Meet Jeremy: village’s traffic warden
Selfie opportunity with scarecrow dressed as a traffic warden
A SCARECROW dressed as a traffic warden has been installed in Thornton to discourage bad parking.
The six foot tall lifelike figure, known as Jeremy, stands ready to hand out tickets and is emblazoned with the message “Notice. You suck at parking. Seriously.”
The light-hearted initiative of urging motorists to have their photograph taken with Jeremy has been adopted by the Thornton Reservoir Parking Problem Group.
Members of the group met with Bosworth MP, Dr Luke Evans, and local councillors to discuss the long-standing problem. Thornton Reservoir is a popular beauty spot with a path around its perimeter but bad parking on the narrow dam which runs alongside it and on connecting roads causes severe congestion.
Dr Evans said: “Thornton residents have long had to put up with inconsiderate parking: at times driveways are obstructed, traffic jams are commonplace, and emergency and agricultural vehicles often struggle to get past parked vehicles.
“I’m more than happy to speak with the police, Severn
Trent and the highways authority on behalf of residents but the simple truth is what is needed is for motorists to be more considerate of others.
“If Jeremy can help get out the considerate parking message then I’m very happy to have my photograph taken with him.
“And this one is definitely more popular in Bosworth than his Islington namesake.”