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Rüdiger Erben criticizes the city of Weißenfels' innovative traffic light concept - unjustly?The city of Weißenfels is facing criticism from Rüdiger Erben, even though it is subtly testing an innovative concept that could solve many problems. 
Rüdiger Erben sees it differently. He writes on Facebook: “Saxony-Anhalt is aging. The proportion of people who are limited in mobility and cannot ‘sprint’ across wide roads during short green light phases is significantly higher here. One particularly affected location is the crossing of Merseburger Straße (State Road L 182) in the north of Weißenfels near the ‘Kaffeehaus.’ Here and in other places, we need pedestrian-friendly signal control by extending the green phase so that elderly or disabled people can cross the street safely.” But let’s take a broader perspective on this issue.Does anyone still remember what the big topics were before the COVID-19 pandemic? Yes, exactly – the issue of the minimum pension. The much-admired politicians hotly debated whether all pensioners should receive a flat-rate minimum pension to lift them out of poverty in old age or at least spare them from applying for social welfare. This would have cost approximately two or three billion euros per year. That was too expensive for the government. Older people were too expensive for politics. District Administrator Götz Ulrich explained in recent county council meetings that the number of people applying for subsidies for nursing home care has increased. The pitiful employees of the county administration are barely able to cope with this flood of applications. Processing a single application takes around eight months. Not only at the federal level is reference regularly made to the demographic change. There are more and more elderly people – those pensioners – who cost a lot of money – namely, pensions. That’s why pension payments must be reduced and contributions increased. And the elderly are supposed to work longer. According to some of the much-admired politicians, the elderly are still fit enough to continue contributing daily to GDP, value creation, and tax revenues. Many will surely remember the following joke: Until the age of 65, old people are allowed to cross at a red light – after 65, they have to. Innovative selection at the traffic lightConsidering all these aspects, there’s absolutely nothing to criticize about the highly innovative traffic light concept of the city of Weißenfels – except that the green phases might even be too long. Those who can cross the street within that time without any problems are fit and may continue to be productive members of our society, of our social community. And everyone else – well – they’re just cost factors anyway. The selection then takes place at the traffic light. The city of Weißenfels has clearly recognized how many of the problems caused by these elderly people can be solved in a subtle way. This surely deserves high recognition – doesn’t it? Author: AI Translation - Maximus Polemikus | 05.06.2025 |
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