Inefficiency and injustice

[Martin Cassini]

Vicious parking controls, inconsistent bus lanes, 24-hour traffic lights, the 'crime' of 'speeding', no scope for intelligent discretion, above all, inequality imposed by priority. Why is that mother with pram marooned on a traffic island? Because the green light tells traffic to ignore her. Why is that district nurse facing an indefinite wait on a B-road? Because she is faced with fast-moving traffic from opposite directions on the A-road, licensed to plough on. If the law is an ass, nowhere is it more asinine, and misanthropic, than in the traffic arena.