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Vipers

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33,497 posts

257 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Anybody watch Parking Mad BBC1 last Thursday?

There was something on there I couldnt figure out, there was a T junction shown with a No Left turn, ie as you approached the Junction (the approach from a one way street by the way), the road it joined was a regular two way traffic street, cars passing from right to left, and across the road, left to right, but there was a No left turn sign. The approach road wasnt offset or anything, just a regular T junction.

Waiting just down the road was the camera van waiting to catch people turning left, which was into the flow of traffic. To turn right meant having to wait for a gap in the oncoming traffic in order to cross the road.

The more I thought of it, the only explanation I came was that it was a ploy to catch cars turning left, and being ticketed, and making money for the council.

There was a bunch of bikers there reminding drivers not to turn left, and the van was just down the road.

Any ideas, and where the road was. It just intrigues me that I cant work it out.

Last episode is on tonight BBC1 9pm.




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73mark

774 posts

156 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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3rd paragraph,sums it up for me money-money-money.


And I like the way the bikers follow the camera car around.

JimbobVFR

2,822 posts

173 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Could it be a road commonly used as a rat run that's not suitable for the volume of traffic that's been using it. The no left turn is to stop that happening.

silverfoxcc

8,392 posts

174 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Just a thought,
Whilst Plod go apest on people advising of speed traps etc and sometimes fine them.PCOJ i think?..what could the council do on this?

Vipers

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33,497 posts

257 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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JimbobVFR said:
Could it be a road commonly used as a rat run that's not suitable for the volume of traffic that's been using it. The no left turn is to stop that happening.
Could be I suppose, but sounds odd, being able to turn right and not left on a regular T junction.

Pity no knows where that shot was taken, intrigues me




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bigandclever

14,346 posts

267 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Because your post made no sense, I had to have a look smile

It was a road junction where turning right was the problem.

9m40s in... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b042rhzr/Park...

Riley Blue

23,205 posts

255 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Vipers said:
JimbobVFR said:
Could it be a road commonly used as a rat run that's not suitable for the volume of traffic that's been using it. The no left turn is to stop that happening.
Could be I suppose, but sounds odd, being able to turn right and not left on a regular T junction.

Pity no knows where that shot was taken, intrigues me

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I thought it was 'No Right Turn' but I could be wrong, it's 50/50.

Vipers

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33,497 posts

257 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Riley Blue said:
Vipers said:
JimbobVFR said:
Could it be a road commonly used as a rat run that's not suitable for the volume of traffic that's been using it. The no left turn is to stop that happening.
Could be I suppose, but sounds odd, being able to turn right and not left on a regular T junction.

Pity no knows where that shot was taken, intrigues me

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I thought it was 'No Right Turn' but I could be wrong, it's 50/50.
Your thinking that because the girl initially said to a car driver its a no right turn until someone corrected her, the van you may recall was parked up alongside the kerb down the road to the left. I re-ran the vid 3 times to try to work it out.




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