Government Prepares To Favour Motorists – Again

They are usually staffed by civilians in police marked vehicles which in itself is technically illegal as they are impersonating a police officer which is a crime.

Round here they are not marked as Police vehicles, they are “CREST”, they are manned by civilian staff, and I was very tempted when they advertised today that there was a vacancy.

@chrismac

should be

Bless you.

I’m sure your questionable internet based interpretation of the law invalidates all the mobile speed cameras that are out there then.

Funny that none of the lawyers who specialize in speeding cases mention it?

“Oh, was it a mobile speed camera that caught you? Don’t worry about it, we’ll definitely get you off because they were <checks notes> impersonating police officers.”

Next you’ll be on about Habeas Corpus and Magna Carta…

By all accounts Sunak’s transport strategy is more roads and more short haul aviation, putting us at complete odds with the global consensus. I really don’t get what his game is – it’s not even making him more electorally popular.

Its a speed camera in a van. It doesn’t mater who operates it. A chimpanse could do it. The vans are used as a deterent if you get caught by one you are speeding and not paying attention as they are quite obvious.

They are usually staffed by civilians in police marked vehicles which in itself is technically illegal as they are impersonating a police officer which is a crime.

This is absolute, 100% mince. Stop paying attention to the barrack room lawyers on Petrolheads.

I suspect @chrismac is probably about 12.

Trolling and made up legal theories.

The Sooner the petrol heads and the impatient realise that roads are  not a place to entertain yourself and rush about the better.

They share the roads with horses cyclists and pedestrians. They were all there before cars and you need to behave in a way to keep all other road users safe. From the holes in the hedges of minor roads some of you are not doing this.

If you want to drive fast book a track day or go and  race.

Every week there are reports of people killed or seriously injured by cars. Your spirited  driving, making progress having fun will be less fun if you have a large accident.

Every other road user will be missed by someone.

Just grow up.

I really don’t get what his game is – it’s not even making him more electorally popular.

I’m not sure even Rishi knows TBH.
It seems to be doubling down on doubling down, and squashing anything his 3 or 4 processors supported.

As last week unfolded I sort of realised very few of the big names in Tory politics were even trying to court the wider public, they’re after the support of the misserable gits that make up the membership, this is all to secure their position in the aftermath of their coming defeat.

Rishi is hampered in this fight for the future by two things; 1) he has an election to try and fight, 2) He’s just a disconnected money-bitch, he really belongs in the boardroom of some fintech outfit seeing the world through the lens of shareholder’s interests.

Thus he has no understanding of ‘normal people’ so when a couple of SPAGs tell him the plebs are crying out for infrastructure projects to be canned, and won’t notice if they re-announce existing plans and/or some stuff thats already happened, importantly the rhetoric will keep the shareholders members happy…

importantly the rhetoric will keep the shareholders members happy…

If Sunak was acting in big corporate interests, he would extend HS2 to Glasgow, announce a massive scrappage scheme, commit to building a million houses, actually build 100 new hospitals…all of which involve shovelling massive amounts of taxpayer money into private accounts. He’d also commit to going back into the EU ASAP. He’s doing the exact opposite of all of that.

He’s doing the exact opposite of all of that.

Because his primary interest are with the disaster capitalists, hedge fund owners, private equity and kleptocrats which sponsor Tufton Street and thrive on shock events such as leaving the EU or Kwasi’s budget. Relying on insider knowledge to pump a few billions into staking short positions while their political poodles do all their bidding. Anyone who thinks the Tories are at all concerned about the welfare of man on the street are just deluded when they are just diverting public money in their mates’ accounts.

If Sunak was acting in big corporate interests…

That’s the point, he’s a fish out of water.
He’s used to good old straight forward corporate greed, but he’s gone and got himself a job that requires him to try satisfy the ideological whims of some mad, old bastards. At the same time keeping the job is contingent on all the actual ‘customers’ thinking he’s doing a good job (at least once every 5 years or so). He’s kind of treated the party conference like an AGM to tell the membership what he thinks they want to hear, except of course the wider media are reporting the whole thing to the great unwashed, right before his next big interview…

It’s almost as if political office isn’t something finance and business types should really get into…

Welsh Conservatives have waded into the debate.

? The Welsh Conservative ad van getting ready for its tour across Wales today.

❌ It's clear, the people of Wales don't want Labour and Plaid's blanket 20mph speed limits.

? A vote for the Welsh Conservatives is a vote to scrap blanket 20mph speed limits. pic.twitter.com/fAa8LvnCM8

— Welsh Conservatives ??????? (@WelshConserv) October 7, 2023

The less people driving cars the better it is for people driving cars. Whether it’s because other people are WFH, on the bus, on the train or riding a bike, it doesn’t matter. The fewer cars on the road the better. Back in lockdown when no one was driving, going anywhere in a car (or on a bike!) Was great. There was so little traffic anywhere. That’s what it should be like.

The less people driving cars the better it is for people driving cars.

As well as being a cycling utopia, the Netherlands was voted the best country in the world for driving, several years in a row.

Most of this stuff is common sense once you start thinking about it, the benefits of promoting alternative means of travel are huge. It perplexes me that we continue to make things more difficult for ourselves and do it with so much enthusiasm.

It perplexes me that we continue to make things more difficult for ourselves and do it with so much enthusiasm.

Not limited to transport alone

A vote for the Welsh Conservatives is a vote to scrap blanket 20mph speed limits.

The party of Churchill and no mistake!

By the looks of things the Welsh tories are the party of blocking pavements with lorries. 

Bit of a niche interest if you ask me, but they didn’t. 

@butcher

Most of this stuff is common sense once you start thinking about it, the benefits of promoting alternative means of travel are huge.

Except to car manufacturers, who have a powerful lobby.

If cars become a hobby, rather than a necessity then there’s not much profit in it.

Just stop oil would be far better off organising a mass car day. Everyone who normally walks, rides a bike or gets a bus to work takes their car if they have one. Pop a sticker in the back window displaying their usual transport mode. Car drivers would soon realise they rely on others to take alternate transport. Places like Oxford and London would be total carnage, no need at all for slow marching etc, and best of all the motorists might see that they are the problem and the others are the solution.
I drive every day to work as have no showers or bike storage. When I could ride I did 40 miles a day commute in all seasons 2-3 times a week. If I still worked in Oxford the traffic is now so bad, id be doing a mixed commute and doing it everyday- drive ten miles to outskirts of city and ride the rest.

Just stop oil would be far better off organising a mass car day. Everyone who normally walks, rides a bike or gets a bus to work takes their car if they have one

Genius!

If you want to drive fast book a track day or go and race.

I’ve often wondered what would happen if every town had a municipal racing circuit.

Municipal tracks? In England they’re called ‘ring-roads’.

The less people driving cars the better it is for people driving cars. Whether it’s because other people are WFH, on the bus, on the train or riding a bike, it doesn’t matter. The fewer cars on the road the better.

Yes, the change in my car commute in school holidays is vastly improved. I dont even think theres much in the way of queuing or jams, its just more pleasant. 10-15% mpg improvement too. If everyone who said that they don’t like driving would just not do it, the country would be a better and happier place for all.

If cars become a hobby, rather than a necessity then there’s not much profit in it

Have you not seen the equestrian industry? 

I’ve often wondered what would happen if every town had a municipal racing circuit.

Scrap yards, Audi and BMW dealerships and hospitals would be full to bursting, as every driving god who likes to make progress realises the god they’ve been channeling all these years is Ganesh rather than Hamilton.