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[TheBoy]

...means all roundabouts are getting traffic lights on them, because people are too scared to use a roundabout correctly 

The roundabout on the A43 by Tescos here is now getting traffic lights  , and we've seen what a cock-up of traffic that causes when the knob jockeys did it at Towcester on the A43.


It WILL be coming to roundabouts by you soon.  Which will cause more delays, cause more congestion, and more pollution.  And all because a) people cant drive, b) dogooders have forced start/stop systems into law based on some ill informed evidence that it reduces pollution.

[STEMO]

Calm down, Dear. It means we won't have to put up with the smell of burning rubber from folk screaming out into traffic.

[Doctor Gollum]

Well, given that people can't use traffic lights properly, I can see it sorting itself out...

Not

[Bigron]

Another excuse to deploy Greed Cameras and their subsequent revenue generation?

Ron.

[2boxerdogs]

Another example of it works well let's see how we can f**k it up & earn a few quid out of it with cameras.

[STEMO]

I didn't think traffic lights were cameras. But, I suppose, if you're a middle aged, middle England type of moany bastid, then they're close enough.

[TheBoy]

I didn't think traffic lights were cameras. But, I suppose, if you're a middle aged, middle England type of moany bastid, then they're close enough.

We do have a fair number of red light cameras down south...

[STEMO]

But you wouldn't drive through a red light, would you? Because that's likely to kill mummy and her children whilst they're innocently driving to school.

[TheBoy]

But you wouldn't drive through a red light, would you? Because that's likely to kill mummy and her children whilst they're innocently driving to school.

I am at 3am, when the lights are red, and no fikker is about.


We should not have to pander to people who cannot drive properly (or keep up with traffic, but that's another rant), traffic lights have no place on this roundabout, or virtually any other.

Honestly, I can't see why some people need to wait for rush hour to finish before pulling out.  What will be next, a set of lights at every single junction?

[STEMO]

But you wouldn't drive through a red light, would you? Because that's likely to kill mummy and her children whilst they're innocently driving to school.

I am at 3am, when the lights are red, and no fikker is about.


We should not have to pander to people who cannot drive properly (or keep up with traffic, but that's another rant), traffic lights have no place on this roundabout, or virtually any other.

Honestly, I can't see why some people need to wait for rush hour to finish before pulling out.  What will be next, a set of lights at every single junction?

You're gonna have to start facing up to the fact that our roads will just not be places for spirited driving of any sort, Jaime. From the point of view of someone who likes to drive the way that you do, things can only get worse. There are lots of knobheads behind the wheels of cars who, as you quite rightly point out, have no idea of how to keep traffic moving, and will wait for half an hour at a junction before pulling out. Plus there are lots (and many more to come) of older drivers who basically shouldn't be on the road.
But what do we do about it? You don't seriously think that the government will sanction a cull? I am very fortunate to live in a relatively unclogged part of the country, and I can, more or less, make good progress wherever I go. But even I realise that things will change for the worse, it is inevitable.
The main problem around these parts nowadays is the fact that every household has two cars, and the streets are becoming impassable during the evenings when everyone is at home.

[STEMO]

Just to add: If you think the government are trying to control you and alter your behaviour. Well of course they are, that's what governments do and, as far as driving is concerned, you are the enemy.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I didn't think traffic lights were cameras. But, I suppose, if you're a middle aged, middle England type of moany bastid, then they're close enough.

We do have a fair number of red light cameras down south...

A lot of which are speed on green cameras as well! 

[STEMO]

I didn't think traffic lights were cameras. But, I suppose, if you're a middle aged, middle England type of moany bastid, then they're close enough.

We do have a fair number of red light cameras down south...

A lot of which are speed on green cameras as well! 

Yep. The days of razzing around in your motor car are numbered. Our particular part of the world is very overcrowded.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Cant argue with the logic tbh. I used to love nothing more than driving / riding flat out everywhere all the time, but those days are gone and they aint ever coming back.
If I was younger / wealthier I might consider moving somewhere were things were different, but I'm not.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Your local Highways Dept have probably got too much cash floating around and need to spend it before the accounting year is up. 

The latest bright idea here is to install a pedestrian crossing on our narrow high street.    There is limited parking and we will lose 4 or 5 parking spaces to accommodate the new crossing.    When queried about adding to the existing congestion, the local councillor replied that the street is usually backed up anyway so it won't make any difference.  This is true and it also means that it is an easy road to cross, but let's spend 10's of thousands of  tax-pounds anyway installing something we don't need, make it harder for people to park and send more people to out of town shopping centres! 

Rant over!