BRIGG BLOG SEES RED

Walking through Brigg town centre the other night we wish we'd been carrying a red flag.
This would be a very appropriate way to lead the vehicles you see driving along Wrawby Street - within the pedestrian area.
In the very early days of motoring, a man (or woman) had to walk ahead to warn folk that a car was coming their way.
They did it with trains, too, well into the 1960s, in UK docks and harbours where lines were built into the road surface. Steam locos being noisy, they gave plenty of warning to those on foot, but the red flag system still had to be employed.
Every so often, Brigg Blog returns to the thorny topic of vehicles being driven into the pedestrianised area but we never hear of motorists being made to cough up cash penalties for contravening the rules.
Cyclists are another issue - machines often being ridden faster than cars in the town centre are being driven!
Sadly, when we observed two police officers on patrol in the Market Place recently, there were no cars or bikes about. Had there been, would any action have been taken?
We still aren't clear whether enforcement of the pedestrian zone is down to council patrols, the police... or both. And what about all that CCTV footage taken by cameras positioned at various locations in the town centre.