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I will point out immediately that I am a Radio Two fan (it's my age) So the following criticisms are not aimed directly at the lovely Sally Traffic, it is not a slight directed solely at Radio Two or indeed Sally, it's just that theirs are the traffic reports I hear. Almost without exception every radio station and many TV stations are guilty of the same.
They all imply that the traffic problems are my fault. How do I conclude this?
Well, they usually say "If you're travelling on the M1 there's an incident at junction 4 closing two lanes ...." that sort of thing. They imply therefore, that if I am not travelling on the M1 the closure will not occur. Which makes me feel guilty if I am, because quite simply, if I had driven a different route the incident would not have happened. I don't see how it can be attributed to me though if I am at junction 38. I am an advanced driver, I drive reasonably carefully and with due consideration for others. If they crash at junction 4 it is nothing to do with me - I'm not even in the same county.
Another annoyment is the way the refer to Police Incidents. I appreciate that sometimes they might not know exactly what is going on, and the police might not want to say it's a crash because they haven't told the next of kin, or it's a bomb because people panic, or that they've had to shoot a terrorist because well, that;s not the way we British do things. So, I'm quite happy for it to be a mysterious "incident" I just don't see why it belongs to the police. The police didn't create it, they are just dealing with it. In the majority of cases it's a motorists incident - they cause it, let them take ownership.
It's the careless throwaway use of words that annoys. Let's encourage more thought before adding unnecessary and misleading words into our conversations.