Tag Archives: WMD

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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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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KO’d by a traffic light

In a violent end to last night’s anti-racist demo in Whitehall, a police officer was knocked off her horse and sustained a head injury from … a frigging traffic light! And those WMD – weapons of mass distraction, danger and … Continue reading →

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Cuts, air quality, and how Sadiq Khan has it wrong

While the public spending axe falls left, right and centre – this week it was MoD cuts – a thick seam of beneficial cuts lies neglected. I’m talking about traffic control: a field of vast public expenditure which is vexatious, … Continue reading →

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