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Pete Smith

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In message , The Rifleman
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what country are you living in whereby local councils do not purposely
create congestion, because they certainly do in London. And are you also
denying the govt doesn't steal a large percentage of road tax that it uses
on non-road issues? tunnel vision and non-reality, looks like you suffer
both, you maroon.

Yup they have done it deliberatly round here, created congestion spots at
certain junctions and choke points, reset traffic lights to favour empty
feeder roads against roads that have the traffic etc.

For what purpose?

So they can be seen to be doing something, so they can say "Look, traffic is
really bad, something must be done to control it".

IMO, anyone who willingly goes into any form of politics - local council up
to the Government, and possibly even the UN (complete with its reptilian
shadow government!) do it because they are control freaks. They like to
control people.

Causing congestion controls people. It forces people to do what _they_ want
them to do. The congestion causes problems, so something must be done about
it (congestion charge in London), giving _more_ control.

Pete.

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