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Never the carrot
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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Tagged cycle lanes, Equality Streets, Louise Haigh, traffic authorities, Transport Minister
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More misdirected govt funds
“Why fund one special interest group at the expense of others? You could make roads safe for ALL users, and maintain freedom of choice, by replacing priority with equality as the central rule of the road, as explained at equalitystreets.com“. … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, Equality Streets, Grant Shapps, IEA, Martin Cassini, rules of the road, seeing red, street design, Transport Minister
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Central to the reforming agenda of Equality Streets is a shift in the balance of power in favour of the pedestrian, the child, the vulnerable road-user. Why should they wait for traffic to clear or lights to change, inhaling the … Continue reading
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Tagged DfT, Equality Streets, Malino Wilson, rules of the road, Transport Minister
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State-sponsored child abuse?
A boy of 11 is killed trying to cross the road. Was it an accident? Or was it an avoidable event contrived by the rules of the road, combined with the power imbalance the rules impose, and the mindset they instil? … Continue reading
J’accuse (again)
So the Duke has apologised for the “accident”. But it wasn’t an accident. It was an event contrived by the rules of the road, specifically, main road priority. The Duke was a victim, as were the others involved. If junctions … Continue reading
Mugged by ministerial apathy and negligence
The woman below, a talented musician, was crossing the road with her child outside her home, when she was hit by a car. She managed to push the child to safety. She needed 21 stitches in her head. Would this … Continue reading
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Tagged DfT, equality, Equality Streets, Jesse Norman, priority, road safety, Roads minister, Transport Minister
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Abuse
I’m trying to make roads safe, cut emissions and save the country 100s of £billions. Meanwhile the bodies who run the abusive system – the DfT, local traffic authorities, councils, MPs, Roads and Transport Ministers – resist reform and pursue … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, abuse of power, DfT, Equality Streets, MPs, Roads minister, Transport Minister
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Socially speaking
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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Tagged Equality Streets, Kinder Streets, Roads minister, the DfT, Transport Minister, transport ministry
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Enforcement or education?
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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Tagged Equality Streets, Roads minister, rules of the road, Transport Minister
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Ignorance is no excuse; inaction is abuse
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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Tagged Equality Streets, local traffic authorities, Roads minister, the DfT, Transport Minister
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