tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post7475671285412125497..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: Shared SpaceRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-68967401104748257382010-10-12T16:22:20.775+01:002010-10-12T16:22:20.775+01:00I noticed the reference to the blind in the Part 2...I noticed the reference to the blind in the Part 2 film. That's a serious issue, but I can't imagine there isn't a way round it.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-73368218406184501332010-10-12T15:53:24.495+01:002010-10-12T15:53:24.495+01:00The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (209617) ...The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (209617) oppose it and have devoted an unspecified amount of money to lobbying against the proposals.<br /><br />See page 10 ' policy development, advocacy and campaigns' of the scanned report and accounts for 2009. <br /><br />http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ScannedAccounts/Ends17%5C0000209617_ac_20091231_e_c.pdfWoman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-26673398753703366722010-10-12T10:06:46.879+01:002010-10-12T10:06:46.879+01:00Yes, 'blind obedience' sums it up well. G...Yes, 'blind obedience' sums it up well. Glad your bro wasn't badly hurt, and that he's back on the road before too long.<br /><br />Nikos, I'm reminded of the saying 'to err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer', but in this case the untrained were even worse than a man-made system.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-1255942215603061842010-10-12T08:17:06.284+01:002010-10-12T08:17:06.284+01:00And if you want to increase congestion and frustra...And if you want to increase congestion and frustration put a group of special constables out on traffic duty in Cheshire on a Sunday afternoon to cause 5 mile tailbacks around Tatton Park!Nikoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119901226987582553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-54849369451518408202010-10-12T01:21:58.875+01:002010-10-12T01:21:58.875+01:00Well, I've often maintained that the way to ge...Well, I've often maintained that the way to get people to act responsibly is to make them genuinely responsible for their own actions. It certainly looks like the case here, excess conceptual buzzwords notwithstanding.<br /><br />The real beauty of the system lies in the personal involvement. It isn't being dictated to by machinery, it's all about negotiating with your fellow road users for mutual - and apparently measurable - benefit. I can see why it should and would work: it'd be nice to have a few more trials in place to verify that.<br /><br />Traffic controls didn't help my brother, fetched off his motorcycle today (fortunately without too much damage) by a woman who was convinced they'd given her right of way onto a roundabout. She was admittedly wrong, but her blind obedience to what she believed the sign said meant she never even looked.endemoniada_88noreply@blogger.com