At the T-junction, Cashin pulled over.

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"We can't be at every junction all the time and such measures help" said Ramachandra, a traffic police sub-inspector.

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Up the road, at a more complex junction, it wasn't so pretty, but it was still civil and self-organised.

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"It is at a junction of the motorway where there aren't north or south facing junctions and not enough people used it, " he said.

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Mr Driver said a "proper feasibility study wasn't done" on the Bluebell Way site, which is close to junction 31A on the M6 motorway.

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The riots weren't on my doorstep as I live near Wandsworth Town - but I consider the whole area including Clapham Junction my home.

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