Friday 29 February 2008

Traffic lights (8)

More fine anecdotes in this article, via Martin Cassini.

However, I object to his use of the phrase 'libertarian nutcase'. Libertarianism is about leaving people alone, seeing what they do, and unless things are clearly going wrong, leaving them alone again. All those who have noticed that traffic flows more smoothly when the lights are off has made a valuable first step towards becoming a libertarian.

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