There’s been a justifiable outcry about the decision of Camden Council in London to spend taxpayers money on a ‘trans’ pedestrian crossing. This council, which has in the past whined that it is starved of money by central government, decided that it would piss public money up against the wall by installing this crossing which is in the colours of the ‘trans’ flag.

To waste public money on what is nothing more than a bit of worthless virtue signalling is bad enough but it has now been revealed that the council ignored pleas from groups representing the blind and the disabled that this crossing would confuse those with disabilities. According to a report that was in the Daily Mail recently the council dismissed concerns about the safety of the crossing.

The Daily Mail said:

Camden Council installed a road crossing in the colours of the trans flag after ignoring road safety concerns about blind, elderly and disabled people, it has emerged. 

The crossing was installed on Monday at Tavistock Place to ‘help celebrate transgender awareness, but also act as a reminder of the rich LGBT+ history’ in Camden’. 

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the UK’s only gender identity development service for children, is nearby in the same London borough.

There is an enormous amount of controversy swilling around about the Tavistock. This controversy is mostly centred around its willingness to engage in the gender transition of children who may not be mentally mature enough to understand that the pharmacological and surgical mutilation that gender transitions involve are not reversible. It’s quite possible that the far leftists on Camden Council wanted to show their support for the Tavistock clinic, which bearing in mind the criticisms that the Tavistock is facing, looks like that the council is using public money to support this questionable medical entity. There’s obviously some arse covering and reverse ferreting going on at Camden as the Mail said that the council’s press office has previously said that the site and the design of the crossing were linked to Tavistock but later this story from the council changed to say that the crossing has nothing to do with the Tavistock.

But the main issue with this crossing and Camden’s decision to put it in place is how Camden have allegedly ignored disabled groups criticisms of the crossing design.

The Mail added:

Now, planning documents have also revealed that the council went ahead with the crossing despite groups raising concerns that it would impact the safety of vulnerable people. 

The Royal National Institute for the Blind told the council that colourful designs at crossings could cause confusion to the blind and pose safety risks to those with bad vision trying to cross the busy street. 

Transport for London’s Independent Disability Advisory Group also commented that people with learning disabilities or dementia may struggle to identify the crossing as it’s different to the ‘norm’. 

The group also warned that the crossing is likely to confuse older and disabled people, as well as drivers. 

It further highlighted that people with sensory sensitivity could struggle with colorful crossings, which could cause anxiety, especially for people on the Autistic spectrum. Finally, the group noted that visually impaired pedestrians may find it difficult identifying the kerb edge.

These concerns were prompted by similar worries over colourful crossings across London. Those warning forced Mayor Sadiq Khan to pause the installation of any more colourful displays across the London transport network. 

However, despite this, and despite its own Equality Impact Assessment, Camden Council decided to go ahead with the installation of the trans flag crossing.   

At Camden council it appears that genuine concerns about the safety of these crossings for the blind, the disabled, those with dementia and those with neurodiversity issues such as Autism are ignored in favour of pro-trans virtue signalling. Camden has obviously climbed so far up the arses of the trans rights movement that they have not only spent public money on declaring their loyalty to it but have also endangered the lives of those with genuine physical and mental issues who just want to cross the road in safety.