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IFS call for tax increases – cobblers!

Posted on 24th May 2018 by Martin Cassini

Today the IFS called for tax increases to fund the NHS. Once again, the think tanks and media outlets (Today, Radio 4, for example) overlook the field of dysfunctional traffic policy. Reform would provide ample funds for the NHS as … Continue reading →

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No way back

Posted on 27th April 2018 by Martin Cassini

This piece about Mayer Hillman leaves little doubt that the world with its dependence on fossil fuels is on an irreversible path of self-destruction. If the UK went zero-emissions tomorrow, it would make barely any difference. Individual acts such as re-useable … Continue reading →

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Today’s hypocrisy

Posted on 11th February 2018 by Martin Cassini

Sometimes I have to reach for the off switch when the Today Programme is on. Last week, I switched off at Justin Webb’s feigned outrage and nagging at an Oxfam guy over sexual misconduct. I can’t help thinking that Today’s editorial … Continue reading →

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Dysfunctional system promotes delinquency

Posted on 13th January 2018 by Martin Cassini

I was halfway across a High Street junction on foot, and got hooted at by a driver turning right. The Highway Code says drivers should give way to pedestrians at junctions. But the driver had a green light, so he … Continue reading →

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Invisible, ignored, baleful

Posted on 23rd November 2017 by Martin Cassini

“£12bn in welfare cuts to come”, says Paul Johnson of the IFS, “and billions more in other public service cuts. This is not the end of austerity.” Like everyone else, this economic guru is ignorant of the case for kind … Continue reading →

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We are victims of obsessive officialdom

Posted on 3rd November 2017 by Martin Cassini

Driving through Barnstaple yesterday (on electric), I think I surprised the driver behind me. At a pedestrian crossing where the lights had just changed against the people on foot, I waited at green for them to cross. They waved in … Continue reading →

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Cuts, air quality, and how Sadiq Khan has it wrong

Posted on 26th October 2017 by Martin Cassini

While the public spending axe falls left, right and centre – this week it was MoD cuts – a thick seam of beneficial cuts lies neglected. I’m talking about traffic control: a field of vast public expenditure which is vexatious, … Continue reading →

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Socially speaking

Posted on 19th October 2017 by Martin Cassini

Socially speaking, road signs, road regulation and road markings are designed to make us do the wrong thing. You were there first? So what? The rules give me right of way over you, so tough! Thus pedestrians and toddlers in … Continue reading →

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Enforcement or education?

Posted on 19th October 2017 by Martin Cassini

Retrospective enforcement (apparently supported by Brake!), or preventative education? The government proposes stiffer sentences for drivers who kill. As is usual in the illiterate field of traffic policy, this is a case of shutting the stable door after the horse … Continue reading →

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Ignorance is no excuse; inaction is abuse

Posted on 9th October 2017 by Martin Cassini

Opponents of my reforms are in effect supporters of the current system, which presides over an annual casualty toll of 24,000 souls, many of them children. Ministers, the DfT and local traffic authorities, who back the system, don’t even have … Continue reading →

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