Perhaps we should throw in a NHS doctor (LND) or even a dentist (LNT) and other resources meant for the general population. Or even a LTN: Studies have shown that stopping people driving on my road reduces accidents on my road. I of course will expect to be able to drive on other people's roads. I can justify it with the letters LTN! I think you get the idea. In the past, London did not have a 20 mph speed limit and blocking off speeding traffic though side roads was a safety issue. There was also the pollution issues in the past. Both these points are no longer valid if you listen to Labour supporters. Because many main roads including URR are 20 MPH because that makes them safer and they are also clean because of ULEZ, and Labour said ULEZ is the same as clean air! Those of us that live in the real world know this is just political nonsense. But more seriously people are being killed by buses and HGV's due to poor junctions and road layouts and the size (weight) of modern buses. Unfortunately more people are going to be killed due to converting mega sized buses to be electric and hence they will be heavier with faster acceleration. I'm actually a fan of electric vehicles which London has a proud history of 100 years ago. We actually need a more efficient, smaller lighter vehicles that are frequent  - not the dinosaurs from past decades with USB added. We need to ignore the nimbys and fanatics and look coldly at not just what is possible but what we can afford.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
The case for LNB's	10/07/25 00:56:00	Ed Robinson
Re:The case for LNB's	10/07/25 11:15:00	Michael Brigo
Re:Re:The case for LNB's	10/07/25 22:49:00	Ed Robinson

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