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Moronic traffic regulation

Posted on 17th December 2020 by Martin Cassini

Traffic regulation is devised by morons for fellow morons as well as bright people. Speed limits and traffic lights require total obedience. They brook no argument if you exercise discretion (e.g. creep across a deserted junction or accelerate briefly to … Continue reading →

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Cool Hand Fluke

Posted on 17th December 2020 by Martin Cassini

I realise now that everything about my challenge to the speeding ticket was irrelevant to the Court. And everything that statutory law stands for – numbers instead of context – is irrelevant to me. So what we had was a … Continue reading →

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No human dimension

Posted on 16th December 2020 by Martin Cassini

It came as a shock to see how uninterested Courts are in matters concerning nuances in human behaviour, context and prevailing conditions, system defects, and justice. To the exclusion of all else, it fixates on numbers, blame, and, it appears, … Continue reading →

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Does justice matter?

Posted on 15th December 2020 by Martin Cassini

Yesterday I went to Court to argue my case over a charge of “speeding”. On the wall was a notice headed HM Courts and Tribunals Service. It stated “Justice matters”. In Court I was refused leave to speak about context or … Continue reading →

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Illegal pollution and road closures

Posted on 8th December 2020 by Martin Cassini

Like most traffic “experts” on the BBC, Prof Andrew Lewis failed to mention on the World at One (7.12.20) the role of traffic lights in producing congestion, and contributing to the premature death of 9 year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah. Will the … Continue reading →

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Road pricing?

Posted on 16th November 2020 by Martin Cassini

The song Taxman by George Harrison and John Lennon has the lines, “If you drive a car we’ll tax the street … If you take a walk we’ll tax your feet”. Traffic regulation costs tens of billions a year yet fails to keep us … Continue reading →

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Lights or phones more dangerous?

Posted on 19th October 2020 by Martin Cassini

Officialdom justifies draconian new measures against mobile phone use by casualty figures where phone use has played a part. But those figures are much lower than “accidents” at traffic lights. According to this BBC news  briefing, in 2019, there were … Continue reading →

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Dereliction of duty?

Posted on 11th October 2020 by Martin Cassini

If the aim of Devon Highways is to increase congestion in Barnstaple and elsewhere, then Cabinet Member for Highways Management, Stuart Hughes, is to be congratulated. If, however, the aim is to reduce congestion and improve air quality, then he … Continue reading →

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Abusive traffic policy

Posted on 11th October 2020 by Martin Cassini

Just as the exposure of abuse in the Church must bring penitence and reparation, says Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, so the perpetrators of the traffic system, which causes untold injustice and harm, then blames you and me for the … Continue reading →

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60mph on motorways

Posted on 14th September 2020 by Martin Cassini

New 60mph limits are being imposed on stretches of the motorway network, “to cut levels of nitrogen dioxide”, says Highways England. Highways England is the state-run agency that promoted the use of hard shoulders – at some locations, can you believe, … Continue reading →

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