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The point about Poynton
Last week I finished a draft edit of a film about Poynton, a community thriving again after liberation from decades of oppressive traffic engineering. More material needs to be shot, so it’s still a couple of months away from publication, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Hamilton-Baillie, Howard Murray, Martin Cassini, Poynton, Poynton Regenerated
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Deference
The Sixties brought a refreshing attack on class deference. We need a similar shift on the roads. People on foot – stop deferring to people on wheels! Motorists, while traffic lights dictate your every move, I appreciate this is a … Continue reading
Criminal justice and traffic policy – both need reform
In arch-conservative Texas, a revolution in criminal justice is in progress. Condemnation is giving way to understanding, incarceration to rehabilitation. As a result, prison numbers are dropping dramatically, as are crime and recidivism. “I am getting the biggest bang possible for taxpayers’ bucks … Continue reading
Priority = inequality
In the past I’ve written that if the law is an ass, nowhere is it more asinine than in the traffic arena. But is it the law, or traffic managers’ interpretation of the law? There is no legal requirement, i.e. … Continue reading
20mph again
20mph is in the news, so at the risk of repetition: Who is the better judge of how fast or slow to go – you and me at the time and the place, or limits fixed by absent regulators? Painting … Continue reading
Will 20mph save us?
Deaths and serious injuries are up in 20mph zones but up even more in 30mph. Official commentators say the jury is still out on the value of 20mph zones. My view is that true road safety will never be achieved by numbers. We … Continue reading
Lethal traffic contol
Snuffed out in Leicester yesterday: the lives of two toddlers in an “accident” at traffic lights. The police are studying CCTV footage to ascertain responsibility. Will they question the rules or design of the road? Do pigs fly? The dead toddlers, the bereaved … Continue reading
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Tagged Leicester, lethal traffic control, road traffic accident, rules of the road
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Where’s the real crime?
Full-time carer, Alec Dennis, 61, pleaded guilty to driving at 52 in a 30 limit on his way to rushing his son, who had stomach pains, to hospital. He was worried about leaving his disabled wife, but feared his son … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Dennis, North Devon Journal, speed camera, speed conviction, the law is an ass
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Pedestrians unite!
Useful corrective piece by Zoe Williams about pedestrians, and the failure of the authorities to highlight or address the danger they face. She is right to be angry, but as with most commentators. she misses the root cause of our road safety … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, Zoe Williams
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Equality: well-being and progress
On The Forum, Bangladeshi novelist, Tahmima Anam, said something along the lines of, “Whenever we’ve focused on equality, we’ve made huge social progress”. Among the examples she cited were the abolition of slavery and votes for women. Given the chance to prove … Continue reading
