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On Jul 21, 1:14=A0pm, spindrift  wrote: > On 21 July, 13:09, Matt B  wrote: > > > > > Clive George wrote: > > > "Matt B"  wrote in message > > >news:7cllccF26ebefU1@mid.individual.net... > > >> spindrift wrote: > > >>>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23722080-details/We+m= u... > > > >>> The residents bitterly oppose the plan and have done that crappy > > >>> computer drawing you can see at the top of the story.. > > > >>> Cyclists! > > > >>> Gridlock! > > > >>> An out-of-scale wheelchair user! > > > >>> Chaos. > > > >>> Silly arses, a good article from Mr Jenkins though. > > >> Are you now a late convert to the "Shared Space" concept spindrift? > > > > Find a post of his which was against it. > > > I'll tell you what... =A0To save me trawling through hundreds of his > > posts, and attempting to then unravel what is his opinion, and what is = a > > paste of someone else's, let's ask him directly. > > > Spindrift: are you a supporter of the "Shared Space" philosophy (as use= d > > at Seven Dials etc.) - yes or no? > > > There that should clarify it. > > > -- > > Matt B > > Fuck off you pointless troll

Ha ha! For all his faults, it's not often that we see Spindrift having a temper tantrum (I'm sure he has them all the time, probably whenever he thinks about motorists not being made to suffer enough, but presumably he avoids using the Internet during them, or else the nurses restrain him). Quite funny when we do see it though.

Spindrift's support of shared spaces must mean he's decided that they'll make things worse for motorists overall (why else does he ever support anything transport-related?) But I think he's going to be sadly disappointed when it turns out that motorists' journey times get traffic lights while nothing comes in the other direction.
 * shortened* by shared spaces, due to no longer having to wait at

I say bring 'em on: as well as making motorists' journeys quicker, safer and more pleasant, they'll do the same thing for pedestrians, cyclists and other road users. In short, everyone will win, except the car-haters. I can't wait to see how pissed off Spindrift gets when he realises that the shared spaces he's supported have actually made things *easier* for motorists, and not only that, but he'll have no excuse to clamour for their removal since they'll have made things safer for pedestrians and cyclists! Wonderful!

It'll be interesting to see what excuse he comes up with for why all the nice shiny new shared spaces should be put back to how they were before, especially when he was in favour of them. It's usually fun (in a horrible kind of way) watching Spindrift spout contradictory shit in order to justify his beloved anti-motorist measures, but this should be an especially enjoyable spectacle. So let's have loads of shared spaces: all road users will have quicker, safer and nicer journeys, but best of all (well almost anyway), Spindrift will lose it completely as he realises just how much better things have been made for motorists, and in a way that he advocated! You couldn't write a better script!