Thats a typical lame-brain answer I would expect from someone of the -
"The Elite".
The Isle of Man is a beautiful place, stunning in fact.
It was never, and never will be the people who made this Isle what it is.
The IoM could be, could be, a totally brilliant place, but sadly because of the level of corruption; combined with the fact that there is no such thing as an Ombudsman, or imparcial body, makes it difficult to improve the way of life.(thats is, what life is about, isn't?)
Basically, the current referrendum here on the IoM regarding the need for a speed limits is driven by the DOT.
The DOT are guilty of 30 or 40 years of neglect, roads have crumbled, whilst the IoM Govt builds State-of the Art Incinerators, Power stations (which run on fossil fuel), abbatiors (when there was nothing wrong with the old one) and a Hospital (complete with MSRA). All of this has been paid for. Very little Borrowings.
Yet, the IoM Govt raises £26 million from fuel taxes, plus some £10-£20 million vehicle taxes (I have yet to confirm this figure) -- but spent a whole £6 million last year on roads! ( this includes wages, etc) With a total of 200 miles of road to maintain, 6 million equates to £30K per mile of road. But of course nothing like this is spent on all roads because the "TT" course takes something like 70% of all the budget - but thats (TT) no way perfect either. Windy corner was just re-built because the wonderful DOT made a co-ck-up of it in the first place. At the tax payers exspense!
For a major road, claimed to be a world famous road: it has some very bad road construction design. (like bitumen laid with out any foundation - basically on the grass!) (little or no under- road drainage) ( poor camber - in fact - negative camber).
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