Freedom circles!
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talkpoliticsHilarity ensue. Peter Phelps, an Aussie MP in the New South Wales parliament, has suggested that all traffic lights should be abolished and substituted with traffic circles, because circular traffic is the ultimate expression of Freedom(tm).
He claims the "Traffic lights are a Bolshevist menace... Traffic lights are things which are set up to try and control traffic to try and control individuals on the roads". So he's calling for adopting the ultimate weapon of Freedom(tm) and Democracy(TMtm):
Apparently, Phelps made this call during a parliamentary debate which was prompted by a decision of the new state legislator to remove 38 speed cameras, which some politicians argued had been put there by the previous state government, aiming not at saving human lives but merely at collecting more fines.
Personally, I've seen a combination of traffic lights AND traffic circles at the same place, and it worked beautifully. I even lived close to one for a time. I didn't feel any less free whenever I was driving through that area, but I might've felt a tad more secure. But what do I know.
He claims the "Traffic lights are a Bolshevist menace... Traffic lights are things which are set up to try and control traffic to try and control individuals on the roads". So he's calling for adopting the ultimate weapon of Freedom(tm) and Democracy(TMtm):
Apparently, Phelps made this call during a parliamentary debate which was prompted by a decision of the new state legislator to remove 38 speed cameras, which some politicians argued had been put there by the previous state government, aiming not at saving human lives but merely at collecting more fines.
Personally, I've seen a combination of traffic lights AND traffic circles at the same place, and it worked beautifully. I even lived close to one for a time. I didn't feel any less free whenever I was driving through that area, but I might've felt a tad more secure. But what do I know.
