DfT discouraged fuel saving

[garethr]

So while the government looks for every possible way to tax us in the name of saving the planet, the Department for Transport was actively encouraging fuel use in order to keep tax revenues up.

 

Another one for the You couldn't make it up! file......

 

 

Drivers catch green lights 'wave'

Motorists should face fewer red lights following the relaxation of government guidance on the flow of traffic.

Local councils can adopt "green wave" systems of sensors, where vehicles at or just below the speed limit trigger a succession of green lights. Environmental and motoring groups say carbon emissions will be reduced.

Previously the Department for Transport (DfT) had discouraged the systems, which reduce fuel use, resulting in less tax being paid to the Treasury, but now, rather than seeing green wave systems as a "cost" to the public purse, the DfT views them as a "benefit".

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7998182.stm

[The Restorer]

Read it earlier today. It's quite shocking at how much the government gets away with manipulating its own people.

 

 

 

Previously the Department for Transport (DfT) had discouraged the systems, which reduce fuel use, resulting in less tax being paid to the Treasury, but now, rather than seeing green wave systems as a "cost" to the public purse, the DfT views them as a "benefit".

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7998182.stm

[RedM]

I saw this earlier too. Dept of Tw*ts.

[Kranz]

I did wonder why, at a certain set of traffic lights on a dual carriageway at 3am, they would ALWAYS turn red as I approached...... even though I was the only vehicle on the road and nothing went from any other direction!

[Homer]

Also read this earlier and was genuinely shocked at the original stance from the DfT

[RedM]

I did wonder why, at a certain set of traffic lights on a dual carriageway at 3am, they would ALWAYS turn red as I approached...... even though I was the only vehicle on the road and nothing went from any other direction!

 

Can I take a stab at where that is?

[MrRalphMan]

I did wonder why, at a certain set of traffic lights on a dual carriageway at 3am, they would ALWAYS turn red as I approached...... even though I was the only vehicle on the road and nothing went from any other direction!

 

With a Red light camera as well by any chance?

[Nick]

They have a similar thing in Holland when the road is clear. The lights are always red, then literally a second or two after you've stopped they change to green. Really infuriating.