It is so refreshing to know that there is at least one other person on Earth who enjoys that liberating and empowering feeling of making your own mind up when faced with pointless signage 😁. I am not suggesting that traffic lights are pointless but rather that following any directives and signage when you don't need to does, in my opinion dull your brain and Spirit. Thank you Rory.
Hi Grace, thanks very much for engaging with this post. I often write about things which I find liberating and empowering so I hope that you enjoy some of my other postings too.
A friend of mine was convinced that a certain set of traffic lights were incorrect through either bad management programming error or whatever. It was a cross roads in a city centre. He was convinced that at one of the roads you were held from turning left for no good reason. He had “worked it all out” and was conceived he could turn left on a red with no issue at all. The day he put this into practice I was in the car with him and he confidently swung round the corner to be confronted by a couple of dozen school children crossing on a red light. He avoided hitting them by a matter of inches.
This friend was clearly an idiot. However the rules that govern his road usage must govern us all as interms of road safety at least I feel we are obligated to be at the level of the lowest common denominator. And while a deserted country road at night may be different to a city by day a uniform rule is needed, it only takes one teen dressed in all black to emerge from those shadows to cross on the red light that you run for something tragic to happen and while such things may never be avoid and while you may consider your self a prudent and careful driver, if you hope to rest on a defence in court of “using my judgement over obeying the light” I don’t think you will find any success.
Hi Joseph, thanks for engaging with the post. I think you may have missed my point. I am not advocating turning left at a junction without looking or driving without due care and attention. School children cross roads and teens dressed in black emerge from shadows; Therefore, it is incumbent on drivers to factor these risks when driving at all times. I think the “confidently swung around the corner” was the issue here rather than whether there was a red light or not.
Based on what I've learnt about Common Law, legal vs. lawful, acts and statutes, etc. it's unlikely that passing through a red light is a criminal offence. I certainly didn't consent to that regulation or "law", so my understanding is that as long as there's no harm to others then no crime has been committed. This should apply to all the other nonsense; masks, lockdowns, etc. We need to start educating ourselves and our kids on Common Law, and stop living in this constant fear of being caught out. And indeed, move away from this depressing culture of self-policing and judging others for using their common sense.
Hi Ann, thanks very much for taking the time to engage with the post. I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments. Individual freedom to judge risk and live our lives with minimum regulation are themes I regularly touch on. All the best.
It is so refreshing to know that there is at least one other person on Earth who enjoys that liberating and empowering feeling of making your own mind up when faced with pointless signage 😁. I am not suggesting that traffic lights are pointless but rather that following any directives and signage when you don't need to does, in my opinion dull your brain and Spirit. Thank you Rory.
Hi Grace, thanks very much for engaging with this post. I often write about things which I find liberating and empowering so I hope that you enjoy some of my other postings too.
A friend of mine was convinced that a certain set of traffic lights were incorrect through either bad management programming error or whatever. It was a cross roads in a city centre. He was convinced that at one of the roads you were held from turning left for no good reason. He had “worked it all out” and was conceived he could turn left on a red with no issue at all. The day he put this into practice I was in the car with him and he confidently swung round the corner to be confronted by a couple of dozen school children crossing on a red light. He avoided hitting them by a matter of inches.
This friend was clearly an idiot. However the rules that govern his road usage must govern us all as interms of road safety at least I feel we are obligated to be at the level of the lowest common denominator. And while a deserted country road at night may be different to a city by day a uniform rule is needed, it only takes one teen dressed in all black to emerge from those shadows to cross on the red light that you run for something tragic to happen and while such things may never be avoid and while you may consider your self a prudent and careful driver, if you hope to rest on a defence in court of “using my judgement over obeying the light” I don’t think you will find any success.
Hi Joseph, thanks for engaging with the post. I think you may have missed my point. I am not advocating turning left at a junction without looking or driving without due care and attention. School children cross roads and teens dressed in black emerge from shadows; Therefore, it is incumbent on drivers to factor these risks when driving at all times. I think the “confidently swung around the corner” was the issue here rather than whether there was a red light or not.
Based on what I've learnt about Common Law, legal vs. lawful, acts and statutes, etc. it's unlikely that passing through a red light is a criminal offence. I certainly didn't consent to that regulation or "law", so my understanding is that as long as there's no harm to others then no crime has been committed. This should apply to all the other nonsense; masks, lockdowns, etc. We need to start educating ourselves and our kids on Common Law, and stop living in this constant fear of being caught out. And indeed, move away from this depressing culture of self-policing and judging others for using their common sense.
Hi Ann, thanks very much for taking the time to engage with the post. I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments. Individual freedom to judge risk and live our lives with minimum regulation are themes I regularly touch on. All the best.