Government solves traffic congestion

[Vipers]

Is it me, or is this a hair brained "suggestion", so with all this in place, it will be clear roads ahead guys From Google news today.

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The Transport Committee looked at ways to reduce congestion without road building or road pricing.

Among its recommendations were suggestions about how to keep motorists up to date with changes to the Highway Code.

Launching its report, Out Of The Jam: Reducing Congestion On Our Roads, committee chairwoman Louise Ellman said: "Congestion costs the economy billions of pounds each year.

"Improving the way we manage road space so that the network runs more smoothly is vital to the prosperity of the nation. Pursuing this challenge should form a key plank of central government transport policy."

Evidence cited by a previous inquiry found congestion would cost the UK economy an extra £22 billion a year by 2025, she said.

Ms Ellman said more must be done to improve driver behaviour and road safety through better understanding and adherence to the Highway Code.

She also called for more clarification from ministers about who is responsible for warning road users about impending congestion, and said there should be greater user of "intelligent traffic management systems" across local authority boundaries..

A free Highway Code mobile phone application could be one option for improving standards, MPs said.

Changes to the code could also be included in a leaflet when drivers apply to renew their licence or tax disc, they said.

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Ho Ho fking Ho.

[KaraK]

Sounds like a good idea to me, alot of the congestion problems we have are down to the poor average standard of driving in this country - MLMs are a perfect example.

[Bing o]

It's OK, no-one will be able to afford to buy or run cars soon anyway.

[roachcoach]

Unless one of the recommendations is "stop pissfarting about 15-20 under the limit on a clear dry road, you tight bds", we're going to get nowhere.

[Stevenj214]

KaraK said:

Sounds like a good idea to me, alot of the congestion problems we have are down to the poor average standard of driving in this country - MLMs are a perfect example.

Sounds good to me too.

[Vipers]

Stevenj214 said:

KaraK said:

Sounds like a good idea to me, alot of the congestion problems we have are down to the poor average standard of driving in this country - MLMs are a perfect example.

Sounds good to me too.

Doubt it will solve town congestion, took me an hour to do 6 miles on a SUNDAY in London this year. Liked the bit about road pricing, if they dropped the toll on the M6 more may use it.

MLS's shoot them on sight.

[obob]

Road planners who have a brain would be a good start. The ones in Sheffield are fking retards. They changed a non-residential side road to one way because it attracted too much traffic ( the problem was that cars parked on one side so two lanes of traffic could not get through). So instead of making it no parking, they made it no parking AND one way. So now all the traffic goes down the main road and the queue has extended by about 200% since this change went it.

[Negative Creep]

Get rid of a good proportion of traffic lights for a start. Most people can navigate a junction and dont need to be sitting around for minutes on end. It would also cut down on air pollution and energy bills

[obob]

Also let people turn left through red lights

[DieselGriff]

There was certainly an anti-motorist stance taken by the previous government with many policies designed to make car journeys as unpleasant as possible. Removing the results of these policies would be a good start and better education will help.

Then we need to improve roads and reduce fuel tax - oh sorry drifted off to another planet for a second.

[lord summerisle]

obob said:

Road planners who have a brain would be a good start.

Apsolutly.

Such as Salford - where the A6 - one of the main commuter routes has been changed from this:

http://g.co/maps/khpde

to a single lane, with a seperate bus lane and cycle lane, and a wider pavement

[greygoose]

Negative Creep said:

Get rid of a good proportion of traffic lights for a start. Most people can navigate a junction and dont need to be sitting around for minutes on end. It would also cut down on air pollution and energy bills

And switch traffic lights to flashing amber at night to avoid pointless waiting around for nothing.

[BliarOut]

Negative Creep said:

Get rid of a good proportion of traffic lights for a start. Most people can navigate a junction and dont need to be sitting around for minutes on end. It would also cut down on air pollution and energy bills

peterborough was built on roundabouts and the traffic flow was very impressive.Now they've introduced traffic lights everywhere and they're causing congestion Who'da thunk it

[toxgobbler]

roachcoach said:

Unless one of the recommendations is "stop pissfarting about 15-20 under the limit on a clear dry road, you tight bds", we're going to get nowhere.

+9000000

Also implement ban on Lorries overtaking during rush hour as they do in France and forming the rolling roadblocks...

[AshVX220]

greygoose said:

And switch traffic lights to flashing amber at night to avoid pointless waiting around for nothing.

Unfortunately within a month of them implementing that there'll be a nasty accident somewhere and it'll get reversed. All the little wickeds in their chavved out Corsa's won't slow down to check, they'd dare each other to keep their foot planted as they went of the junction.

[MKnight702]

Vipers said:

greater use of "intelligent traffic management systems"

EFA

[CommanderJameson]

TBH, if I could get on a clean, comfortable bus (or train) at a reasonable price that didn't require that I make a change (and a wait of 20 minutes in the gloryhole that is Middlesbrough bus station) to travel 15 miles, I'd probably do that rather than put 30-odd miles per day on my car, just to go to work.

But the buses aren't clean, they aren't comfortable, they don't travel at times that mesh with my day, and I would have to spend 40 minutes per day in the pisshole that is Middlesbrough bus station, so, to use a technical term, fk that.

[roachcoach]

One would think it's quite obvious.

Problem: You cannot go faster than the car in front.
Solution: Get the car in front to go faster.
Implementation: Variable (To account for weather) minimum speed limits


We have the law on the books, use it.

[budgie smuggler]

They could solve a lot of congestion by enforcing the 2 second gap rule and lane discipline.

I have the pleasure of driving down the a127 on the way to work. I'm sure 95% of the accidents and hold ups are directly caused by people driving too close to the car in front.

People have to slow right down to take a sharp (non-slip road) exits and the people behind then have to stamp on the brakes to avoid running into the car in front. THis creates one of those 'come to a complete halt for no reason' tailbacks.

[oyster]

Ways to reduce congestion.

1. Increase fuel duty to £5 per litre.

2. Repeat step 1.