Bus pass misses the bullseye

THOUGH I am greatly pleased with my Hull City Council bus pass and grateful, I do have a question. While I accept that it doesn’t become valid until 9.30am weekdays with buses catering for workers and school children, I can’t understand why it becomes invalid after 11pm.

Surely persons entitled to passes must be deemed more vulnerable walking the streets after 11pm than those who are not? Once a week I play a social game of darts, the event goes on past 11pm. Why am I denied my free safe passage home?

This is not a selfish plea, it is to highlight what must be a nationwide problem for thousands of elderly and/or infirm folk who occasionally indulge in a late night.

The crossword mystery solved

From: Joan Singleton, Thorne, Doncaster.

THE recent archive photograph and letters about crosswords brought back memories. As a child, more than 60 years ago, I was aware of the Yorkshire Post crossword as my parents vied to be the one to complete it.

This led to my belief that the verb to solve crosswords was “to parsey” as my mother on succeeding would declare “I’ve parseyed him!” I watched with great interest the skill of solving cryptic clues and much later saw the compiler’s name. I continue to enjoy the crossword in the Yorkshire Post and sometimes still say, after a particularly difficult one, “parseyed”.

Too fast

From: Tim Mickleburgh, Boulevard Avenue, Grimsby.

I DISAGREE with suggestions to raise the speed limit on motorways to 80mph. For though I accept many drivers can be perfectly safe at such a speed, an increase in the maximum allowed gives carte blanche for boy racers to go even faster.

Moreover, what happens when something goes wrong? The faster the speed, the longer the stopping distance and thus the greater likelihood of a serious accident.

And of course a vehicle is going to use up more fuel, at a time when we should be looking to save energy.