Out driving today and came across another new set of traffic lights. As I waited patiently for them to change and let me through while no traffic whatsoever was going through them in the other direction I remembered that not that long ago it was pointed out that traffic planners had deliberately planned in traffic slowing measures contrary to what they were reporting. Reporting that they were improving traffic flow while actually causing traffic congestion to increase the tax take on fuel. What a bunch of twats.
Anyway, along came the whingy whiney greens and it was pointed out that this was causing issues with the fight against climate change. Traffic planners actually deliberately increasing CO2. So bit of a Catch 22 for our wonderful government. Causing climate change to increase the tax ripoff for motorists or actually reducing climate change and at the same time reducing tax revenue.
So here we are several months later and after thoroughly testing the new traffic lights I can only say that one of two things has happened.
1) They can’t afford to let any tax opportunities get away. So are keeping up the ‘improving’ traffic flow.
2) None of them actually now how to improve traffic flow. It is entirely different from what they have been trained to do and screwing something up is always much easier than making something work.
Looks like I’ll be adding traffic planners to my ‘special’ list.
Going against the grain
Out driving today and came across another new set of traffic lights. As I waited patiently for them to change and let me through while no traffic whatsoever was going through them in the other direction I remembered that not that long ago it was pointed out that traffic planners had deliberately planned in traffic slowing measures contrary to what they were reporting. Reporting that they were improving traffic flow while actually causing traffic congestion to increase the tax take on fuel. What a bunch of twats.
Anyway, along came the whingy whiney greens and it was pointed out that this was causing issues with the fight against climate change. Traffic planners actually deliberately increasing CO2. So bit of a Catch 22 for our wonderful government. Causing climate change to increase the tax ripoff for motorists or actually reducing climate change and at the same time reducing tax revenue.
So here we are several months later and after thoroughly testing the new traffic lights I can only say that one of two things has happened.
1) They can’t afford to let any tax opportunities get away. So are keeping up the ‘improving’ traffic flow.
2) None of them actually now how to improve traffic flow. It is entirely different from what they have been trained to do and screwing something up is always much easier than making something work.
Looks like I’ll be adding traffic planners to my ‘special’ list.