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Sunak’s “sin”
Professor John Adams challenges the validity of safety claims made for seat belts. His risk compensation theory, as I understand it, says that the safer you feel inside your insulated cabin, the more likely you are to take risks and … Continue reading
Taking back control?
Now Keir Starmer’s at it, talking about taking back control. Doubtless he has no intention of letting drivers decide when or what speed to go. Driving by context instead of numbers is probably too subtle a concept for any politician … Continue reading
Blinkered Panorama
I stumbled upon a BBC Panorama last night, about the relationship between drivers and cyclists. It covered similar ground to another Panorama (?) that aired a year or two ago, presented by the same Richard Bilton. Like other commentators on … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Karen Wightman, Panorama, Richard Bilton, Rod Liddle, traffic system
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No alternative?
No alternative to tax hikes and painful cuts to plug “the fiscal black hole” (of £50bn)? The IFS says they are inevitable, and the commentators I hear or read all agree. But of course there is a source of beneficial … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, spending cuts, Tax hikes, traffic system reform
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System evils
Yesterday, I crossed from Piccadilly to Leicester Sq. I had a good gap, but disobeyed the pedestrian light. It prompted a van driver not only to honk angrily but to swerve towards me, presumably venting his frustration at a hundred … Continue reading
So obvious
It’s extraordinary that an inherently lethal system is backed by public funds and the law of the land. Over 20,000 humans are killed and seriously hurt on our roads every year, with tens of billions supporting a system that makes roads … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, hierarchy of road-users, Highway Code, pedestrians, traffic-lights
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Rage against the lights
Who will rid us of the meddlesome geeks who impose dysfunctional, high-cost regulation which fails to keep us safe and ruins air quality, quality of life and space for all road-users?
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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