impressive too that the whole community allows this party in what must be a main route (as I see a 40 km/h speed limit and normally in European towns its 30 km/h), in England it is really difficult to do anything in the main street as drivers complain to the Council or even still try to drive into where the people are (and the organisers have to then pay for offiical traffic closure and a cop car to make sure people obey the traffic laws).
Last week the local sports club put this letter through my door with what was basically a grovelling apology they were having a 10km running race on the street by me and they might be running on my street at the weekend. They would only be on my street for about 30 seconds and then the route goes elsewhere to the countryside, but they are expected to do this to avoid problems further down the line.
At least this time they seemed able to do it without a special license application though I suspect its also because I do not live in a “posh” area where more people complain (these people even got the carnivals restricted in some areas and stuff for scouts and guides and celebrating the Queen and military etc which surely are traditional English things…)
strange thing is in England we are very good at organising events for older middle class people, for instance there is the agricultural show this week, and multicultural people who work in business but we neglect providing for our young people especially if they are not openly spending loads of money.
Yet shops are closing everywhere in Europe so surely the night time economy if run well and safe can provide valuable revenue?
