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  • ^ really?

    "the selfish, anti-social (and frequently illegal) behaviour of motorists"
    "selfishness of the drivers"
    "tyranny of motor vehicles in urban areas"

    More on the website too.

    I am no more in favour of motor vehicles than these campaigners but to suggest this action will encourage people to replace their car journeys with cycling or walking is a bit too optimistic if you ask me.

    Maybe. What else is there for us? Lobbying? Letter- writing campaigns?

    A couple of weeks ago the GLA were to discuss road safety and dangerous junctions. The tories walked out before the discussion:

    http://lydall.standard.co.uk/2011/12/16-cyclists-dead-but-tories-refuse-to-debate-road-safety.html

    TFL were warned explicitly about dangerous junctions years ago. They did nothing.

    I'm not 100% sure direct action such as is proposed is the best way, but everything else seems to make no difference.

    And I really don't see the campaign as being anti-motorist, just anti-bad motorist. Deaths on the roads cause congestion, if the protest leads to a re-design of the worst junctions then maybe long-term congestion will decrease,and fewer people will die.

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