THE EDITOR, Sir:

ALL I want for Christmas is pothole-free roads and a war waged on bush. I don't mind patchwork on the roads; we could simply call it quilted asphalting, that will do for Christmas; at least we could drive without being exposed with every roll of the tyre to some form of slalom testing.

It must go

I am not asking for much, but the bush must go! I want to be able to enter at-junction' without entering the junction just because visibility is impaired by bush! I want to drive along our winding and meandering roads without having the wing mirror attacked by competing bush from the already narrow roadways. I want to know, especially since I commute outside of the metropolis that a cow or donkey is a few chains ahead. I simply want to be able to practise defensive driving without wearing blinkers.

I am not asking for much, so Santa please, see if you can get the little elves to work and maybe fit this request in your sack ... that's all I am asking for Christmas.

I am, etc.,

ELAINE VICET

ariadna_enchanted@yahoo.com