The Nighthawking Survey

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Paul Barford Jun 26, 2007 14:37:00
Replying to Paul Barford

I am sorry I went off on rant mode a bit there, we've been waiting so long for this promised survey to materialise and with each new promise that it will be "soon", it seems to me that another bit has been lopped off...

Please do not consider what I said to be suggesting we DON'T report infringements. The more there are, the more uncomfortable the policy makers SHOULD be feeling if they decide to take only superficial measures to appear to have "done something".

Be warned though, the questionnaire downloads very slowly and clunkily and in the (real) test case I ran, the multiple choice answers did not really give scope to represent the facts which are not always going to be clear-cut yes-no issues.

But its better than nothing I suppose.

Paul Barford

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nigelswift Jun 26, 2007 14:48:58
Replying to Paul Barford

I am sorry I went off on rant mode a bit there, we've been waiting so long for this promised survey to materialise and with each new promise that it will be "soon", it seems to me that another bit has been lopped off...


Well here's a daft thing to consider:

The survey is to provide information on nighthawking of scheduled sites so as to push government to consider action.

But, nighthawking at scheduled sites is already entirely illegal and carries big penalties.

Incidentally, BURYING stuff in scheduled sites is equally illegal. Except in the case of a single organisation, which is specifically excluded from those provisions of the Act.
No prizes for guessing its name.