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Self-driving v self-managing
Driverless cars might never be 100% safe because technology can’t handle the unexpected, or the unprogrammed. Human beings are uniquely equipped. We have the innate ability to make judgements and adjustments, as Ben Hamilton-Baillie used to say, in the blink … Continue reading
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How many roads? Surviving traffic lights in Paris
There’s a scene in Agnès Varda’s film, Cléo from 5 to 7, when Cléo (Corinne Marchand) starts crossing a Parisian street. Traffic gives way so she and a few other people can cross. It reminded me of an experience seared … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnès Varda, Cléo from 5 to 7, Equality Streets, How many roads, Paris, traffic-lights, WMD
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More evidence of WMD (D&D)
At the Asda junction in Hereford, two crashes on consecutive days at traffic lights, those weapons of mass distraction (danger and delay). Here’s one, witnessed by Sue Powell. Here’s another, also witnessed by Sue Powell, who sent me these photos.
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Channel Island mystery
Guernsey has filter-in-turn at some junctions. It also has ruettes tranquilles, where the speed limit is 15mph, and pedestrians, horse-riders and cyclists have priority over vehicles. So it was a surprise to see quite a number of traffic lights in … Continue reading
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Highways to Hell
This was a programme on Radio 4 on 4 Jan 2026, produced by Jonathan Brunert. Like every other BBC programme I’ve seen or heard about traffic congestion, it missed the point – that the main cause of congestion (and “accidents”!) … Continue reading
Drop in the ocean
The AA calls for graduated driving licences for young drivers with a 6 month moratorium on carrying passengers their own age. It’s a gesture in the right direction but a drop in the ocean. We need wholesale reform of the … Continue reading
Idiot Minds
In this Mail article (thanks to FFDF for posting), a “spokesperson” for Sadiq Khan claims the major cause of urban congestion is roadworks. Not in my observation and experience. The chief cause of congestion (and to paraphrase Joni Mitchell, I’ve … Continue reading
To prove a point
ULEZ has cut NO2 levels in the capital significantly, reports the Telegraph. Air quality monitoring at Hither Green Lane and Catford, near Ella Aloo-Kissi-Debrah’s home, show NO2 has fallen by over 50% since 2012, with half that taking place since … 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?
