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Highways to Hell
This was a programme on Radio 4 on 4 Jan 2026, produced by Jonathan Brunert. Like every other BBC programme I’ve seen or heard about traffic congestion, it missed the point – that the main cause of congestion (and “accidents”!) … Continue reading
Reducing “accidents”
So the government is unveiling a new batch of legislation with a view to a 70% reduction in the 30,000 annual casualty toll by 2035. Most of it is to do with tighter regulation. Yet the avoidable casualty toll could … Continue reading
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Pitiful analysis
The Today Programme, 11 August 2025. Discussion prompted by government announcing that 3-year eye tests are to be introduced for drivers aged 70+. The BBC wheeled in the usual spokesperson, Edmund King, formerly with the RAC, now “President” of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmund King, Equality Streets, Justin Webb, Martin Cassini, Today Programme
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Bureaucracy kills the joy
One of my themes is how over-regulation makes life on the roads a misery when it could be a pleasure. Bureaucracy too can kill the joy. From Freedom for Drivers Foundation: The FT on planning impediments to a major congestion-cutting … Continue reading
Peace on the roads?
The way to achieve peace on our roads is not through regulation or technology. It’s through a change in the rules from priority to equality. Arrive first? Go first, whether you’re on foot or on wheels. In the absence of … Continue reading
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Old post
Just came across an old blogging site I used to use. It doesn’t seem fully functional, which isn’t surprising as it’s 16 years since I wrote this post (dated 2.3.2009): Depressing announcement from the Association of Chief Police Officers. They … Continue reading
Equality Streets
When the regulatory framework of traffic control is removed, as when traffic lights break down, we rediscover our humanity and make common cause. As soon as we are free from the coercive control that prevents infinite filtering opportunities and expressions … Continue reading
The power of platforms
The commotion over Allison Pearson’s non-hate crime investigation by Essex Police for a deleted tweet highlights the unequal power enjoyed by those with a public platform. In her critique of police time wasted on a thought crime instead of real … Continue reading
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Tagged Allison Pearson, Equality Streets, speeding, the law is an ass, Them and Us, traffic regulation
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Drop in the ocean
The AA calls for graduated driving licences for young drivers with a 6 month moratorium on carrying passengers their own age. It’s a gesture in the right direction but a drop in the ocean. We need wholesale reform of the … Continue reading
Falling on deaf ears
Annual casualties on our roads are equivalent to more than one Grenfell a day. Yet while Grenfell gets blanket media coverage, 30,000 equally avoidable road casualties – given that my umpteenth pitch to the Press has just been ignored – … Continue reading
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