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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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Bad day in Braunton
Supported by a pusillanimous Parish Council, vested interests and the forces of reaction have won in Braunton, where new traffic lights are going in at a cost, I estimate, of £400,000.
Clinton on Mandela
Among other things, said Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela showed “the futility of coercive power”. Take note, traffic managers. Your coercive approach is futile, and doomed.
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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
Deaths in Northern Ireland v deaths on UK roads
In Northern Ireland (it was stated on BBC News), there have been 3,500 deaths in 3 decades. Made me work out the approximate death and injury toll in 3 decades on UK roads (I’ll research the exact figures anon). Deaths: … Continue reading
J’accuse
I accuse roads policy(makers) of negligence, Gilligan and Johnson of myopia, and the media of indifference to reform. Meanwhile, another innocent is sacrificed on the altar of the malign priority system: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24936942
Death of a cyclist: a tragedy?
Another cyclist bites the dust on London’s roads – at traffic lights. If the spate of deaths among cyclists is a tragedy, it is an avoidable man-made tragedy, contrived by the anti-social rules of the road. By imposing unequal rights, … Continue reading
Tragedy or corporate murder?
Another cyclist killed at traffic lights in London. They call it a tragedy. Look at the vicious street design. Isn’t it more a case of corporate murder?
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