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Brimstone · January 15th 05, 04:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:
What is the point in arguing against a scheme that is working
perfectly well elsewhere? Are you suggesting that the people of the
UK are in some way less intelligent or able to to adapt than the
people of Holland? Or are you in favour of further dumbing down?

Look upon this as a first step in despatching Nanny back to the
Nursery.

This works fine in rural parts of Britan where the councils have
neither the need nor the money to put extra signs and footpaths in.
The differennce between rural Britain and London is that in London
there is a lot more traffic, drivers are often stressed and the
driving style is completely different.

It works perfectly well in Holland.

As someone with experience of
living in both London and a small rural village I beleive I can make
this comment.

I too have lived not only in London and a small village, but in a number of
other towns and cities in England and have travelled most of mainland UK and
quite a few of the smaller islands as well, plus continental Europe and in
Canada. Many other contributors to this NG have also lived and driven in
many different places.

The essential problem in the UK is that people are told what to do all the
time, what to expect etc so they tend to switch off. If all these signs and
demarcations between different types of traffic are removed then people will
have to switch on and pay attention to what's going on around them.

Also, there are some very old trees growing out of the footpaths on
Exhibition Road - are they going to be left there when the footpath
becomes the road?

You'll have to ask the local authority.