On these roads, the circulation of the most valuable and decisive commodities would permit the survival of the human race in its adaptation of the planet. And along these roads, for better or worse, silk of course would circulate, but also religion, language, refugees, artists, technology and pandemics. Exterminate All the Brutes s1e3, HBO 2021
Ethiopia is currently working to double its road network. Africa with Ade Adepitan III, BBC 2019
This is the M25. A 117-mile loop around London. Picture Britain’s wild places and this is not what comes to mind. At first sight a motorway is a soulless corridor devoid of all natural life. A conduit built for us to hurtle along, all obstacles eliminated. The Hidden Wilds of the Motorway, Helen Macdonald reporting, BBC 2020
Britain is transformed – new roads are built. The British I: Treasure Island, Sky Atlantic 2012
Electric bikes and scooters: are they legal? Chaos and confusion on the roads. Is it time for new legislation? Tonight: E-Bikes & Scooters: Trouble on the Road? ITV 2023
Since they first appeared e-bikes and e-scooters have been hailed as the future of sustainable travel, taking cars off the road and getting more of us active. For some they are becoming a public nuisance and even downright dangerous. ibid.
More than sixty people were killed on the roads over the Bank Holiday period. The Wednesday Play: The End of Arthur’s Marriage, director Ken Loach, TV news, BBC 1965
The downfall of an American hero, the defeat of a president, the sick world of Las Vegas, and the violent anarchy of the Hells Angels – part of the chronicle of the death of the American dream created by journalist Hunter Thompson. Tonight’s Omnibus makes a valiant attempt to follow Thompson and English artist Ralph Steadman on a wild trip across America. Omnibus: Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, BBC 1978
We might just be safe on this journey. I don’t know. ibid. Omnibus journalist
Doctor Hunter Thompson and Ralph Steadman have worked together on articles in Rolling Stone magazine … a kind of cult hero, his articles are obsessed with an America gone wrong. ibid.
In 1970 he stood for political office as sheriff for his home town Aspen in Colorado … and was only narrowly defeated. ibid.