Tag Archives: Equality Streets

Mugged by the system

Posted on 21st December 2020 by Martin Cassini

During a perfectly safe overtaking manoeuvre on an otherwise empty dual lane stretch of the A361 Link Rd, I’m clocked doing 73 in a 60 by a concealed radar gun. The road is clear and the weather fine. No harm … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A361, DfT, Equality Streets, Link Road, speeding, statutory traffic law, traffic law, transport ministers | Leave a comment

Speeding: a fabricated crime

Posted on 18th December 2020 by Martin Cassini

Motorists who fall foul of traffic regulation are rarely real criminals. Captain, now Sir Tom Moore, the NHS fundraising hero, admitted to breaking the speed limit hundreds of times. In doing so, he probably only hurt the odd fly. Harriet … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Huhne, Equality Streets, Fiona Onasanya, Martin Cassini, speeding, the system, traffic regulation | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged corruption, Equality Streets, injustice, justice, speeding, statutory regulation, statutory traffic regulation | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged air quality, congestion, Ella Kiss-Debrah, Equality Streets, exhaust emissions, road closures, traffic-lights | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Equality Streets, road pricing, traffic control, traffic regulation, traffic system reform | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baroness Vere, Equality Streets, road safety, Roads minister, traffic-lights, using a mobile phone while driving | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barnstaple traffic, David Pasley, Devon Highways, Equality Streets, Pilton Causeway, Portishead, Stuart Hughes, traffic congestion | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abuse, Archbishop of York, corporate manslaughter, Equality Streets, Stephen Cottrell, traffic system | Leave a comment

Totally totalitarian?

Posted on 14th September 2020 by Martin Cassini

On the Today Programme, that eminent scourge of totalitarianism, former High Court Judge, Lord Sumption, challenged edicts restricting freedom of movement and assembly. If a 75 year-old chooses to see her grandchildren and risk possible infection, rather than shut herself … Continue reading →

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