That roundabout in Horwich (Lancs) - Feck!
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Opulent said:
Yes. Report it, they can investigate. There are skid levels which have to be adhered to - or warning signs have to go up.
+1 Don't know the roundabout in question but after one near my office was resurfaced, you could pretty much guarantee a crash everytime it rained.
The first step was council workers driving out to erect signs warning of slippery conditions every time it looked like rain, then it was resurfaced again, but this took around 6 months in total and involved many accidents and bent lamp posts.
If you knew about it however it was quite good fun, and I had one of my more memorable driving experiences when I navigated the whole roundabout sideways and headed off back the way I'd come feeling like I'd just won a WRC stage. Only problem - I really needed the third exit
antspants said:
+1
Don't know the roundabout in question but after one near my office was resurfaced, you could pretty much guarantee a crash everytime it rained.
The first step was council workers driving out to erect signs warning of slippery conditions every time it looked like rain, then it was resurfaced again, but this took around 6 months in total and involved many accidents and bent lamp posts.
If you knew about it however it was quite good fun, and I had one of my more memorable driving experiences when I navigated the whole roundabout sideways and headed off back the way I'd come feeling like I'd just won a WRC stage. Only problem - I really needed the third exit
Lol good effort. How many times did it take you get it perfect for the third exit? Don't know the roundabout in question but after one near my office was resurfaced, you could pretty much guarantee a crash everytime it rained.
The first step was council workers driving out to erect signs warning of slippery conditions every time it looked like rain, then it was resurfaced again, but this took around 6 months in total and involved many accidents and bent lamp posts.
If you knew about it however it was quite good fun, and I had one of my more memorable driving experiences when I navigated the whole roundabout sideways and headed off back the way I'd come feeling like I'd just won a WRC stage. Only problem - I really needed the third exit
This is pretty bad too, hope the link works
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=...
goffahsez said:
antspants said:
+1
Don't know the roundabout in question but after one near my office was resurfaced, you could pretty much guarantee a crash everytime it rained.
The first step was council workers driving out to erect signs warning of slippery conditions every time it looked like rain, then it was resurfaced again, but this took around 6 months in total and involved many accidents and bent lamp posts.
If you knew about it however it was quite good fun, and I had one of my more memorable driving experiences when I navigated the whole roundabout sideways and headed off back the way I'd come feeling like I'd just won a WRC stage. Only problem - I really needed the third exit
Lol good effort. How many times did it take you get it perfect for the third exit? Don't know the roundabout in question but after one near my office was resurfaced, you could pretty much guarantee a crash everytime it rained.
The first step was council workers driving out to erect signs warning of slippery conditions every time it looked like rain, then it was resurfaced again, but this took around 6 months in total and involved many accidents and bent lamp posts.
If you knew about it however it was quite good fun, and I had one of my more memorable driving experiences when I navigated the whole roundabout sideways and headed off back the way I'd come feeling like I'd just won a WRC stage. Only problem - I really needed the third exit
This is pretty bad too, hope the link works
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=...
hora said:
As you are leaving Horwich (yes lovely place) towards the Reebok stadium). How EASY is it to get a slide on? I know its an undulating surface which doesnt help but did the road designers mix glass marbles into the tarmac?
I can imagine its caught a few people out. Should I hilight this to the highways dept?!!
Which one?I can imagine its caught a few people out. Should I hilight this to the highways dept?!!
A freshly resurfaced road can be more slippery than an old worn out road. In fact, a new road should always have slippery road signs up as a matter of routine. It's all to do with the bitumen coating on the aggregate in the macadam, which polishes off over 6 months or so, giving extra grip as the road beds in.
I haven't got time at the moment but google PSV (Polished Stone Value) and AAV (Aggregate Abrasion Value) and SCRIM (Sideways co-efficient of resistance in motion, I think).
/nerd mode/
ETA http://www.highwaysmaintenance.com/skidtext.htm
(good website for a well rounded introduction to highways engineering)
I haven't got time at the moment but google PSV (Polished Stone Value) and AAV (Aggregate Abrasion Value) and SCRIM (Sideways co-efficient of resistance in motion, I think).
/nerd mode/
ETA http://www.highwaysmaintenance.com/skidtext.htm
(good website for a well rounded introduction to highways engineering)
Sf_Manta said:
There was one in Milton Keynes near Tilbrook (not far from Red Bull F1) which before it was resurfaced, you could get anything utterly broadside 
Heard about people doing it in artic trucks and lwb vans too 
A bit like this one?. Heard about people doing it in artic trucks and lwb vans too http://youtu.be/-PwL17Xsl7U
OdramaSwimLaden said:
Hoping beyond hope......!
Whoops, how about this one :http://youtu.be/0j4D4mA8fRk
Damn you mobile Internet compatability.
hora said:
Sf_Manta said:
There was one in Milton Keynes near Tilbrook (not far from Red Bull F1) which before it was resurfaced, you could get anything utterly broadside Heard about people doing it in artic trucks and lwb vans too
Heard about people doing it in artic trucks and lwb vans too 
Sf_Manta said:
There was one in Milton Keynes near Tilbrook (not far from Red Bull F1) which before it was resurfaced, you could get anything utterly broadside Heard about people doing it in artic trucks and lwb vans too
At the end of the V11 at Brownswood? I know it well and, yes, it was very slippy and at the bottom of a hill. Heard about people doing it in artic trucks and lwb vans too wolf1 said:
hora said:
Fastra said:
Which one?
Its the one where road splits next to a old Carvery pub. Heading south out of Horwich, it is the Beehive roundabout turning right onto DeHavilland Way.
The surface is pretty wrinkly and worn out.
As Wolf says, it has been like that forever.
I had a quite a moment there in a 998 Mini back in 1987...
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