Geoff Buys LTNS - Or not. Kings Heath, Birmingham, UK.

In this video, Geoff visits Kings Heath, Birmingham, to experience the Low Traffic Neighbourhood. CAUTION... may contain knocking anti-roll bar bushes and a TOTAL LACK OF COMMON SENSE!

[@robertcampbell6521]

Yep I would definitely be out with the angle grinder

[@AdelinoGambiarras]

Do you want to borrow my Makita?

[@GT380man]

If the police took a dislike to us customising those prison bars, what’s the offence & what’s the punishment? Frankly, it’s worth it.

[@OatCakeProductions]

@@GT380man Charge would be Criminal Damage. Depending on the cost of the damage caused, anything from a fine - up to 26 weeks in the clink. But they've got to catch you first.

[@jackiefisher1820]

Vote REFORM of that doesn't work bring on the revolution!

[@dh2032]

@@GT380man do one with BBB, or the over bald block, he's got KZbin channel to now the more the merrier two, three, more heads are better than one?

[@anglosaxon5874]

Seriously. We need to get oursleves elected as councillors and reverse everything these traitors have done!

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

Yup...I'm up for that!...... these goons know nuffin!...

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

...they never did a days graft in their lives!..

[@angusnz7910]

Are the councillors local? Take protests to the front door. Until the unrest lands at their personal doorstep they will just ignore any other protest

[@chrisw7220]

We need to start shouting for performance related payments on council tax. If they are not performing we shouldn't be paying! Same for income tax... They have effectively a direct debit to you bank account and they fritter your cash like they have an endless supply!

[@qft4300]

Too late for politics

[@BlueJDev]

Imo It has achieved: - more pollution - more frustration - more risk of accidents - more spent on fuel - money and time of the tax payers wasted - more tyres being used And generally lots of people randomly driving around like lost ants...

[@jsweetsweet6764]

To put us all off getting into R car's. All by design.

[@capitanvonchickenpants8492]

They are our roads that we paid for, these little Hitler's have no right to tell us we can't use them

[@cloudbasenirvana]

@@jsweetsweet6764 AS their motto goes..... You'll OWN NOTHING, You'll GO Nowhere, You'll Eat Ze Bugs and be happy.

[@eyesodd]

​@@jsweetsweet6764Exactly, ten years ago, I'd get in from work and go for a drive on the country roads to blow off steam. Wouldnt dream of it now, average speed cameras on rural roads, speed bumps on all the others, oh and Ulez, just no fun.

[@hotwheelshuntinguk]

And relating to that very last point, creating 2X pollution!!!

[@arnoldrimmer9161]

Bet the bin lorries, ambulance, fire, police love these. Could literally cost someone's life

[@andygozzo72]

exactly! surely illegal to obstruct emergency services.and yes, how do they get bins emptied, all that 'maze' surely severely delays the bin lorries...

[@XENUGOLFCLUB]

That will have already happened. But of course the corrupt government and media will bury it

[@silvermane9370]

See my comment above on here. I believe they are a removable bollard made of plastic. Lightweight, removed with a metal pin from a separate base socket concreted into the ground. Also very easily replaceable if damaged.

[@scaryfakevirus]

You think they care about lives? Look at the last few years of the jabs.

[@arnoldrimmer9161]

@@scaryfakevirus this is very true indeed

[@FreeFlyerUk]

They're great for moped criminals to get away from the cops

[@jackiefisher1820]

Devil's in the detail!

[@martinheath5947]

Criminals the only people who genuinely benefitted, and still do, from face masks

[@cedarstuff]

And for stopping Ambulances and Fire Engines...

[@SebDangerfield-yu7cm]

See exactly what you mean, but you don't even need a moped. Anyone who can run faster than a fat and out of shape robo (I mean RAINbow) cop can do what they like, with impunity.

[@Ryan-pz2wh]

You do realise that the police also use motorbikes? Lmao

[@outbackmotorcyclesandengin867]

It's nothing to do with clean air or the environment. It's all about control, nothing more.

[@0skar9193]

Don't forget money

[@angelh5762]

Of course it is, anyone with a brain can work out the whole green climate 'crisis' is a money grab. It counter intuitive imo.

[@angelh5762]

Well the yt ai Karens are working overtime mentioned something about the GAgenda and poof.

[@revc2010]

Really? "Don't look up" whatever you do then.

[@SUBCITIZEN666]

Yeah Orwell was right 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@enchantress7940]

Every scheme is anti car. That’s the whole point

[@Denise-vn8wz]

And when all ICE cars are gone, they'll pull the plug on EVs and say walk or use public transport before it goes too. Holidays abroad. Computer says "What are they?"

[@FriendlyTalking2]

Then there's the incredible increase in insurance costs just this year

[@arthur1670]

Have you been on a motorway .... always getting rebuilt, not really anti car

[@enchantress7940]

@@arthur1670 that’s exactly that as well, always lane closures, smart motorways with altering speeds every mile. They are always digging them up .

[@arthur1670]

@@enchantress7940 it’s nothing to do with cyclist though and pedestrians

[@AI-Records24]

It’s so undemocratic to put these things out, especially given they make us pay for them through council tax. Councils have lost their minds they have gone from serving local residents to authoritarian money draining organisations with literal thickos in charge. They think they own all land, they think they own the roads, they think we are there to serve them and do what they say. It should be the other way around and they should be begging us to make the decisions about our local areas.

[@sullivanrachael]

Sociopaths rule, OKAY! They feel entitled to make everyone else do what they say. It makes them feel important.

[@AI-Records24]

@@sullivanrachaelyes exactly! College and university indoctrination has them behaving like dictators in just 5 years or less, guaranteed!

[@annabelrobin294]

Well said.

[@TheTonytiger89]

Spot on. Sadly, I don’t really think we live in a democracy, period.

[@Julia-xz7vb]

the dickheads that design these things sit at home being paid mega £ drawing pictures of flower pots to block roads on their imacs with their tesla outside. they never have to go to the office and see the carnage they are causing for the average person.

[@markbray2988]

It's all part of the grand plan to irritate, annoy and piss motorists off... To the point that they hang up their keys in frustration.

[@jackiefisher1820]

It's being going on in Wolverhampton since 1980's I thought it might have something to do with dealing with face riots! Since then we are outnumbered so I might now have to rethink? Definitely dark powering action over last 50 yrs!

[@wecandothiswarriors]

Fight back Ok

[@wecandothiswarriors]

For your DNA..Kids x

[@hamshackleton]

We had those LTN traffic blockers here in Warrington, up until last year. The exhaust fume levels increased, because all the traffic including HGV's were stuck in massive jams, where there hadn't been jams previously. Then the council realised that the school buses couldn't get through to the schools, and the Fire Brigade were rather upset because their engines wouldn't fit through all the cars parked down the streets because their owners couldn't get to their homes and driveways! A little bird told me that the planters that were strewn merrily about here were watered with weed-killer in the early hours, and someone 'borrowed' a fork-lift truck, and moved some of them over a bit, to make room. When all the flowers in the planters kept dying, and they became receptacles for beer cans and other rubbish- - - - the council finally saw sense and removed them all. They looked exactly like the ones you have, even to the green signs, so perhaps that is where they were sold to!

[@jstokes5582]

This is just crazy. At least you were eventually able to get rid of them. I live in the states and this just seems as if they want total control there. It’s like a rat maze. I hope this doesn’t spread to the states but I think they are trying to ease it in with their “smart cities”.

[@krisjones3359]

Note to self, always carry a fully charged cordless angle grinder and disks in the car 👍🤣

[@DanRobards]

Make sure to park up round the corner and detach your magnetic plates!

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

Mount it under the front bumper, and retractable. Make you feel like 007.

[@cabbage681]

I do 😊

[@rjbfreelander2]

What a load of bollocks the LTN's are. Honestly. They just move the traffic and concentrate it in another location.

[@cloudbasenirvana]

Free flowing traffic is now LTN or as they should be called 'slow to non-moving, fuel wasting, air poisoning, mental health issue causing destroyers of health, minds and environments'

[@debbiecross8980]

Probably devalue the prices of the houses in the area eventually, with all the extra pollution!

[@badabing8884]

So what is your solution to getting people out of their cars?

[@cloudbasenirvana]

@@badabing8884 Why do you want to get people out of their cars ?

[@user-gz6tx6yp3v]

​@@badabing8884You are the problem. It is none of your business to interfere with others freedom to travel and how they choose to travel. You probably are one of those people that don't even know that our atmosphere contains 0.04% co2 of which at least 90% is from natural causes. Another drone who's been fed a load of BS so you can be taxed more and kept in your place. Big pat on the back for you sir.

[@martinsmith5998]

who voted for these LTN`s? surely its illegal to block the kings highway, more virtual signalling, a waste of council tax money, and a tax raising venture for the council

[@charlestoast4051]

Get the angle grinder out! Time for some night time activity!

[@jellysurprize]

There must be something in the Magna Carta surely?

[@mickkidston7344]

@@jellysurprize 🤣

[@chaosflower4892]

the king is part of the problem...

[@DadgeCity]

Lots of people voted for them. If you live in Kings Heath, for example, you're mightily fed up with people using the streets as rat runs.

[@eyeswideopen8951]

The thing about LTN’s that are completely baffling is, they are sold to people on how they reduce traffic on residential streets, meaning children can play safely without the fear of being mowed down. Well that may be the case if you have a house on street “X”, but if you live on street “Y”, you now have 100 times more traffic driving on your street, making it vastly more dangerous. So 1 street has lower emissions, quieter traffic and are safer for children. Yet other streets now have increased emissions, increased noise and are practically a death trap for children.

[@David-tt2mt]

Well done Geoff for highlighting this "Prisoner Zoning". What used to be a simple turn down any road to get back on track, has been made impossible due to the "flower pot" mentality. Some tooled up gardeners need to relocate the tubs.

[@jackiefisher1820]

Change the councillors not the plants!

[@stuartd9741]

Relocate the flower tubs outside of councillors houses..

[@shootsteel]

BANKRUPT Birmingham for you

[@MTBLaura]

I'm almost ashamed to admit; a few years ago i responded to a local "survey" to keep a temporary one of these. On a road to nowhere, alongside a junior school. And I thought it would be good to promote safety and independence for the age 7 - 11 kids growing their confidence going in and out of school by themselves. Then that thing happened and I woke up again. That's how they get us; we'll give you this, it'll be safer for the children. And before you know it you own nothing and are happy 👀

[@ducthman4737]

And even the kids are not yours.

[@phils4634]

Child road safety means understanding that you are NOT the one with "all the rights", and accepting that you just have to fit in with the needs of others. Whilst "School zones" might be justifiable (at a stretch) for Primary Schools, by the time they are in Secondary education they should be expected to know the pedestrians' Road Rules, and act accordingly. In Australia we have 40km/h "School Zones" in our Secondary Schools - and more than a few of the older pupils drive, so this policy simply cultivates the "I've got Rights, Mate!" mindset that Australia is justifiably notorious for (and of course leads to a higher accident rate amongst new drivers). We are deluged by the "Speed Kills" garbage, yet our fastest roads are (per driver mile) also our safest. Speed does NOT kill; entitled / impatient attitude (combined with very poor training standards) kill, and kill reliably.

[@5688gamble]

@@phils4634 The street is not for people, it is for cars, the people in cars are more important than everyone else, stay out of their way, or they will murder you, son. Their journey is more important than your life because they have a car, that confers the right on them to occupy most of your street and threaten your life if they perceive you as slowing them down.

[@matthewbooth9265]

no school kid gets stabbed to death being dropped off and picked up by car from school....you want to keep kids safe? embrace the car, you know the thing that allowed the uk's economy to really grow rapidly as people were able to go from one place to another quickly and cheaply. If you want less cars, you can achieve it simply by reducing the population....because british people are not going to start walking or cycling no matter how much money you waste on crap idea's to try to push people out of their cars. I tried to go to a couple of concerts in london from oxfordshire. 4 hour journey each way by bus. By car, less than 3 hours and had I been rich enough to own a ulezbian car, i could have got to the concert in 2.5 hours or less. It's a no brainer isn't it.

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

I walked to primary school on my own, crossing roads along the way. A LOT has changed since the 1980s.

[@brianlopez8855]

Buy a small pallet truck, hand cranked, and move the pallet tubs away...

[@bentullett6068]

I have some small skid steer loaders for hire where I work. Ideal for moving pallets and some of these boxes.

[@grahamsmith8091]

@@bentullett6068 Remove them to the council office car parks

[@bentullett6068]

@@grahamsmith8091 and to the councillors homes.

[@paulthetford2004]

Scaffold pole, tip them over, it works...................

[@stuartd9741]

​@@paulthetford2004but that would make a mess... Like Ur thinking thou.

[@Nite-owl]

Kind of comforting to know that Lancashire isn't the only place where the roads are absolutely shockingly unacceptably damaged.

[@DatBoiOrly]

ayy fellow Lancashire resident!, yup I had to swap my bike for a Japanese quarry bike since my other motorbike was unusable on these roads

[@Nite-owl]

@@DatBoiOrly Can't imagine the horror of riding along at 30+ mph on two wheels and seeing a cavernous rut in the road that you're going to hit unless you swerve.

[@DatBoiOrly]

@@Nite-owl yup yup I don't like riding on these roads especially since they're dangerous for riders since a humble pothole can throw you off your bike at best or the pothole makes you turn forcefully into on coming traffic since it'll twist you into it :(

[@skisavoie]

The problem with gases and airborne pollutants is that they don’t stop at road blocks! Thanks for the video. 👌

[@stuartd9741]

Perhaps the councillor thinks the extra flowers in the flower beds absorb the polluting gases....???

[@teardowndan5364]

In the name of air quality, lets force people to make 5km of detours hitting dead-ends, wrong ways, having to tuck into parking spots or reverse 10 car lengths to let oncoming traffic pass, etc. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that all of those unnecessary manoeuvres greatly increase the likelihood of accidents, fuel consumption and frustration all-around.

[@iancarrington1967]

I moved to the Spanish mountains 7 years ago , best move I ever made. Motorways round here are virtually empty, no parking meters in my little local town. Drivers aren’t used as cash cows here

[@ossealey8995]

Didn't the Spanish suffer some of the strictest 'lockdown rules' in Europe ?

[@iancarrington1967]

@@ossealey8995 yes but I live in the mountains so wasn’t really affected, it was tough for those living in cities.

[@IncognitoChild]

A few years back I had to go into London to pick up something from someone I didn't know and hadn't been to before. I ended up going down a road very similar to the road that you went down. I had turned off a busy road, under instruction from TomTom, there were signs that looked like they've had been produced by children, that I didn't have time to read. I travelled along the road, that was only the width of a single car (cars parts on both sides of the road) to get to the other end which opened out onto a crescent which was where the house was,.Only to find there was a camera next to a sign which said if I passed that point I would be fined. It was impossible to turn around. I received an £80+ fine from Wandsworth council 😩. My point being if you don't know where you're going and you're on a busy road you do not have time to read every road sign, especially if your sat nav is telling you where to go🤬

[@jackiefisher1820]

It's easy to say don't pay the fine ,but we all know as wage slaves we have to confirm ,pragmatically you have to live ,this is taxation without representation it led to the American Revolution, I think this is what we need..Vote REFORM! They might be less than rebels but their not Labour shits!

[@davidorr6627]

So they make the air cleaner by making all the cars drive around a maze, spending more time driving at inefficient speeds, and taking twice as long to get anywhere. And also making all of the cars drive down fewer roads, thus increasing the congestion on those roads and making all of the cars drive slower at inefficient speeds and spend more time idling at intersections because every road is now congested.

[@edgarplummer6750]

Would some one explain the logic of forcing drivers to go 2 or 3 times the distance just to get home is going to cut down on the amount of CO2 they emit?

[@jeremyashford2145]

And how to get a BEV out of there with some mileage left on the AAs. Speaking of BEVs, can fire engines get through all those bollards?

[@arnoldrimmer9161]

Simple...there is no logic

[@edgarplummer6750]

@@arnoldrimmer9161 I believe your right.

[@sullivanrachael]

@@arnoldrimmer9161- it’s all about making people give up using cars as it’s too much like work.

[@edgarplummer6750]

@@jeremyashford2145 That is a very good question?

[@patt6246]

Cordless angle grinders less than £25 on Amazon.

[@cabbage681]

I'm a bit of a grinder snob and have a Dewalt not cheap but won't let you down when your cutting poles 🤣

[@stevenwatson3963]

I spent most of my life around Kings Heath Geoff.Sad to see what is happening right in front of the sheeples noses......

[@RobertLeighJames92]

It's just mental! How much extra you will spend just to get out of a neighbourhood, everyone turning around, more connection, less freedom, longer queues, longer commutes. Britian is systematically being destroyed but design. It's such a shame.

[@SUBCITIZEN666]

I live in this exact neighbourhood and it’s much quicker.

[@kieronryan5324]

Geoff I’ve noticed that all these local authorities which are put in restrictions like this or ultralow mission zone charges are run by labour local counsellors. Bit of a funny coincidence that 20 mile an hour zones in Wales and the authority Wales labour party. All a bit of a scary coincidence isn’t it I think people need to realise the labour party I’m not for the people, therefore trying to control everyone this control that they’re trying to implement has been the labour party they’re going back to the core route of communism and Marxist communism do as we say not as we do

[@whitehart11]

And there will be even more Labour councils after May2nd

[@jeremyashford2145]

They recognise that Labour voters feel the need to be told what to do. Regulate me harder Daddy.

[@MaisieDaisyUpsadaisy]

Are you kidding me? you think the Labour Party is remotely in support of Marxism and Communism because it's in favour of LTNs. The brutal fact is that it's got cross-party support because the Government's own findings support LTNs.

[@user-it7lf7kk8m]

And yet the NHS in Wales and Scotland are allegedly worse because labour cannot run anything properly.

[@CrusaderSports250]

​​@@user-it7lf7kk8mwe have years of snp in Scotland to thank for that, we can't blame anyone else.

[@mat0hig]

So glad we made the move to leave Birmingham 20 years ago. Can't honestly think of anything to go back for......

[@iearl504]

There's actually people who think it's good here lol I'm not one of them - I hope in the not too distant future to get out of here, it's going down the tubes this place

[@woodydroneson]

I live not far from here and now I cannot be bothered to go shopping there and do a nice 20-mile round trip to Kingfisher shopping centre as it is faster to get to than the shopping area 1 mile down the road and has parking!! The pollution that was once spread throughout all of the streets is now concentrated on the main high street where shoppers are!!!

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

Thanks, Geoff. Another "feature" of roads we don't want and didn't ask for. Increasing journey distance and time with no concern for the increase in air pollution. All about control.

[@michaelwheatland4565]

Madness. But that’s what they intended. Madness.

[@EdVanMeyer]

Look at Oxford, same thing, more chaos, slower traffic. Great.

[@Denise-vn8wz]

Leeds too. It looks worse.

[@adamzain6770]

Oxford’s population rose by 6.7% in 10 years (last census data). That’s low for the South East, but still insane and unsustainable. If you don’t want congestion, don’t increase your population.

[@Denise-vn8wz]

@@adamzain6770 Think you'll find it's dropped 10% over the last three years. Home grown, that is.

[@adamzain6770]

@@Denise-vn8wz Census is every 10 years. We have no reliable data for the last 3 years, only estimates. There is no indication that Oxford’s population has dropped by a significant amount since the census, and a 10% drop would mean about 16,000 more people dying or leaving than are born or entering in that 3 years. Not sure what you mean by “home grown” but that’s irrelevant to congestion and overcrowding issues.

[@Cheeky-fingers]

The roads are litterally falling apart where I live. One or two are now so pot hole ridden they have been closed. Yet our council is at full speed converting every village and outage suburb to 20mph zones. No money for essential road repairs but plenty of cash to paint big 20mph on the roads and road signs.

[@stevensarson482]

Yes, the speed bumps are now the only smooth bits. The traffic calming all happens in the spaces that separate them.

[@Danceup-dh6kn]

This place holds many fond memories for me. It has been completely wrecked now though.

[@Hasdac1896]

Just wait until starmer gets in, we all thought Liar Blair was bad...

[@wonkothesane2288]

I agree. If Starmer gets in we’re doomed!

[@stephenboyd4934]

Its all planned that Liebour will get in no matter who you vote for

[@andyxox4168]

Imagine how fantastic that street will be when it’s full of EV’s and no one can safely use the pavement for the sake of charger units and cables … 😂😂😂

[@clownose2831]

I'm just here for the cultural enrichment on view out the window!😄 what a city!

[@davidgalea6113]

Yep looks like a third world pit..

[@julianlacey6837]

It's starting to look like what they had in South Africa back in the day to control the locals, they called them townships

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

Low traffic zone with one thousand cars parked up and down the street

[@kafkaian]

That's the issue. The elite middle classes want to own cars and drive where the Hell they like, they just don't want you driving down their road

[@paulmuff9883]

Thanks for taking the time to show what’s happening 😢

[@mickd802]

Wow spot the white man

[@alicelander9058]

If you think Kings Heath is bad you ain't seen nowt compared to other suburbs in Birmingham

[@iearl504]

Cultural enrichment has reached kings heath it seems.

[@MartinPrice15]

I particularly liked the bit where you continuously take the turning away from a main road. And the bit where you drove through a pair of signs that said motor vehicles are prohibited. And finally where you pavement park at a bus stop.

[@BlackLines]

Wow. That's a nightmare. I felt claustrophobic watching this, can't lie.

[@BoSSLeVeLs]

Those road block are also great for slowing up ambulances police and firetrucks But are just wide enough for a moped or Ebike with a criminal on to get through perfectly sensible idea lol

[@paulthetford2004]

Effectively turning it into an HTN, HIGH traffic neighbourhood! Well done!

[@jandances1687]

I love the fire brigade here in Exeter who removed the ballads as it was blocking all emergency services,and the councillors don't have any blockages where they live,says volumes ..

[@SierraNovemberKilo]

The London Fema Camp of Waltham Forest is a nightmare. Kings Heath LTN's are lightweight compared to the open air prison Waltham Forest.

[@HalfGodHalfBeast]

it means gangs of kids with knives can run the streats and can't be aprehended by police as they can't follow them round the estates.

[@testpilotian3188]

That Escort was a wheelchair passenger conversion, it’s what they used to do before big cars and small vans became a thing and were easier to convert. Nowadays they just generally convert things like VW Caddy’s or Ford Connect into WAVs (wheelchair accessible vehicle).

[@robertf7015]

My mate lives in Kingsheath, he told me there was no consultation at all when they moved the road blocks in. It has basically grid locked the area during most times of the day, therefore being counter productive to it's intended reason. Cleaner air what a joke!!!!

[@wb9957]

Everything in city and road design has been acomodating the motorist for decades, But as soon as the motorists experience the inequalities that they were forcing on other people, they wont stop crying. Streets are for people and not the mode.

[@lottieallen9458]

It is how people in cities and towns get about because public transport doesn't go where they need to get to. Life is tough enough without making it unnecessarily difficult. No-one benefits from this madness. As the powers that be are so anti-car, it would be honest if they just came out and banned all motor cars, vans, trucks and lorries - they are all equally affected by this. The corollary is that no goods would be able to move from a to b, the economy would crash overnight instead of this painful, slow decline. But at least pedestrians would be happy? I'm guessing you would be happy with that outcome...? City and road design has been around moving goods and people, because that is what is needed. There may be better ways to do it, but not doing it does no-one any good.

[@wb9957]

@@lottieallen9458 if people don't use public transport, there's not enough funding for there to be enough routes for it to be practical. If you just take a car every time, you are voting against public resources and voting for privatisation of transport. Even when cars don't make sense to be used, like in a city centre, you probably use a car. If you live far away from a city centre there are park and ride options in most major cities and if there aren't, you should be campaigning for them before it becomes impossible for the ever increasing amount of drivers to park in the same space that has existed since the 1980's.

[@lottieallen9458]

@wb9957 I agree there is not enough funding for public transport to go everywhere where people need to go - that requires private transport, which clearly has limits (not sure what the 1980s have to do with it). I live in London, and no I don't drive into the city centre - there is nowhere to park especially since workplace parking was taxed out of existence, the traffic calming measures are a joke, the street furniture clutter means that attention that should be focused on driving is taken away trying to work out what the signs say and mean to you as a driver, speed cameras and surveillance cameras to catch out drivers who have misunderstood the changed rules and signage, etc. We also have to contend with congestion charging, ULEZ and LEZ zones (cameras for them too), all of which are additional costs on non-public transport (taxis, delivery drivers, engineers, and other specific service providers), which we the recipients of services end up paying for as well because the costs are passed on. I disagree that driving a car is a vote against public resources or for privatisation of transport, it is just practical solution to a transportation problem, and do not see what options there are - not have those services? - if public transport does not serve the destination or the needs of the people travelling - e.g. when the mayor closed tube stations near Whitehall on Rememberance Sunday, when the veterans and public attend the parade to and from the Cenotaph - they are mostly elderly and infirm - how are they supposed to make the journey simply and according to their need because they couldnt get close? There are always needs to be exceptions to the rule. Ask those who would like to enjoy the nightlife in London but cannot afford the train and taxi fares to and from their destinations, or have to leave before theatre performances finish otherwise they won't get home because of public transport limitations (our 'wonderful' mayor has changed bus routes that have made in town journeys more complicated, for no good reason (not that he deigned to explain the reassoning) or should they forgo the pleasure? Staying overnight in an hotel is not always an option. If streets are for the people, that has to include motorists of whatever vehicle too. I'm not saying it is easy, but a balance has to be struck, otherwise towns and cities will become no-go areas for the elderly, infirm, and those with specialist needs because they can't be served by public transport and private transport is not allowed. That is not how I want to live, nor do I think that is a solution.

[@wb9957]

@@lottieallen9458 this hypothetical person can somehow afford a car, insurance, VED, petrol and maintenance but can't afford to use public transport or a bike? Sounds like they are making a bad decision by having a car and should be using public transport or a bike to save money! I cycle to work daily and go to town with friends on the bus. Have you heard of the saying "vote with your money"? Well by funding the auto industry and not funding public transport you are voting against resources that the public can use. I am not saying nobody should use cars. People who need to use cars should. Does a person going to work 5 miles away every day need to use a car? No, a bike, ebike or bus would suffice and would cost less and be more efficient. Hell, I know people that drive a mile into the city centre and complain about their journey taking 45 minutes because of the traffic, meanwhile I cycle from 6 miles away and it takes me less than 30 minutes. Cars are not a necessity and should not be treated as such. 40% of households in Sheffield do not have access to a car, should they just be forgotten about? Funds need to go towards public transport and active travel. Both public transport and cycling are more efficient in terms of storage and energy expenditure per mile, reducing waste. How many cars have only 1 occupant? Last study I saw stated that 80% of cars are carrying 1 person, why do you need a vehicle that can seat 5 in order to go to work for 90% of trips? Streets are for people and motorists have been prioritised for a huge chunk of recent history, it's time the people that don't have the privilege of owning a car get prioritised for a change.

[@pauldavies6037]

I have not live in the UK for along time and are depressed to see the people been ground down to no hope for anything now

[@jayjay29779]

My daughter lives near kings Heath, she goes to a restaurant near where those planters are and can sometimes watch people move the things and carry on driving through 😂 This is crazy what they are doing to kings Heath

[@robertstanger258]

We got ours removed, you maybe able to look it up the Doverhouse rd estate in SW15 London, the council did a u-turn

[@russellgray1426]

There is a guy that is standing for the IPC position in Gloucester named Matt Randolph, he has been crowd funded by like minded people. There is a video on the Colchester council watch channel which shows him doing his thing. Council watch channels are fast becoming AN thing👍🏼

[@tymcclengineering8672]

As a firefighter with 32 years service, I'm glad I have retired because it must be a nightmare for them to attend a house fire. But, I think its indicative of today's society... think of our selves only not others and how can that be contributing to polution.

[@robg521]

I live in one of the most densely populated cities in England [and in Europe] To try and control the rat running through the tiny little back streets they made these roads alternately one way, [so traffic doesn’t meet head on in a narrow road which is good], Then to try and stop the rat running they blocked off some of the roads so that you need to Zig Zag or do ‘U’ shaped journeys through the town. This just made is difficult for the residents who live there because it just moves the traffic from one area to another, or sometimes doubles the amount local streets being affected. But the one thing that did help was when they made all of the tiny back streets 20MPH but kept the mains roads running past at 30MPH. This is OK because these back street are so tiny you don’t feel the need to go quicker than 20MPH, and with a 30 MPH road going past 1 street away there isn’t any point and doing the rat runs because the mains roads are quicker. You still get taxi drivers rat running and exceeding the 20MPH at rush hr, and occasionally the town gets grid locked so then everyone ends up driving anywhere they can to get through the jams. The main problems are caused by people owning cars that they never use, which makes it horrendous to go down the streets that are ll packed with parked cars that hardly ever move.

[@davidwelty9763]

What’s being achieved is making driving more difficult so less people will want to hassle with driving. They are doing the same in Los Angeles which is entirely reliant on cars.

[@user-cq5kb3oe7q]

MORE FUEL MORE TIME more co2 more expence for delivery drivers more for locals to pay yep bril idea lets do more say all around mps houses all 10 they each got

[@ducthman4737]

And more dangerous and difficult especially for elderly drivers.

[@Vince_Paul]

Just think a council’s primary purpose and the only reason we have them is to serve the people. It is not to order, control, fine the people. We vote for councillors, but it is the directors and senior management that we don’t vote for the controls and makes the changes within the councils. Directors that earn more than the prime minister of a country, how are they more important or able to do this? No directors or senior management within any council should earn more than an pm. This should include the bonuses and pension. The people should have a right to vote for the directors of a council aswell as councillors. Directors and senior management should be held accountable and sacked when they don’t provide the basic services a council was set up to provide. Any changes to an environment like ltn should be put to a vote of the people within that council area. No council should be able to make any changes if the services they provide are not up to standard including policing within areas. Remember a council primary purpose is to serve you the people. Now start holding them accountable for everything and demand that people within the council from directors, senior managers and staff are all sacked when money is wasted or services are not provided, or changes are made without the people’s consent.

[@nealjoyce8696]

Kings Heath used to be the busiest shopping high street outside of Oxford street and now it’s typical of many high streets, low traffic areas, cafes, charity shops and takeouts , net zero needs removing from law

[@stevenjehu6846]

I've literally had nightmares with similar scenarios.......nuts!

[@silvermane9370]

This could be very useful: the bollards you encountered look like a Glasden Jubilee bollard. If they are they are made of a plastic designed to snap off at the base if hit at speed. But the main thing about them is that they are removable if you have the simple metal pin that will slot into the bollard allowing you to lift it out of its base socket. This would allow emergency vehicles to get through if they have the key. It would be easy to check if they are Glasden bollards by having a close look at it.

[@lizzydrippin7283]

This is really upsetting...good work, thank you

[@rjbfreelander2]

4x4 communities should get together and move these stupid barriers. But don't destroy them, instead use them to plant and grow community gardens.. fruit, veg. If the establishment come to take them away with claims they cause more carbon impact tell to go procreate with themselves.

[@suehollamby5527]

Manual Pallet lift will do

[@5688gamble]

So may car-addicts would choose to live on a quiet cul-de-sac, but the second anyone else wants a peaceful walkable neighbourhood, and it takes space from them, the entitlement kicks in.

[@stuartd9741]

​@@5688gamble LTNs do not work. All they do is push the congestion elsewhere.. Nice try bot...

[@Angloman516]

These schemes are not only anti car they are anti elector. It is for the people to vote out the the people responsible for this bureaucratic nightmare.

[@MartinPrice15]

Pro-LTN councillors were elected in 2022, among a sea of candidates running primarily on an Anti-LTN platform. 🤪

[@Angloman516]

@@MartinPrice15 The electors have brought this on themselves then!

[@MartinPrice15]

@@Angloman516 And got re-elected, what’s your point?

[@Angloman516]

@@MartinPrice15 t Think that is abundantly clear.

[@hillsbills7431]

I used to frequent Kings Heath alot . The last time I tried to get to Lidi there the sat nav told me to go through the barrier you showed. Just lets say i gave up just like you did in an endless rabbit warren. I reckon they think they are pretending we are mice and the cameras are there to show what each mouse will do in this scenario. 🤔 😂😅

[@evlo8059]

I like the concept, it is making you driving so much more. Totally makes sense

[@Wil-nh5kz]

The Ford Escort Chairman was a conversion for wheelchair users. There are still a few around, probably because they were relatively expensive and so well cared for. Some people buy ghem to convert into mini campers.

[@mccarthyjohn576]

Blimey! They need blade runners up there! Or the tools anyway.

[@slymothertrucker3597]

And people will just continue to agree............ Time is ticking...... how much time do you need........

[@gdll9247]

A pallet truck would be a very useful item to have as the traffic signs that make the restrictions enforceable are set in concrete blocks with fork lift recesses. Just wheel them away somewhere else. Another useful tool is a hand operated pipe cutter - a bigger version of the ones plumbers use for copper pipe. A quiet way to cut through signposts and ULEZ camera posts.

[@TheBiglfb]

Public Roads Should be open to the public for the public PAYED FOR by THE PUBLIC. These are OUR STREETS LETS RECLAIM THEM, What can they do to US!!

[@Richie-vu4we]

These LTN 1/ Slow Emergency response times 2/ Contractors and delivery’s have all put there prices up with the LTNs and 20mph The flow of traffic has been slowed down by design and pollution will of course go up. So will there be a WIN NO FEE…. Happening against Sadiq Khan, TFL and local Councils??? As i see a big opportunity for Lawyers

[@eddiegremlin]

Amazing how many adds KZbin is putting in your videos for EVs…

[@ignignxkt]

Thank you for making me feel better about the US one day at a time.

[@robertjones3189]

You made a real car brain comment in the video suggesting people have to commute by car. That’s the real problem.

[@Hasdac1896]

Wow where are ths indigenous?

[@trevorgood6511]

How can 20 mph be clean air mad init

[@davidorr6627]

The low traffic neighbourhoods thing reminds me of a scheme they tried in Mexico to reduce air pollution. They banned you from using your car on 1 day each Monday to Friday. So everyone went out and bought a second car, which was usually older, less efficient and more polluting. Air quality rapidly became much worse. the solution to this new problem was to extend the scheme to Saturdays as well. We used to have a car-less days scheme in New Zealand in the 70's (during the oil crisis). Each car had a sticker on the windscreen to show which day you couldn't drive it. My parents had 2 cars already, and they had different days they couldn't be driven, so that system really worked well.

[@GT380man]

Sounds like it made no difference because people bought additional vehicles to maintain mobility at all times. As they should.

[@GT380man]

4.57. Absolute cheek placing a heart symbol below the restriction sign.

[@buddie2unow]

Where bollards removed usually means ANPR is somewhere nearby 🤬

[@firstsurname9709]

Not in Birmingham however he still contravene a no motor vehicle sign. If someone with a dash cam reported him with his plate then yes

[@Karl_Burton]

Who's Elaine ?

[@jsweetsweet6764]

Geoffs pimp? 😅😂

[@G4RY1159]

@@jsweetsweet6764 His Madame

[@jacob1121]

"Clean Air Zone" Are they having a laugh? Have they never heard of the wind ??😂😂😂

[@mickmelbourneaustralia1305]

They hear the sound of wind everytime they hold a meeting 😂

[@Throku]

That place reminded me of the Swedish city of Halmstad. Signs everywhere luring you in, come visit this and that, come shop here loads of signs ushering you into the center. Then not one sign telling you the way back to the main road.

[@trentr9762]

yeah, its so awful handing the local street back to the local people, how dare they! god forbid the street become better for those living on it! Honestly, the cheek!

[@rayoflight62]

We don't need low traffic. We need as much traffic as possible, because without traffic there are no people, there is no life, there is no business, but only sadness...

[@daverowland4311]

The theory was to reduce traffic by stopping all the people using the cutout throughs to bypass congestion on the main roads, but all its done is create more traffic because everyone gets lost and has to drive around aimlessly

[@kaygibson8942]

Not been to Kings Heath since the early 90s. Recognised some of the buildings, although the retailers are long gone. My old dentist was at Alcester Lane End.

[@richarddavey9547]

Anyone else suddenly got manger road works with closures or temporary lights? Straight after the Easter school holidays when it would of been an ideal time for such works !!!

[@jno5]

The Ford Escort at the traffic lights looks like a WAV (Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle), an older one and may just being used as an estate vehicle now…….the owner is using some Geoff economics…….

[@NewWorldHoarder]

I think you captured the essence of Kings Heath more accurately than any high end PR firm ever could with the simple phrase… “Police car outside Peacocks” 😂😂😂😂

[@johnkean6852]

Can't believe there are shops there! How did they survive the plague?

[@stevebosun7410]

Hi Geoff, looks like an excellent way to increase urban pollution with all those extra miles travelled going round in circles. How about writing a dystopian themed book called "Escaping The Zones", or maybe even, "Three Point Turn Heaven"?

[@davidporter9131]

Looks like heavy duty bolt cutters are becoming a must have car accessory.

[@MrWitheridge]

Congrats on exiting the grid :) THX 2000 springs to mind!

[@Elkfazer1]

Or The Truman Show

[@ian57edwards]

God I felt seasick watching you wallow around in that boat of yours 😂

[@Zerofightervi]

Remember when using back roads was called using a 'Rat run'. It was usually locals using local knowledge to get around bottlenecks. Now those people will be stuck along with everyone else on roads that will massively overcapacity. If you vote for Labour in the coming election this is what you'll receive as your reward, roads that are now impossible to navigate.