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One-eyed man in the country of the blind
Difficult, even eye-watering choices, Jeremy Hunt? No, there is low-hanging fruit that experts, politicians and media folk routinely overlook, a field of public spending that consumes tens of billions to universal detriment. This public disservice somehow slips below the radar of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Chu, efficiency savings, Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Newsnight, PM, spending suts, Today
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Cuts – the usual suspects
Radio 4’s PM wheels on various guests about possible spending cuts. Yesterday it was Mel Stride MP and Paul Johnson of the IFS. Today it was Paul Scully, Minister for local govt. “Where there is any fat,” asks Evan Davis, … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Evan Davis, Martin Cassini, Paul Scully, PM, spending cuts, TfL
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Re-directing £6m?
Following email correspondence in which I proposed pedestrian priority for Minehead, I had a meeting on 7 September 2022 with LibDem county councillor for transport, Mike Rigby. He played devil’s advocate, but I discussed objections, and followed up with further … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Mike Rigby, Taunton, traffic-lights
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Who will rid us of these meddlesome freaks?
Forcing people to use their cars less through measures such as round-the-clock 20mph limits is oppressive. Dictators use oppression. We are supposed to live in a democracy. With the proliferation of traffic lights and “safety” cameras, there is already excessive … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, safety cameras, speed cameras, traffic regulation, traffic-lights
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Targeting blame
A woman was killed, three people were hurt, and the Piccadilly Line was closed after a Range Rover crashed in Park Royal. Labour councillor for Balham, Jo Rigby, wrote, “A child will grow up without a mother because a man … Continue reading
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Tagged car crash, driving test, Equality Streets, inappropriate speed, Jo Rigby, speeding
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Mediocrity blocking reform
The level of debate about roads on BBC Today and PM is pitiful. On self-driving cars and 20mph recently, “experts” cited accident figures and blamed driver error. They never see that our problems stem from the mistaken rules and a … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Today Programme, Equality Streets, PM, self-driving cars, traffic policy
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They cannot be serious!
License cyclists and make them subject to the same rules as motorists? The government is supposed to be levelling up, isn’t it, not down? The ruinous rules of the road need reform, not expansion. Road-users need education, not enforcement.
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Tagged Equality Streets, insurance for cyclists, license cyclists, rules of the road
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Apathy from on high
On the Today Programme, oncologist Prof Pat Price rightly criticised the backlog of cancer patients waiting for tests or treatent, and called for radical action. Meanwhile, I scream in the dark about the dysfunctional rules of the road which continue to … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Professor Pat Price, Today Programme, traffic system reform
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Abuse abuse abuse
Abuse is a buzzword these days. How does the state get away with such abuse of our rights in the fields of parking, “speeding”, and coercive control generally on the roads? It’s all an abuse of our time, our intelligence, … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Equality Streets, rules of the road, traffic officers, traffic regulation
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The air we breathe and state ignorance
As if we didn’t already know, the government-funded Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants has reported a definite link between exhaust emissions and the rise in dementia. No doubt there will be calls to ban cars, and higher … Continue reading
