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Merchant bankers?
Are they all merchants!? Instead of making roads intrinsically safe – by replacing priority with equality – traffic authorities spend fortunes on retrospective “solutions” which are not solutions at all. Instead of integrating all modes in a mutually-tolerant mix, they … Continue reading
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Tagged cycle lanes, Equality Streets, priority, segregated cycle lanes
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My own backyard
Local press confirms Council rethink over pedestrianisation after hearing my Equality Streets presentation.
A million miles
“We have to get away from the patronising view that the state knows better than the individual,” stated Chancellor, George Osborne, on 21 July 2014, “about how to spend its money.” He was referring to pensions reform, and is still … Continue reading
Buffoons in charge of transport
It’s a mark of the low esteem in which transport is held that Patrick McLoughlin, transport secretary, retained his role in the recent reshuffle. He thinks most if not all accidents are caused by mobile phone use. I heard him … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, HS2, Patrick McLoughlin, Simon Armitage, the RSA
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The nub of it
The current traffic system, founded on the anti-social idea of priority, embodies a culture of violence and intimidation. It encourages intolerance and inappropriate speeds, denying infinite filtering opportunities and expressions of fellow feeling. Priority produces a “need” for expensive, vexatious … Continue reading
Sharia law on our roads
Simple-minded roads ministers are planning to quadruple fines for the fabricated crime of “speeding”. Presuming guilt, removing responsibility, outlawing discretion, and infantilising us by making us drive by numbers instead of harnessing our humanity and encouraging us to drive by … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Roads minister, speed enforcement, speed limits, speeding, traffic enforcement
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Inadequate traffic authorities
The current driving test is predicated on anti-social priority. Advice and practice stem from that odious premise, so the driving test unleashes cohorts of barbaric drivers onto our barbaric roads. The Highway Code says pedestrians have priority at junctions. This … Continue reading
Losing lollipops need be no loss
The Daily Mirror slams government cuts for axing school crossing patrols. A teacher warns that councils will “have blood on their hands”. As I pointed out in 2010 and 2011, if roads were designed for safety instead of danger, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Mirror, Equality Streets, government cuts, lollipop men and women, road safety
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20mph – for simpletons
20mph campaigners’ hearts are in the right place, but the spirit is trumped by the letter. The Institute of Advanced Motorists states: “Good design and widespread consultation are the keys to the successful use of 20mph zones as a road safety tool, because … Continue reading
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Tagged 20mph, Equality Streets, IAM, Institute of Advanced Motorists
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Seeing more red
Road safety minister, Robert Goodwill, is thinking of extending red time at traffic lights to allow pension-age pedestrians more time to cross the road. About 6 years ago I briefed him about my take on traffic lights. Disappointingly, he is … Continue reading
