Monthly Archives: August 2024

Ministerial mess – corporate manslaughter

Posted on 24th August 2024 by Martin Cassini

Updated in July 2024, the DfT’s accredited “accident” statistics reveal that 29,643 human beings were killed or seriously injured in 2023. It’s an estimate of the number of personal injury road traffic casualties in Great Britain reported by the police … Continue reading →

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Never the carrot

Posted on 24th August 2024 by Martin Cassini

This post, which reiterates stuff I’ve written before, but bears repetition, was prompted by news that transport minister, Louise Haigh, intends to fund more cycle lanes (which as a cyclist I dislike). Most if not all coercive traffic interventions are … Continue reading →

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More coercive control in the public realm

Posted on 21st August 2024 by Martin Cassini

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has given her “absolute support” to more 20mph zones and LTNs (low traffic neighbourhoods). Funding always seems to be available for coercive, divisive measures, yet re-education and road redesign – the consensual way to calm traffic … Continue reading →

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An accident?

Posted on 21st August 2024 by Martin Cassini

Now Mike Lynch’s colleague, Stephen Chamberlain, has died in a car “accident”, hit while running. Was it an accident, or an event contrived by the dysfunctional rules of the road? Do investigators take the unequal rules of the road into … Continue reading →

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