If you don’t know that Ealing introduced these precisely to raise revenue then you haven’t been paying attention. Why else would the signage be displayed in a manner that makes it difficult to see until entering a restricted road?
Of course, they could have published any data collected to show exactly how dangerous these streets were, presumably strewn with the bodies of the dead and dying on a daily basis. It’s old fishwives like Paul who get hysterical about road safety when a motor vehicle is involved, yet go strangely quiet when it’s a cyclist causing a problem. |