Road Closed signs - are they enforcable!
Discussion
There are road works currently underway in the middle of my town. There has been advance signage in place for some weeks now and diversions are in place.
The road works have blocked a major through route in the town and the diversions serve to feed traffic into the 'top' and 'bottom' halves of the town respectively.
There is now only one way to drive through the town from end to end and that is to ignore the big red "Road Closed" and "Except for Buses" metal fold up signs errected at each end of the single lane that passes the holes in the road.
Probably most traffic (98%) uses the diversions and travel the long way around but the remainder insist on ignoring the signs and driving through. According to the workmen, it's the same drivers ignoring the signs all the time.
These are not boy racers, tradesmen delivering to shops within the town nor are they scroats. They're just nobs who can't be arsed to comply with the 'rules'. I've even watched whilst some have driven through one handed with a mobile phone pressed up to their ear.
Question is:- What offence(s) are disclosed and as the signs are the usual red folding council type signs, are they enforcable? Assuming of course that there were any BiB to be seen within a few miles of the town, let alone near the road works at peak times.
The road works have blocked a major through route in the town and the diversions serve to feed traffic into the 'top' and 'bottom' halves of the town respectively.
There is now only one way to drive through the town from end to end and that is to ignore the big red "Road Closed" and "Except for Buses" metal fold up signs errected at each end of the single lane that passes the holes in the road.
Probably most traffic (98%) uses the diversions and travel the long way around but the remainder insist on ignoring the signs and driving through. According to the workmen, it's the same drivers ignoring the signs all the time.
These are not boy racers, tradesmen delivering to shops within the town nor are they scroats. They're just nobs who can't be arsed to comply with the 'rules'. I've even watched whilst some have driven through one handed with a mobile phone pressed up to their ear.
Question is:- What offence(s) are disclosed and as the signs are the usual red folding council type signs, are they enforcable? Assuming of course that there were any BiB to be seen within a few miles of the town, let alone near the road works at peak times.
odyssey2200 said:
XMG5
you must also live in Melksham!
The town has been colsed for weeks while, aparently 2 guys work on the road!
2 blokes who are takingtheir time and were not even working atall when I went to Sainsbury's last week.
Piss boiling as the by-pass is not completely clogged most of the time!
IMHO WWDc really does treat Melksham like s
t.
you must also live in Melksham!
The town has been colsed for weeks while, aparently 2 guys work on the road!
2 blokes who are takingtheir time and were not even working atall when I went to Sainsbury's last week.
Piss boiling as the by-pass is not completely clogged most of the time!
IMHO WWDc really does treat Melksham like s
t.
Actually they increased their workforce by a third the other day, there were three there.
But it amazes me that for such an important route (the only one through the town from top to bottom) that the contractors should be allowed to shut the road for 6 weeks and then use 2-3 blokes to work on it. Is it me or would it be too obvious to blitz the work with around twenty and close the road for a week, maybe two instead?
odyssey2200 said:
eccles said:
XMG5 said:
There are road works currently underway in the middle of my town. There has been advance signage in place for some weeks now and diversions are in place.
The road works have blocked a major through route in the town and the diversions serve to feed traffic into the 'top' and 'bottom' halves of the town respectively.
There is now only one way to drive through the town from end to end and that is to ignore the big red "Road Closed" and "Except for Buses" metal fold up signs errected at each end of the single lane that passes the holes in the road.
Probably most traffic (98%) uses the diversions and travel the long way around but the remainder insist on ignoring the signs and driving through. According to the workmen, it's the same drivers ignoring the signs all the time.
These are not boy racers, tradesmen delivering to shops within the town nor are they scroats. They're just nobs who can't be arsed to comply with the 'rules'. I've even watched whilst some have driven through one handed with a mobile phone pressed up to their ear.
Question is:- What offence(s) are disclosed and as the signs are the usual red folding council type signs, are they enforcable? Assuming of course that there were any BiB to be seen within a few miles of the town, let alone near the road works at peak times.
i'm just wondering....why on earth does this bother you? millions of people break traffic laws every day.... why does this particular infraction bother you when it doesn't affect you in any way?The road works have blocked a major through route in the town and the diversions serve to feed traffic into the 'top' and 'bottom' halves of the town respectively.
There is now only one way to drive through the town from end to end and that is to ignore the big red "Road Closed" and "Except for Buses" metal fold up signs errected at each end of the single lane that passes the holes in the road.
Probably most traffic (98%) uses the diversions and travel the long way around but the remainder insist on ignoring the signs and driving through. According to the workmen, it's the same drivers ignoring the signs all the time.
These are not boy racers, tradesmen delivering to shops within the town nor are they scroats. They're just nobs who can't be arsed to comply with the 'rules'. I've even watched whilst some have driven through one handed with a mobile phone pressed up to their ear.
Question is:- What offence(s) are disclosed and as the signs are the usual red folding council type signs, are they enforcable? Assuming of course that there were any BiB to be seen within a few miles of the town, let alone near the road works at peak times.
One of these routes hase now been closed for 8 weeks while 2 (yes just 2)guys repair the road.
It has caused total f
king chaos for weeks and the real piss take is that the road isn't actually closed it is just single lane for a while and some of the work is in a side road off of the main carriageway and the road is clear.Any decent council ( not West Wilts, clearly)would hahe had a dozen or so blokes on it and finished it in a week.
At peak times there is a 4 and a half mile queue from just to get to the roundabout on the A350.
My reason for questioning the legality of the signs is to know what fine I might get when I finally say "f
k-it" and drive through. All old fashioned values I'm afraid so when it comes to people who couldn't give a toss for everyone else and takes the pi*s in with a "I'll do what I want when I want and how I want, and fu*ck everyone else" attitude in life then I take exception.
In my experience the people driving through the closed road display the same wanton disregard for the 'rules' in all manner of things.
What if we all lived life in a "couldn't give a toss" approach. No it's the rest of us that shi*-for-brains relies on to let him have his way.
When he jumps the queue - the rest of the queue says nothing.
When he overtakes a traffic queue using the wrong lane for his route and pushes his way in at the end, the rest of us cuss hime but create the space for him or he pushes his way in threatening to collide with you.
When we are overtaken by the looney when there is something coming the other way, we slow down to create a space for him to fill.
When we complain he tells us to "F*ck off" or "What's it fu*king got to do with you" or gives us the finger (or two).
He never recognises his wrongdoing because he's used to going through life unchallenged.
People like him never have the accident, they cause the rest of us to have them.
Edited by XMG5 on Monday 17th March 14:14
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