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Continue reading →: All’s fair in love, war and PR
Well, there’s a surprise. Since Oxfordshire County Council pulled the plug on speed cameras, speeding has increased. A bit. In a couple of places. Where the limit was too low anyway and the cameras sited on long, straight roads. OCC’s media team has, predictably, gone semi-hysterical, with the headline “The…
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Continue reading →: Bentley Drivers’ Day 2010 – Communism meets Capitalism
Absolutely the best event at Silverstone is Bentley Drivers’ Day. There is something jaw-dropping about watching men old enough to know better ragging £250,000-worth of racing lorry (pace, Ettore) around a track at daft speeds. There’s something even better about getting the chance to talk to them in the paddock…
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Continue reading →: Bikes, bacon butties and, er, an Enfield
The Urinal needed fuel this morning. I don’t like to run her below 150km to a tank just to give me a bit of margin. So, as ever, it’s an excuse to take the longer route to the office. That’s a splendid, winding road across the flats of West Oxfordshire…
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Continue reading →: A Bayeux Breakfast.
I was over in France recently with my business partner, James. We’d been looking at various bits of WWII history and enjoying a few glasses of wine and good meals along the way. After one rather memorable Saturday evening, we just about managed to surface and shamble into Bayeux. Good…
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Continue reading →: It’s the end
Well, apparently, that’s it for speed cameras in Oxfordshire. Wouldn’t it be lovely if road safety was as simple as some people believe? Lots of nice ‘facts’. A clear, easy solution to save lives. Even better if we could enforce that solution automatically by machine.
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