BBC - Oxford traffic reduction conspiracies and Wrong Said Fred

I'm pretty sure RSF, or at least the lead "singer" was a big covid denier /anti-vaxxer. Once you get into one conspiracy you normally get roped into loads of others.

​I was speaking to an ex-neighbour of my dads a few years ago. Somehow we started talking about The Beatles and I stated how my uncle was also a big fan but got peed off when McCartney just barged past fans waiting for autographs. That started him off that McCartney was replaced and he believed that as a kid as he could see he was a different fellow. Then about the moonlandings were faked because the "computers" on the spacecraft were so low spec. I think I made my excuses and left around then. 

The anti-LTN brigade seem to be getting increasingly unhinged.

I always find it interesting how many people don't own a car in the areas where LTNs are proposed and how little their voice seems to matter in the discussions. It's very telling.

There's a conspiracy obsessive in my family who says his objection to LTNs is because the planters that block the roads contain tanks full of virus that will be released to cause the next pandemic.

All very confusing when he used to declare the last one was a hoax.

I don't follow how it's an international concern when they're complaining about plans for Oxford (which they aren't correct about anyway). The ony way I can see that it's international is if it's an environmental push-back by fossil fuel concerns - probably funded by the likes of Exxon https://thecompost.io/articles/exxonknew

What's really ironic is that there has been a massive conspiracy by oil companies to gaslight the public about climate change and refute climate science so that they can continue to make money before society collapses, yet we keep getting people that argue on the side of continuuing to design everything around cars and not figure out more sustainable ways that people can get around.

Lastly for now, lovely Sherborne with its cycle-friendly railhead, and just one unclassified road in and out to the west. If you want to carry on east, another A road to tackle. It's only a short run to Oborne but it's a nasty narrow, steep turning and better to plough on to Milborne Port. 

 A nice route up the Avon Valley from Amesbury (Salisbury as well) ends in a series of A roads before Upavon which you have to navigate, like if you want to carry on to say the rail head at Pewsey.  Unpleasant at best, unsafe a lot of the time, and would take a lot of mettle to attempt. You did this, drivers, this is on you. 

Drivers, if it's a Berlin Wall or deprivation of mobility rights you are after, then have a look at the attached map extract.

Between Cadnam and Ringwood, there is just one crossing point (a checkpoint if you like) for road cyclists going north-south. You can only make a left turn at Stoney Cross. Zero prospect of riding on the road itself, of course.  Sure, for off-roaders and walkers there are four underpasses on this stretch if you seek them out on the 1:25000 map.  This road effectively cuts the New Forest in two.

Every claim you make about your so-called frweedom I can show you ten or more cases where a major road makes navigating the countryside other than by car impossible, unsafe or only for the supremely brave. 
 

When there are no logical arguments to be made against LTNs, it's hardly surprising that the arguments made are illogical and increasingly absurd.

(And before a certain commenter pipes up; no, I do not consider "my ability to get to work within X minutes is more important than your ability to walk to the shops without being hit by a car" a logical argument)