Martin Cassini's Blog Posts Tagged 'traffic-lights-out-of-action' (5)

"MOTORISTS are being warned to drive carefully," reports the Southend Standard, "after traffic lights stopped working at a busy junction." The clear implication is that when lights are "working", they are free to drive carelessly. NIB…

Thanks to Ian Perry for emailing this. It's about traffic lights out of action at Frideswide Sq, Oxford. Some road-users want lights left off, but others say over their dead body. (Who can blame them as long as the system is based on priority rather than…

In a typically alarmist manner that missed the real point by a mile, Torquay’s Herald Express warned of trouble at the junction of Torbay Road and Shedden Hill where "traffic lights have been out of action since December 20". As is often the case in these situations, the opposite was true. No lights meant no trouble, as evidenced by this typical reader's comment: "I've been past that junction several times since the lights were out of…

Report in the Winnipeg Sun: "Traffic lights were out at several intersections in central Winnipeg on Saturday because of a power outage. Motorists and pedestrians are advised to use extreme caution" – implying that when lights are "working", caution is unnecessary. That just about sums up the negative role of the traffic control system in road safety. Story…

If further evidence is needed of traffic improving when motorists are free to negotiate movement without signals dictating their every move, see the story below about lights out of action in Exeter. The alarmist news reporter/ editor warns of "chaos", but to a man and a woman, the commentators report blissful freedom from congestion, aggravation and delay. See…