Comments on: Red Light Threat

By: Nelson

Nelson — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:06:52 +0000

Sweet Jesus. Save me from these nincompoops.

By: Benefit-scrounging immigrant

Benefit-scrounging immigrant — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:52:20 +0000

At the cost of being pelted with vegetables for introducing an element of seriousness in the discussion, I should point out that the original HYS poster does not have it *entirely* wrong.

From what little I remember of my Queue Theory exam (yes, we study this kind of crap in Computer Science courses in Italy), there are two possible approaches to traffic lighting – one is the synchronised approach, in which, if you maintain a certain speed, usually a little under the local speed limit, you’ll hit a string of green lights and basically in not-too-huge cities you can go from one side of the city to the other without stopping (well, assuming there is an avenue that crosses it completely, of course – synchronisation can only work in straight lines, so to speak). The other approach is to time red and green lights to force motorists to stop every two or three crossings; this wastes more fuel but makes it safer for pedestrians – apparently having to stop frequently makes the average motorist more careful. Well, that’s what my course material said, at any rate.

Of course the poster is also a diseased baboon’s slit and the issue has nothing to do with a council being socialist or conservative (an equal and opposite conspiracy theory could state that green/socialist councils endanger the lives of pedestrians by synchronising traffic lights to save fuel), but there is some sort of resemblance to the truth in his argument.

By: Swanno

Swanno — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:26:36 +0000

By Bakunin’s Beard, he’s on to us! Everyone knows the true aim of socialism is pointless traffic inconveniences – the most effecient way to take over the world. Frankly, I’ve had enough – I’m off to join those National Socialists with SaxonHero, I hear they make the trains run on time…

By: Moe

Moe — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:04:23 +0000

This chap’s got a point. Traffic lights are intended to give everyone the same opportunity to cross a junction; that’s an insidiously socialist concept.

In the spirit of true free-market competition, I suggest we remove the lights altogether and let them all drive towards each other as fast as they can. It’ll certainly solve the congestion problem, eventually.

By: Cowboy

Cowboy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:16:51 +0000

Blackburn council isn’t even controlled by the zaNu-Liar-Bore ’socialists’ anymore, they lost it to NOC in 2007. Unless Saxon considers anything to the left of the BNP as sandal-wearing pinkos…

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:46:10 +0000

The holes are in Blackburn, so no one cares, cos it’s a shit-hole.

I also like the attitude of the people who cry,

“I’m not from the UK, I’m from England!”

“OK then, so, round four: is the Queen the Queen of (a) England & Wales, (b) Scotland, or (c) Both?”

“Erm… I’ll go for (c) please, Chris.”

“You sure? Don’t want to phone a friend, you ignorant piece of horse shit?”

“No, definitely (c).”

“Well in that case, then, it’s the UNITED FUCKING KINGDOM, YOU UTTER BERK. WHAT DOES IT SAY ON YOUR SHITTING PASSPORT? READ IT THERE – UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND. SHITHEAD!”

I’m sure you can all forgive Chris Tarrant his little rant there, but it was from the heart. Touching, we can all agree.

By: hope

hope — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:34:30 +0000

I’m sorry but not even the smart, witty, sarcastic comments can save this sorry “England (not UK)” person from me breaking down and losing the last piece of hope about humanity…

YOU FUCKING IGNORANT CUNT DICKSLAP PIECE OF SHIT MAY YOU SLOWLY BURN IN HELL

cheers

By: howfar

howfar — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:52:25 +0000

Also, if he’s a “Saxon Hero”, why doesn’t he fuck off back to Saxony. German cunt. I bet their traffic lights run on time. But they have the downside of gassing anyone in a horse-drawn caravan.

By: howfar

howfar — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:47:54 +0000

The answer is in your own comment, Tom. “Waits at red”. At red! It’s the bloody socialists, so don’t you try to strip away the only sensible part of the comment with your long-hair and anecdotal evidence, you dirty commie rabble-rouser.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:34:21 +0000

If you ignore the socialist comment, there is an element of truth to this.

Congestion was successfully reduced at some junctions near me by removing the traffic lights. And it’s not uncommon to see traffic lights allowing a non-existent stream of traffic to proceed while real traffic waits at red.