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Lethal law of the land
State policy and the law of the land set the tone for road-user relationships. Current rules promote a culture of conflict, competition, intolerance and enmity that causes injustice and harm on a vast scale. It would be so easy to … Continue reading
When is a pedestrian a “dumb-ass prick”?
The other day, on foot, I asserted my right-of way at a junction. A van driver sped up and braked, ready to turn left, looking away from me, to his right, for approaching traffic. So he could have hit me … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, pedestrian danger, priority, rules of the road
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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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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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More misdirected govt funds
“Why fund one special interest group at the expense of others? You could make roads safe for ALL users, and maintain freedom of choice, by replacing priority with equality as the central rule of the road, as explained at equalitystreets.com“. … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, Equality Streets, Grant Shapps, IEA, Martin Cassini, rules of the road, seeing red, street design, Transport Minister
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Central to the reforming agenda of Equality Streets is a shift in the balance of power in favour of the pedestrian, the child, the vulnerable road-user. Why should they wait for traffic to clear or lights to change, inhaling the … Continue reading
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Tagged DfT, Equality Streets, Malino Wilson, rules of the road, Transport Minister
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State-sponsored child abuse
A boy of 11 is killed trying to cross the road. This was no accident. The rules of the road, and nothing but the rules, are to blame. It’s another case of state-sponsored manslaughter, or child abuse. Shame on traffic … Continue reading
Transfiguration
I’ve said this before but I’ll say it again. To transform road safety and transfigure the public realm, we need to reverse the balance of power in favour of the vulnerable. Supported by legal reform, the new hierarchy would make … Continue reading
Dysfunctional system promotes delinquency
I was halfway across a High Street junction on foot, and got hooted at by a driver turning right. The Highway Code says drivers should give way to pedestrians at junctions. But the driver had a green light, so he … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, road rage, road safety, rules of the road, traffic-lights
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We are victims of obsessive officialdom
Driving through Barnstaple yesterday (on electric), I think I surprised the driver behind me. At a pedestrian crossing where the lights had just changed against the people on foot, I waited at green for them to cross. They waved in … Continue reading
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