Davetouch
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- '00 9-3 2.0 Turbo Vert, Various MGs, '99 Ringoo
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Fucking hell our authorities are retarded.
The Telegraph said:The edict is included in a lengthy set of guidelines issued by the Agency, setting out what language its employees should and should not use. Other terms to be avoided include "winter maintenance", "off-peak hours" and "the travelling public".
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James May, the television presenter, called the guidance a "complete waste of time and money".
"It's pretty preposterous," he said. "It's not the Government's job to tell their staff how to speak. They should tell them not to be racist or not to incite murder, but not the correct word for someone who happens to be in a car. For God's sake, we're all grown-ups.
"The word 'motorists' covers people driving cars very well. Admittedly it doesn't cover people on bicycles but then we have the word 'cyclists' for that, and 'pedestrians' for people who are walking.
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Asked to justify the ban on "motorists", a spokeswoman for the Department for Transport said: "The dictionary definition of a motorist is a car driver. As an agency we target all road users, including those in vans, buses and on motorcycles, not just those that travel in cares. The word 'driver' is a more inclusive term."
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Fucking hell our authorities are retarded.