D Friday, January 29, 2010 mail 17 Sun and mirrors: A solucar or solar park in Sanlucar La Mayor, near Seville in Spain, produces electricity from the suns rays, collected by 624 giant movable mirrors Picture: Reuters The Big Picture Needs a little salt Salting the roads: Gritters at work I was just curious to know what the Government plans to do with all that salt now the cold snap has passed. I am a pensioner living on a very restricted budget and I feel it would be a waste for such a delicious commodity to sit in huge vats in Limerick port while I continue to sit through bland and tasteless dinners in Dublin. I think John Gormley should be proactive on this issue and simply by helping people like me spruce up a plate of chips he could repair some of the damage done to his tattered reputation. Kevin Breslin, Dublin Dear Angry Pedestrian, I have been in Ireland for three years and was under the impression that going through red lights was legal here. I am still not sure how many are actually allowed, but I have seen up to six. It must be legal as I have seen Dublin Bus, taxis and garda cars doing so. Other laws which interest me is the exemption for using mobile phones while driving that is given to drivers of vans and trucks. Also which laws are you exempt from when you have your hazard lights on? I know this exempts you from all parking laws but does it extend further? Confused Motorist In response to all the moaning about Dublin Bus and its inadequacies Id like to say a big thank you to all bus drivers for their safe and courteous driving from a city centre cyclists perspective. Twice I have been nearly knocked off my bike and had to swerve for impatient car drivers or taxis who Dublins best-read letters page Mailbox E-mail letters to mail@metroherald.ie with a name. Or text us. Text MAIL followed by comment and name to 53131. *Texts cost 30cent per message + standard network charges. SP. Opera Telecom, Hospitality House, Cumberland Street South, D2. Customer service number 0818286606 talk to us Pointless pitch: To Ken who pitched the brilliant idea about mainline trains staying outside Dublin and the Dart covering the city. This has been pitched before however the management at Irish Rail are not too keen to allow its implementation as this would render about 90 per cent of them surplus to requirements. BJ Separated at birth? Anyone else think that the mohican-wearing blobfish in Metro Herald earlier this week looks like the Australian paparazzo Darryn Lyons? PC Help Haiti: To all newspaper fans. I think that all schools around Ireland should get every student to bring in 2 each and all the money raised should be sent to Haiti to help those that survived the earthquake two weeks ago. Lauren Steele, Howth Real-time: Aidan, I travel from Greystones, but because of an infrequent and unreliable Dart service at night, I spend a lot of time waiting at stations and bus stops. Theoretically it should take 40 minutes plus ten minutes walk each way but thats not the way it happens in reality. Bye Bye Bus In Brief have forgotten to check their wing mirrors before turning left. But I have noticed this is never the case with bus drivers, they always wait patiently for you to pass at bus stops and always keep a safe distance when driving. I feel safer around these huge double-decker vehicles than around any normal car during rush hour!! Much appreciated. C To Crash H, I have done my research on this software. When a person in a moving car tries to send a message it simply asks if you are the driver of the car. If so it quickly flashes a random code on your screen. Now correct me if Im wrong, but doesnt that sound a lot more distracting than sending the actual text itself? Trust our Government to waste money on this when it shelved the plan for the cervical cancer vaccine because it needed to save the 10million it would cost. It would have saved a lot more lives than this stupid anti-text message technology. A Realist Sendusyour txt I dont trust John Travoltas motives for flying aid to Haiti. Preying on the most vulnerable in society for personal gain is disgusting. Scientology doctors and ministers scam merchants and parasites is perhaps more apt. Buzza R Aidan, it must be great for you to have the privilege and the money to buy a house which is a 10minute commute for you. Most of us work peak hours and have to commute to work in special fields. Get real! E I watched the Man City and Man United match on Wednesday night as a neutral. At the end of the game all the Man U supporters were singing in English accents and this was in a pub in the heart of Tallaght. Has anybody else noticed this annoying phenomenon? John Did anyone else notice the This Life tabloid CV described quite accurately Nemis personality. Cyan Stephen and Anon, what man in his right mind is going to grab Beckhams parts? DC txt MAIL to 53131* The best pictures are in Metro Herald index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html