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Grotesque misapplication of resources

Posted on 1st September 2021 by Martin Cassini

There are countless road design and policy improvements that would save lives, time and money, but transport departments and traffic authorities fixate on counterproductive control and racketeering enforcement at vast cost to our well-being.

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Crying Wolf

Posted on 30th August 2021 by Martin Cassini

Rounding the first hairpin on the way down to Combe Martin, I saw a black Audi A1 crashed into the side of the gorge. Three guys were standing in semi-shock, one on his phone. Front end was trashed, bootlid up, … Continue reading →

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Put away my pen?

Posted on 3rd August 2021 by Martin Cassini

Is my work done? With the announcement that the DfT is planning to introduce a new hierarchy of road-users (which I’ve proposed for years, and briefed four Roads Ministers on), with vulnerable users at the top, and the mightiest at … Continue reading →

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Press priorities

Posted on 2nd May 2021 by Martin Cassini

The news that the Brazilian rainforest now emits 20% more CO2 than it absorbs brings perspective to the fuss over plastic bags. A step against planetary destruction is better than nothing, but it’s odd that my proposal to halve exhaust … Continue reading →

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Post Office bad; traffic system diabolical

Posted on 23rd April 2021 by Martin Cassini

The scandal of the Post Office’s Horizon system has been called the biggest miscarriage of justice in our peacetime history. It’s bad, but nothing like as bad as the traffic control and enforcement system which has been causing untold injustice … Continue reading →

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Commissioning scandal?

Posted on 23rd April 2021 by Martin Cassini

A TV documentary exposes pervasive racism and “apartheid in death” which meant that 115,000+ non-white troops who laid down their lives in WW1 were dumped in unmarked graves. It makes headline news and prompts The War Graves Commission to apologise for … Continue reading →

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Demands for a public inquiry

Posted on 20th March 2021 by Martin Cassini

Michael Rosen is demanding a public enquiry into the government’s handling of Covid-19. “We desperately need an inquiry into how and why this lethal idea [alleged experimenting with herd immunity without vaccination] was taken seriously. We owe it to the dead … Continue reading →

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UK law-breaking on pollution

Posted on 9th March 2021 by Martin Cassini

Transport Network reports that the UK has “systematically and persistently” broken legal limits on dangerous air pollution since 2010. So finds the European Court of Justice. Of course the UK government has been guilty of this for several decades. They have … Continue reading →

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Dwindling justification for HS2

Posted on 9th March 2021 by Martin Cassini

An internal survey found that 12,000 of 18,000 Nationwide employees prefer working from home, and home-working is at least as efficient as office working. It also improves quality of life. The main justification for HS2’s scorched earth policy was the … Continue reading →

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Anonymous executioners

Posted on 25th February 2021 by Martin Cassini

Deaths on “smart” motorways – where the hard shoulder is opened for use at 70mph – reached their highest level in 2019. Article here. The destruction is completely avoidable. One obvious solution is to open the lanes on straight stretches … Continue reading →

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