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Boris keeps the important traffic flowing
http://tinyurl.com/q9tu6c Toby Young:- "My five-year-old daughter's best friend was run over last week. It happened on the pelican crossing on Uxbridge Road, opposite St Stephen's Primary School in Shepherd's Bush. Miguel waited until he saw a green man, crossed to the island in the middle of the road, then carried on walking, not realising that the green man had started flashing. He was hit by a Ford Focus travelling at 30mph. Luckily, he wasn't badly hurt, but it is only a matter of time before a child is killed at this crossing. Miguel is the third child from St Stephen's to be hit there this year. In each case, the cause has been the same: a child has started to cross, only to be marooned in the middle of the road when the green man has started to flash. Like all pelican crossings, it simply doesn't give you enough time, thanks to the Mayor's decision to reduce the length of time all traffic lights in London stay red in the hope of reducing congestion. Linford Christie might be able to make it but a child doesn't stand a chance." Third class citizens. Endanger and delay the peds so that the over- privileged and important motorists (and the cyclists who do bother to stop) don't get too frustrated. |
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