On 2013-03-20 11:44:29 +0000, Basil Jet said:

Some or all of the traffic light system is definitely designed to
prevent traffic flow rather than aid it, even in places where there are
essentially no pedestrians (the slow lights at the junction of Montague
Street and Russell Square can have no other explanation).

Indeed - they are out to get us, if not by sedation in the water supply
by traffic lights.

E.