What they didn't announce in that twenty one gun volley of bolly was that the date for the RTD becoming law had been pushed back to April 4th. Still, at least that gives us a few extra days to get our heads around whatever daftness they're about to implement. With trembling fingers (ok, I am verging on over dramatics here, but hey it's artistic licence) I scrolled through the Department for Transport's News Release. 'Blah, blah, summary, blah' now where's the actual meat?  Ah, there we are, point number ten:

10. The formal guidance accompanying the new regime is now available. It can be accessed via DfT Web site.

I couldn't wait any longer. Clicking on the link I expected to be greeted with an albeit heavy read detailing what's what, but deflation was never far behind. All I actually saw was a line telling me that the guidelines would be published on the Web site soon. Well their 'soon' is a lot later than mine as it was only today - some two days later - that the guidelines were eventually viewable in all their glory. Naturally I've just saved a copy for perusal later and I'll let anyone who's interested know what I make of it - email me at thereader@tnn.co.uk with any comments you've got, I'd be pleased to hear from you.

The ladies and, ahem, gents at DfT must be feeling pretty proud of themselves but only giving us two and a half weeks to make sure we're ready for the RTD really isn't that impressive if you ask me.

To end. You may remember that at the beginning of the week I'd asked the Publisher of TNN to see if he could speak to the Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling MP Secretary of State for Transport about the fiasco I'd encountered. Sadly TNN weren't able to speak to the man himself but they did talk to the Press Office who promised a call back. Well, for a people's Government, I'm not in the slightest bit surprised to learn that, as yet, TNN have not had their promised call. Wonder if they ever will?