tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post8202839851977832861..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: "Traffic lights go out at Beverley's Grovehill junction – and flow improves"Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-38367683986129133812015-10-09T22:38:05.867+01:002015-10-09T22:38:05.867+01:00RR, yes, there is this whole "anti-car" ...RR, yes, there is this whole "anti-car" thing going on. But as a pedestrian and a bus passenger I have also noticed that my life is easier when the lights are switched off. <br /><br />BR - if the two cars were expecting the lights to be working and behaved accordingly, then things will go wrong. For the purposes of this discussion, we have to assume that drivers know that the lights are not working.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-87291932653641407362015-10-09T22:05:28.013+01:002015-10-09T22:05:28.013+01:00Not a criticism it's just that I was held up a...Not a criticism it's just that I was held up at an intersection in Mississauga (think Toronto) because two idiots jointly t-boned each other at 04:30. The cause? The lights had failed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-7514674017645321872015-10-09T21:52:16.122+01:002015-10-09T21:52:16.122+01:00That is precisely why traffic lights are used, now...That is precisely <i>why</i> traffic lights are used, nowadays; they are not to improve the flow of traffic, they are to <i>impede</i> its flow. It is possibly a belief ingrained into the minds of politicians of all shades – only the rich can afford cars, so let’s make life difficult for them. The politics of envy is still rampant, in this country.Radical Rodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09098158811572687268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-15498251728794381022015-10-09T19:58:55.720+01:002015-10-09T19:58:55.720+01:00JH, yes, let's try it. It's in the YPP man...JH, yes, let's try it. It's in the YPP manifesto.<br /><br />As to gear changes, they are a bit out of fashion at the moment, I have only heard two new ones in the last three years. But don't worry, they will come ba-<i>ack</i>.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-17418243420273139272015-10-09T19:40:16.535+01:002015-10-09T19:40:16.535+01:00Saw that - let's try it UK wide. Incidentally,...Saw that - let's try it UK wide. Incidentally, where's the gear change?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com