Ofsted Revisited

In an unprecedented response to our Ofsted Report , it seems that motorists from all over the country are flocking to Bristol to prove that we're not the only city with a literacy problem.

Last month it was Essex and Reading. This month Birmingham's BX54FVC,

GV57LWM from the 'Garden of England' ,

and CF04HLD from South Wales

all prove they are as illiterate in their particular areas as we Bristolians.

Interestingly, though, they have researched the exact location featured last month, so they can obviously read a map.

Innit.

Ofsted Report

"Standards remain well below average at Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4." 

So said Ofsted in their letter to Heather Tomlinson, (ex) Director of Children and Young People's Services at Bristol City Council on 17/12/2008. 

These are standards for things like reading, writing and arithmetic. But they are getting better. Better than the previous generation (who now have cars). Here's their level of literacy:

The evidence would suggest that there are significant numbers of motorists in Bristol who can't read. And if you can't read the words, how can you be expected to obey the advice? 

But... These cars , although safely on the pavement near the Gloucester Road, are not from Bristol. EA04YWF proves that schools in Essex are worse, as does RF52 ODU for areas near Reading (where you really would expect everyone to be able to read). Maybe Bristol is not fairing so badly in the league tables after all.

ne bis in idem

Wikipeadia says "Double jeopardy (ne bis in idem) is a procedural defense(sic) (and, in many countries such as the United States, Canada, Mexico and India, a constitutional right) that forbids a defendant from being tried twice for the same crime on the same set of facts"...

Luckily, the driver of this car, X5SNN, is almost certainly aware of this defence and would be able to argue that, although parking all day on Double Yellow Lines may constitute an offence, parking at the same time on an area of Hatched White Lines (which should not be entered unless absolutely necessary) is a separate offence.

This is, therefore, not committing the same offence twice, or being tried for a single offence twice, but committing two offences simultaneously. 

Which saves time, obviously.