Reading IDR update
Discussion
srider said:
puggit said:
Polus - hasn't your 6 months expired yet?!
Fancy a pint at the new look Travellers Rest some time?
Fancy a pint at the new look Travellers Rest some time?
is it any good now? About the closest thing to a local to me, well except the Star and red cow!
It has a huge outdoor seating area out the front now with lots of new garden furniture. With the complete lack of any other outside areas (except for the Griffin) - and being 2 mins walk from home - I may just be found there quite a lot
Edited by puggit on Tuesday 3rd April 07:52
puggit said:
srider said:
puggit said:
Polus - hasn't your 6 months expired yet?!
Fancy a pint at the new look Travellers Rest some time?
Fancy a pint at the new look Travellers Rest some time?
is it any good now? About the closest thing to a local to me, well except the Star and red cow!
It has a huge outdoor seating area out the front now with lots of new garden furniture. With the complete lack of any other outside areas (except for the Griffin) - and being 2 mins walk from home - I may just be found there quite a lot
Edited by puggit on Tuesday 3rd April 07:52
I live just off Amersham road, so not too far. If you see a wheelchair with a big PH sticker on the back, say hello
puggit said:
srider said:
I live just off Amersham road
It's not that bad. I live on the newer Housing Assoc. bit down the end, as I need a wheelchair friendly house. No way I could afford anything similar in Reading. It's actually pretty quiet, I get much less hassle here than many of my friends do in supposedly posher areas.
However, I'm not typical of the people living around me
Good news.
Why are road planners such retards though?
Location: A33 Rose Kiln Lane junction where that perfectly good round-a-bout was replaced with a junction.
With all of their combined (8) brain cells why could they not have anticipated that people on the way into Reading would use the right hand lane, right up until the traffic lights only cutting across the hatchings dangerously at the last minute. Wasn't it blindingly obvious this would happen?
What do you never see them sitting down there checking out how well their masterpiece of road engineering has turned out.
And WTF are those high level pedestrian crosing buttons for? Horse riders? Ever seen a horse down there? RETARDS!!!
Why are road planners such retards though?
Location: A33 Rose Kiln Lane junction where that perfectly good round-a-bout was replaced with a junction.
With all of their combined (8) brain cells why could they not have anticipated that people on the way into Reading would use the right hand lane, right up until the traffic lights only cutting across the hatchings dangerously at the last minute. Wasn't it blindingly obvious this would happen?
What do you never see them sitting down there checking out how well their masterpiece of road engineering has turned out.
And WTF are those high level pedestrian crosing buttons for? Horse riders? Ever seen a horse down there? RETARDS!!!
As i said to puggit before it is good that the IDR scheme has been shelved...
But not all planners are retards, i was on the team apposing the IDR scheme... But i would have prefered this to go to open court for a resolution.....
you will find that this idea started in the coucil office by a politician who wanted to leave his legacy on reading!
But not all planners are retards, i was on the team apposing the IDR scheme... But i would have prefered this to go to open court for a resolution.....
you will find that this idea started in the coucil office by a politician who wanted to leave his legacy on reading!
Edited by stevieb on Wednesday 12th September 10:41
Olf said:
Good news.
Why are road planners such retards though?
Location: A33 Rose Kiln Lane junction where that perfectly good round-a-bout was replaced with a junction.
With all of their combined (8) brain cells why could they not have anticipated that people on the way into Reading would use the right hand lane, right up until the traffic lights only cutting across the hatchings dangerously at the last minute. Wasn't it blindingly obvious this would happen?
What do you never see them sitting down there checking out how well their masterpiece of road engineering has turned out.
Drive this almost everyday and i can guarantee that i will see someone cutting in at the last minute because they are in the wrong lane... brilliant piece of engineering!!! there are probably 6 or 7 cars waiting to turn right on this filter lane whereas the majority of traffic is heading straight on. A crash is inevitable at this junction I am afraid.Why are road planners such retards though?
Location: A33 Rose Kiln Lane junction where that perfectly good round-a-bout was replaced with a junction.
With all of their combined (8) brain cells why could they not have anticipated that people on the way into Reading would use the right hand lane, right up until the traffic lights only cutting across the hatchings dangerously at the last minute. Wasn't it blindingly obvious this would happen?
What do you never see them sitting down there checking out how well their masterpiece of road engineering has turned out.
Good news about the one way system being shelved...although I cant help worry about what they will come up with next...
Scamper said:
Olf said:
Good news.
Why are road planners such retards though?
Location: A33 Rose Kiln Lane junction where that perfectly good round-a-bout was replaced with a junction.
With all of their combined (8) brain cells why could they not have anticipated that people on the way into Reading would use the right hand lane, right up until the traffic lights only cutting across the hatchings dangerously at the last minute. Wasn't it blindingly obvious this would happen?
What do you never see them sitting down there checking out how well their masterpiece of road engineering has turned out.
Drive this almost everyday and i can guarantee that i will see someone cutting in at the last minute because they are in the wrong lane... brilliant piece of engineering!!! there are probably 6 or 7 cars waiting to turn right on this filter lane whereas the majority of traffic is heading straight on. A crash is inevitable at this junction I am afraid.Why are road planners such retards though?
Location: A33 Rose Kiln Lane junction where that perfectly good round-a-bout was replaced with a junction.
With all of their combined (8) brain cells why could they not have anticipated that people on the way into Reading would use the right hand lane, right up until the traffic lights only cutting across the hatchings dangerously at the last minute. Wasn't it blindingly obvious this would happen?
What do you never see them sitting down there checking out how well their masterpiece of road engineering has turned out.
If drivers were not so ignorant when they are in there little motor car thinking they are invincible meybe such antics would never happen, but they never spare a thought for other road users.
stevieb said:
Scamper said:
Olf said:
Good news.
Why are road planners such retards though?
Location: A33 Rose Kiln Lane junction where that perfectly good round-a-bout was replaced with a junction.
With all of their combined (8) brain cells why could they not have anticipated that people on the way into Reading would use the right hand lane, right up until the traffic lights only cutting across the hatchings dangerously at the last minute. Wasn't it blindingly obvious this would happen?
What do you never see them sitting down there checking out how well their masterpiece of road engineering has turned out.
Drive this almost everyday and i can guarantee that i will see someone cutting in at the last minute because they are in the wrong lane... brilliant piece of engineering!!! there are probably 6 or 7 cars waiting to turn right on this filter lane whereas the majority of traffic is heading straight on. A crash is inevitable at this junction I am afraid.Why are road planners such retards though?
Location: A33 Rose Kiln Lane junction where that perfectly good round-a-bout was replaced with a junction.
With all of their combined (8) brain cells why could they not have anticipated that people on the way into Reading would use the right hand lane, right up until the traffic lights only cutting across the hatchings dangerously at the last minute. Wasn't it blindingly obvious this would happen?
What do you never see them sitting down there checking out how well their masterpiece of road engineering has turned out.
If drivers were not so ignorant when they are in there little motor car thinking they are invincible meybe such antics would never happen, but they never spare a thought for other road users.
Have you driven this road? It is dripping with utter stupidity and the layout is primed to cause frequent accidents.
At the very base level it is against human nature.
stevieb said:
Scamper said:
Olf said:
Good news.
Why are road planners such retards though?
Location: A33 Rose Kiln Lane junction where that perfectly good round-a-bout was replaced with a junction.
With all of their combined (8) brain cells why could they not have anticipated that people on the way into Reading would use the right hand lane, right up until the traffic lights only cutting across the hatchings dangerously at the last minute. Wasn't it blindingly obvious this would happen?
What do you never see them sitting down there checking out how well their masterpiece of road engineering has turned out.
Drive this almost everyday and i can guarantee that i will see someone cutting in at the last minute because they are in the wrong lane... brilliant piece of engineering!!! there are probably 6 or 7 cars waiting to turn right on this filter lane whereas the majority of traffic is heading straight on. A crash is inevitable at this junction I am afraid.Why are road planners such retards though?
Location: A33 Rose Kiln Lane junction where that perfectly good round-a-bout was replaced with a junction.
With all of their combined (8) brain cells why could they not have anticipated that people on the way into Reading would use the right hand lane, right up until the traffic lights only cutting across the hatchings dangerously at the last minute. Wasn't it blindingly obvious this would happen?
What do you never see them sitting down there checking out how well their masterpiece of road engineering has turned out.
There was nothing wrong with the roundabout that was there beforeBaldylocks said:
Puggit said:
At the very base level it is against human nature.
It really is silly. You just end up with loads of people having to force their way into the left hand lane only to change back again once past the hatching - whats the point?
The point is that it creates a bottle neck outside the town or city, which will then help the council obtain a good mark in the KPIs (key Performace indicators). If the congestion is out of the city the councilors are not really tht bothered as this is in a rural location then the airpollution cause by congestion in the city is reduced.
Anther common KPI is for better journey times across the city, it is achieved the same way by creating bottlenecks outside the city in suburban areas this can be by dodgy traffic signals, cycle lanes poor road layouts etc.
There are people out there that are criticising the councils approach to this but there is no real ways of punnishing the council as if you punnish the council you punish the council tax payers. The only thing i have been involved with is the auditing of every road scheme and the indipendent monitoring of a council who is a serial offender of twisting the rules to get them more funding.
stevieb said:
Baldylocks said:
Puggit said:
At the very base level it is against human nature.
It really is silly. You just end up with loads of people having to force their way into the left hand lane only to change back again once past the hatching - whats the point?
The point is that it creates a bottle neck outside the town or city, which will then help the council obtain a good mark in the KPIs (key Performace indicators). If the congestion is out of the city the councilors are not really tht bothered as this is in a rural location then the airpollution cause by congestion in the city is reduced.
Anther common KPI is for better journey times across the city, it is achieved the same way by creating bottlenecks outside the city in suburban areas this can be by dodgy traffic signals, cycle lanes poor road layouts etc.
There are people out there that are criticising the councils approach to this but there is no real ways of punnishing the council as if you punnish the council you punish the council tax payers. The only thing i have been involved with is the auditing of every road scheme and the indipendent monitoring of a council who is a serial offender of twisting the rules to get them more funding.
stevieb said:
I can answer this one but its not going to be liked again!!!
The point is that it creates a bottle neck outside the town or city, which will then help the council obtain a good mark in the KPIs (key Performace indicators). If the congestion is out of the city the councilors are not really tht bothered as this is in a rural location then the airpollution cause by congestion in the city is reduced.
Thanks for that Steve. I thought it might be something along those lines The point is that it creates a bottle neck outside the town or city, which will then help the council obtain a good mark in the KPIs (key Performace indicators). If the congestion is out of the city the councilors are not really tht bothered as this is in a rural location then the airpollution cause by congestion in the city is reduced.
Does the council view the two bridges as usefull bottle necks too? Theres been talk over the years of building a third bridge, don't think anythings ever come of it though.
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