‘Low-traffic neighbourhood’ may sound innocuous. Peaceful and quiet, even. But limiting the movement of vehicles comes at a cost. Ministers are hearing all about it after reports of LTNs delaying emergency vehicles.
Infrastructure used to enforce LTNs was under attack well before the latest news. Almost as soon as the first barriers were positioned, vigilantes turned to civil disobedience to battle the restrictions on free movement in towns and cities. In some neighbourhoods, planters positioned on roads to block vehicles have been set alight within hours of installation.
New figures cite nearly 240 incidents in London alone where ambulances have been delayed during callouts. The news is translating into renewed pressure on Ministers to rethink the measures.
The Mail Online has the story.
Ministers were last night under growing pressure from their own MPs and campaigners to scrap ‘preposterous’ and ‘dangerous’ low-traffic neighbourhoods. …
Experts said the recorded incidents would be “the tip of the iceberg” as they relate only to London and there are hundreds more low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in other cities. It is also believed that not all incidents were recorded.
Many councils have hailed LTNs as a success in tackling congestion and pollution, with 300 already set up or planned nationwide.
The schemes include pop-up cycle lanes, wider pavements and closing streets to cars while policing the new rules with warning signs, CCTV cameras and fines for drivers breaking them.
But critics say they are often poorly thought out, built at short notice with little consultation and accuse council chiefs of using them as “cash cows” to clobber motorists.
Worth reading in full.
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Well this is not at all reassuring from Dr Malone. 13 mRNA ‘vaccine’ trials have been completed, all for diseases other than Covid, and we can expect no improvement in the safety department. More of the same basically;
”We know now that the pseudouridine-containing mRNA does not break down for months. But rather, it stays in the body producing protein. This is not natural mRNA by any stretch of the imagination, and it does not behave like natural mRNA. This technology, as currently practiced by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech, employs a novel polymeric biomolecule, the properties of which have not been well characterized. The protein levels being produced by these vaccines is not known, the duration of protein production isn’t known, and the biodistribution of protein production is not known. And the FDA and other global regulatory authorities are all comfortable with this??
As an example of one of the dangers with not knowing the protein levels, distribution and duration of transgene expression, we know from many prior immune tolerance studies that too much antigen (protein in this case), can cause “tolerance.” That is essentially where the immune system stops seeing the threat. These vaccines could easily drive up tolerance against a virus. We know from multiple peer reviewed papers from top global laboratories that they are driving “immune imprinting” or “original antigenic sin” problems- in human beings (not just mice). This is not theoretical. It is real, and being exacerbated by the “booster vaccines” (FDA terminology) or “new vaccines” (US White House terminology).”
https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/rna-vaccine-clinical-trials
A bit of Gallic revolutionary spirit wouldn’t go astray. Time for the radical 10% pushing this rubbish to face a bit of people power.
Seconded.
Sadly the people who impose LTNs don’t care
Stand in the Park Make friends & keep sane
Sundays 10.30am to 11.30am
Elms Field
near Everyman Cinema & play area
Wokingham RG40 2FE
Start calling them what they really are: 21st Century 15 minute Ghettos.