Traffic Management: politics & ideology defeat logic. News?!
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Jasandjules said:
OpulentBob said:
As for the whole Policy thing of making the experience of using a car awful, that is just paranoia. Look at the number of cars we as a nation have to fit in the available space. But no, it's deliberate, and they're all out to get you, specifically you, to make your driving experience awful. ![rolleyes](/inc/images/rolleyes.gif)
Well, let's consider a few things.![rolleyes](/inc/images/rolleyes.gif)
1. Speed limits on perfectly good roads are being reduced.
2. Speed cameras then appear by magic upon those roads
3. Roundabouts get traffic lights put on them, which then means you get stuck in the wrong lane on the roundabout
4. Roundabouts get zebra crossings and traffic lights on the exits. This means people have to stop hard and fast on the roundabout which blocks it
5. Parking spaces for new property is being reduced
6. Traffic lights now have a significantly higher time on red
7. Many lovely routes in my area are being turned into bus/taxi lanes. Meaning the rest of us have to travel a couple of miles further
8. Speed humps everywhere
9. Many traffic lights now have cycle priority boxes in front, meaning the lycra tw**s block the whole road and when the lights go green, no f***er can actually move off at speed and get going because lycra wa***er is swerving around.
Those are just to be getting on with...... I have more.....
Jasandjules said:
OpulentBob said:
9. Many traffic lights now have cycle priority boxes in front, meaning the lycra tw**s block the whole road and when the lights go green, no f***er can actually move off at speed and get going because lycra wa***er is swerving around.
I have NEVER seen a lycra clad cyclist hold up a car at traffic lights. I do however see lots of old dears at the front holding up lots of other cars.oyster said:
I have NEVER seen a lycra clad cyclist hold up a car at traffic lights. I do however see lots of old dears at the front holding up lots of other cars.
I've had to attend meetings in London at clients' offices and given the parlous and unreliable nature of both road and rail travel in this country I tend to arrive early on those days when the delays aren't severe. Preferring the good clean air of London Town ![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
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