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Inequality
Economist Thomas Piketty, “is in no doubt,” writes Will Hutton, “that rising wealth inequality imperils the very future of capitalism. He has proved it.” As I keep saying, inequality on the road endangers life, and has been doing so for nearly a … Continue reading
The Country of the Blame
Brake! wants “tougher sentences for killer drivers”. As usual, the blame is misdirected. The priority system is the cause of our problems on the road. By fashioning an unequal killing-field, it makes victims of us all. We live in the … Continue reading
A state of violence
A new law against domestic violence – coercive control – is on the statute books. Isn’t it time to outlaw violence against the public in the form of priority-driven traffic control?
Fit for what purpose?
The current traffic control system is fit for the purpose of enriching the traffic control industry, but is it fit for people’s safety, convenience or pleasure?
Rousseau (2)
From the Guardian article (in the previous post), Theo Hobson continues: “If we want to reform our world, pragmatic rationalism is not enough: we need this bold vision, of full humanity regained.” Similarly, if we want to civilise our roads, we must … Continue reading
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Parallel with Rousseau
In his Discourse on Inequality (1754), Rousseau proposed the idea of “the state of nature”, a period in human life when natural compassion held sway and ensured equality (Theo Hobson, Guardian). With civilisation, this primal equality disappeared, chiefly because property was invented. “From … Continue reading
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Stopping and restarting
James Tate of Leeds University appeared in a One Show item last night about the added air pollution from traffic stopping and restarting. Apparently, it boosts the production of poisonous nitrous oxide by cooling catalytic converters which are most efficient … Continue reading
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Solutions?
Technological “solutions” are inappropriate for life on the roads. Far better to exploit our greatest resource: cooperative human nature.
Vols de mort
Do traffic managers and traffic system salesmen have a vested interest in keeping roads dangerous and congested? Most traffic regulation represents an insult to the public, and maintains a lucrative gravy train for the Voldemorts who lord it over us … Continue reading
Fighting the forces that lord it over us
This inspiring call to arms by Russell Brand contains memorable phrases and images, e.g. “Boris simpering under a make-up brush”, or “the piped-in toxic belch wafted into homes by the media”. The following applies to Equality Streets, indeed it echoes … Continue reading
