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(Rigid) rules for fools
Should Notts Crime Commissioner, Caroline Henry, resign over her 5 “speeding” offences? No. The anonymous fools who make us drive by numbers instead of context should. And the puerile numbers rule should be changed. A US study found that drivers … Continue reading
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Put away my pen?
Is my work done? With the announcement that the DfT is planning to introduce a new hierarchy of road-users (which I’ve proposed for years, and briefed four Roads Ministers on), with vulnerable users at the top, and the mightiest at … Continue reading
The definition of fascism?
Re previous posts about the fabricated “crime” of “speeding”. Statutory traffic law allows no defence, no arguments on rational or commonsense grounds. The system inures itself against reform by forbidding voices to be raised in challenge. It’s a self-serving monster.
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Tagged Equality Streets, fascism, speeding, statutory traffic law, traffic regulation
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Anyone for tennis? Nope
I’m no fan of the term “nanny state” because good nannies enable rather than disable human flourishment. Blanket lockdown rules that outlaw activities such as tennis among people capable of exercising due care are akin to rigid speed limits that … Continue reading
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Tagged BRAKE!, Equality Streets, lockdown rules, speed limits, speeding
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Mugged by the system
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
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Tagged A361, DfT, Equality Streets, Link Road, speeding, statutory traffic law, traffic law, transport ministers
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Speeding: a fabricated crime
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
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Tagged Chris Huhne, Equality Streets, Fiona Onasanya, Martin Cassini, speeding, the system, traffic regulation
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Cool Hand Fluke
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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Tagged Cool Hand Luke, Equality Streets, speeding, speeding fine
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No human dimension
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
Does justice matter?
Yesterday I went to Court to argue my case over a charge of “speeding”. On the wall was a notice headed HM Courts and Tribunals Service. It stated “Justice matters”. In Court I was refused leave to speak about context or … Continue reading
Sharia law on our roads
Simple-minded roads ministers are planning to quadruple fines for the fabricated crime of “speeding”. Presuming guilt, removing responsibility, outlawing discretion, and infantilising us by making us drive by numbers instead of harnessing our humanity and encouraging us to drive by … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Roads minister, speed enforcement, speed limits, speeding, traffic enforcement
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