We live close to the T junction of two major roads. When we moved here in 1987, both streets were quiet and relatively free from the likelihood of anything happening.

Fast forward to 2024, thirty-seven years later. Traffic volume has increased at least one thousandfold, and the escalation shows no signs of plateauing any time soon.

Vehicles start moving earlier and end later. The streets are no longer quiet.

I can put up with most things except increased traffic is an outcome of progress. However, there are two exceptions to my tolerance.

The first relates to people on motorbikes who like to rev and rev and rev as much as they can, particularly late at night and in the early hours.

The second increasingly distasteful experiences extend to people in vehicles who insist on tyres screeching and on Herning and on making as much engine noise as possible entering and leaving the T-junction of our roads.

I would desperately love to have a set of tyre spikes and be able to use them To help curb over-enthusiastic bike and vehicle drivers who care not a whit about the noise they make and the offence  they create.

Is it wrong for me to think this way?