Traffic protest pensioner changes will to campaign from beyond the grave

A pensioner who has waged a bizarre protest against traffic in his village has now re-written his will so he can go on campaigning from beyond the grave. Tony Fuller, 77, has put a condition in his will that states his funeral cortege must crawl up and down the main road in Chideock, Dorset, once for every year of his life.

He also wants grieving family and friends to wave protest banners while walking behind the horse and cart carrying his coffin. Mr Fuller hopes that the result will be to bring traffic to a standstill once more, enabling him to carry on his protest even after his death. The great-grandfather has led villagers in their fight to divert lorries away from Chideock by repeatedly pressing a button at a pelican crossing to halt the flow of traffic.


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Mr Fuller, who is suffering from diabetes and prostate cancer, said: "The pollution from the traffic is so bad it will kill me before my illness does. If this protest isn't over by the time I die I have put a codicil in my will that will ensure I carry on the fight from beyond my grave.

"I want it a condition that my coffin is put on a horse and cart and taken back and forth through the centre of Chideock for every year of my life. I am hoping it will take a very long time and that it will hold up the traffic up. If that happens I hope people will take along their banners to my funeral. I have spoken to my family and the campaign group about it and they fully support me, they think it is a wonderful idea."