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Speed cameras and statistical ignorance
A new study shows that government claims about lives saved by speed cameras are overstated. This is ammunition against the free-spending little people who run our local authority highways departments.… more →
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Success at high court for Georgina Downs
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sheepdrove wrote 1 year ago: Environmental campaigner Georgina Downs won an amazing legal victory yesterday to great acclaim. Mr … more →
Speed cameras and statistical ignorance
Editor wrote 1 year ago: A new study shows that government claims about lives saved by speed cameras are overstated. This is … more →
Lib Dems succeed in pushing at 20mph open door
Editor wrote 1 year ago: The latest edition of the Oxford Lib Dems circular proudly boasts of their success in persuading Oxf … more →
Lifeboats, lost cats and Wellington boots
Editor wrote 1 year ago: The tail end of Summer has seen a spate of stories about minor officials with an acute grasp of the … more →
BSI urges new trough for tree inspectors
Editor wrote 1 year ago: One of the most despised features of the Blair-Brown years is the number of busybodies who get their … more →
elf'n safety kills another grand national tradition
Editor wrote 1 year ago: Another one of those nice little English traditions was killed off today at Aintree. The Grand Natio … more →
Thinking expensively for us at Tackley Halt
Editor wrote 1 year ago: There is a disappointing leader in the Oxford Times this week, with the Editor apparently subscribin … more →
Banning tea, ladders and school outings
Editor wrote 1 year ago: Three recent stories show us not only where the world is going but where our money is going. An art … more →
Risk adversity at the swimming pool
Editor wrote 2 years ago: The point of a council swimming pool is to teach youngsters how to swim, from flapping around in arm … more →
HSE buries its towels slip
Editor wrote 2 years ago: Despite its famously frank Chairman, the Health and Safety Executive seems very coy about its widely … more →
Port Meadow risks
Editor wrote 2 years ago: The peaceful scene below is an Autumnal view of Port Meadow in Oxford. I first put it up on this sit … more →
