Notes & Queries response: Which motoring offences incur a one-point penalty? Which motoring offences should incur a one-point penalty?
image generated by Craiyon This is my response to a question that appeared on the Notes & Queries page of The Guardian website on 16th October, 2022. The Guardian is apparently no longer happy to host my comments on their site. I am replying here instead because it is too good a writing exercise to give up: How quickly can you go from a prompt, a blank mind, and a blank page to a finished piece? And how good can you make it? This blog is obviously not affiliated with The Guardian. Its reference to a question that appeared in Notes & Queries is presented here under the terms of fair use. ~ I can vividly recall a row of plush toys pressed tightly together across the length of the avocado-coloured dashboard. They formed a low, multicoloured skyline against the windscreen of the camper. There was an elephant sitting upright. A tiny flag attached to one of its front legs read: “I've been to Whipsnade Zoo.” When I tried to remove it, the line of toys at first bowed outward, then ...