Transcript The Anti-Car Movement in Britain

The Anti-car Movement
in Britain
Malcolm Heymer
Information on Climate Change
www.abd.org.uk/climate_change_truths.htm
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change
& Environmentalism by Christopher C. Horner
The Chilling Stars by Henrik Svensmark & Nigel
Calder
The Great Global Warming Swindle DVD from
WAG TV (www.wagtv.com)
Economics of the London Congestion Charge
Source: Ealing Councillor Phil Taylor
CCTV Facts and Figures
There are over 4 million CCTV cameras in
Britain – 20 per cent of the world total
Britain has 1 per cent of the world’s population
In a British city, you can be recorded on a
CCTV camera more than 300 times per day
“Any society that would give up a
little liberty to gain a little security
will deserve neither and lose both.”
Benjamin Franklin
Manchester: 80% of residents and 57% of
businesses say NO
[MART survey / Gtr Manchester Chamber of Commerce]
UK Casualties
8000
Casualties
7000
Fatal (K)
6000
5000
4000
3000
What happened was that for 28 years before speed cameras were used
deaths fell steadily and more than halved.
2000
1000
0
1966
The ending of that benign falling trend since 1993 has meant that in excess
of 10,000 more people have died on our roads than would sensibly
have been expected in 1993.
Years
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
Intelligent Speed
Adaptation (ISA)
“The relationship between accidents and
vehicle flows is not a linear one (e.g. see
Walmsley and Summersgill, 1998). For
this reason, it is recommended that
roads with very different flow levels are
not studied together.”
TRL Published Project Report PPR026 (2004)
Accident Analysis on Rural Roads – a technical guide
Don’t let it happen
in America!
www.abd.org.uk