I know that I'd rather not meet a drunken driver doing 100MPH thanks very much and I'd much rather deal with an unauthorised tree feller.

Any damage caused by speeding and drink driving can never be undone but a replacement tree can easily be planted.

The idiocy of the two situations is not helped by people who seem to think that the tree episode is the more serious and I wonder what their reaction might be if they were involved with a speeding drunken driver?

I suppose that those living near the tree (now removed) would not dare to say that they're glad to see the back of it because it spoils the view of the houses and the view down the road? (Yes, I've driven down that road!!)