On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 07:34:27PM +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:

Or to spend the money on extra police or traffic wardens (or cameras) to
enforce traffic laws at key conflict points. And, since a minor but
significant fraction of cyclist casualties stem from cyclist errors, i
mean enforcing them against cyclists as well as motorists!

The latter would mean making cyclists identifiable, with number plates.
Good idea.

Unfortunately, cameras won't work. Cameras can't spot an awful lot of
bad behaviour, such as silly lane changes, unless monitored by a person.
And if you're going to have a person, why not just have them stand next
to the junction in question?

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