Criminal commonsense?

[Martin Cassini]

Returning from Sainsbury’s in Vauxhall to Waterloo at 8 this morning, a driver managed to cut his journey time by over half, with matching savings in fuel use and emissions. How? By ignoring the barrage of red lights that sought to block his progress, even though there was no traffic, let alone conflicting traffic. The route took in the small signal-controlled roundabout on the south side of Lambeth Bridge, which conjures congestion all day, every day, every year. Does that make the driver a criminal? In the eyes of the law it does. He’s an RLJ = a red light jumper. Or are the real criminals the traffic managers who should know better, but fail to dismantle counterproductive regulation?