Whilst we hope not to upset anyone who is recently bereaved or grieving, the use of coffins in demonstrations has a long and well-established pedigree all around the world. Just Google it and see for yourself. So when a local undertaker takes umbrage and throws his teddy in a corner, it seems only fair to point out that just last week, a group of demonstrating undertakers in Washington DC made use of empty coffins in their demonstration! What's sauce for the goose is clearly sauce for the gander.
The next objection is because of the "high death and accident rate at the A344/A303 junction." Clearly, if this were true, it would be a good reason to support the closure of the A344, but the assertion simply isn't borne out by the police statistics. Whilst any accident is undesirable, we need to deal in facts. The police figures indicate that over the last 5 years, there were no deaths (red), one accident involving serious injury (blue) and two involving slight injury at the A344/A303 junction. Given how dangerous the junction appeared to be, it comes as a shock to see that it was one of the safest parts of the road between Stonehenge bottom and the Wylye interchange (Click to enlarge).
If you want to get upset about the real carnage on the A303, then think about those living in Winterbourne Stoke!
Perhaps the most logical complaint is "why are we contributing to pollution, noise, etc by driving." Well, yes we are - and that is the point. It's a TRAFFIC protest! Whatever pollution we cause in a few hours of demonstrating, will be more than offset by a few hours of good traffic flow along the A303 if we can bring forward the dualling of the road by even one day. Think about that next time you are in standing traffic on the A303.
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