Traffic calming and Congestion charge-details
Discussion
I'm not in UK at present,
Can somebody explain the traffic calming, I've read the posts and it seems to be a series of chicanes, is this correct. If so, do you get a warning or do they just appear! Are they prolific?
Congestion charge, I've seen the comments, but what is it and how is it charged, per car. per household, per person. Also how much, although any charge is too much.
Thanks
Jeff
Can somebody explain the traffic calming, I've read the posts and it seems to be a series of chicanes, is this correct. If so, do you get a warning or do they just appear! Are they prolific?
Congestion charge, I've seen the comments, but what is it and how is it charged, per car. per household, per person. Also how much, although any charge is too much.
Thanks
Jeff
Hi Jeff,
I'm up 'cos l have a stupid job and therefore will be the first to gladly answer your Q's.
Traffic calming:
Chicanes sound rather entertaining. Unfortunately pinchpoint l believe is 'le mot mode'. By directing traffic into eachothers path speeds will be reduced accordingly albeit by minor head on collisions.
In fact calming measures more often take the form of anything from a mild undulation of tarmac to a foot high toblerone. The more illegal of these do a good job of reducing anyone with a vaguely decent car to a crawl, grimacing as they hear the underside of their cars innards being slowly peeled back like a robot wars S&M flick.
Of course the actual targets of these measures are all halfwits and therefore don't care, carrying on as normal. Also they are driving other peoples cars (borrowed of course) so they don't care. Did l mention they were halfwits? And that they don't care?
Congestion charging:
Primarily a wonderful way of trying to reduce car congestion in the very centre of London by charging cars £5/day to enter it. The numberplate image recognition system has many features and can identify criminals within seconds, providing they have a tattoo on their forehead that follows DVLA spacing guidelines.
Ken Livingstone has made a great job of providing public transport alternatives to further encourage this such as tramp-rickshaw and addict-piggyback. Also the increasing central congestion experienced of late has nothing to do with underhand traffic light rephasing, but due to everyone trying to get all of next years journeys done at once to avoid paying the fee.
Individuals, moist from the smell of power but too overwhelmingly mediocre to even set foot in parliment (aka Councillors), all around the UK's major cities are waiting with bated breath to see if this cut n' shut of a traffic experiment will have even the slightest chance of sh1tting a golden revenue egg.
I hope that has cleared up one or two things for you.
I'm up 'cos l have a stupid job and therefore will be the first to gladly answer your Q's.
Traffic calming:
Chicanes sound rather entertaining. Unfortunately pinchpoint l believe is 'le mot mode'. By directing traffic into eachothers path speeds will be reduced accordingly albeit by minor head on collisions.
In fact calming measures more often take the form of anything from a mild undulation of tarmac to a foot high toblerone. The more illegal of these do a good job of reducing anyone with a vaguely decent car to a crawl, grimacing as they hear the underside of their cars innards being slowly peeled back like a robot wars S&M flick.
Of course the actual targets of these measures are all halfwits and therefore don't care, carrying on as normal. Also they are driving other peoples cars (borrowed of course) so they don't care. Did l mention they were halfwits? And that they don't care?
Congestion charging:
Primarily a wonderful way of trying to reduce car congestion in the very centre of London by charging cars £5/day to enter it. The numberplate image recognition system has many features and can identify criminals within seconds, providing they have a tattoo on their forehead that follows DVLA spacing guidelines.
Ken Livingstone has made a great job of providing public transport alternatives to further encourage this such as tramp-rickshaw and addict-piggyback. Also the increasing central congestion experienced of late has nothing to do with underhand traffic light rephasing, but due to everyone trying to get all of next years journeys done at once to avoid paying the fee.
Individuals, moist from the smell of power but too overwhelmingly mediocre to even set foot in parliment (aka Councillors), all around the UK's major cities are waiting with bated breath to see if this cut n' shut of a traffic experiment will have even the slightest chance of sh1tting a golden revenue egg.
I hope that has cleared up one or two things for you.
Of course we all know what the "results" are going to be, even before this daft scheme finishes dont we?
"A resounding success"....."Traffic congestion down by 70%"......"Bells ringing and children happily playing in the traffic free streets of Olde London Town".......
Oh and dont forget to mention the profits from the scheme will be ploughed back into a transsexual asylum seekers training centre........
"A resounding success"....."Traffic congestion down by 70%"......"Bells ringing and children happily playing in the traffic free streets of Olde London Town".......
Oh and dont forget to mention the profits from the scheme will be ploughed back into a transsexual asylum seekers training centre........
speed bumps: only work at slowing down quality cars with good braking systems. 4x4's may ignore them at will, as do buses, lorries, and most other dangerous vehicles.
Luckily my Pug can cruise over them at speed, so if I didn't see one until the last second (as I am diligently watching my speedo...
) it may cross them without leaving the spoiler & exhaust system behind.
C
Luckily my Pug can cruise over them at speed, so if I didn't see one until the last second (as I am diligently watching my speedo...
) it may cross them without leaving the spoiler & exhaust system behind. C
Thanks Funkihamsta,
That was a just what I needed to know.
I expect all Red Ken's social workers will be excempt from the Congestion Charge!
I remember when Mr Livingstone was almost a deportable
commodity, that was the early Thatcher days.
I have two cars that don't tolerate speed bumps very well, I was just about to go to my local Supermarket in a strip mall to tell them this would be my last visit because they had put speed bumps in the car park, when I got there they had been removed.
I asked "too many complaints eh?" They said, no just one, the Fire Chief!
I'm not sure of the fire cheif's personal transport but the official line was that they are not good for emergency vehicles.
Could be the way to go.
I noticed in the forum there is an ambulance man, maybe he should check political leaning of current client before slowing for these hinderances.
Jeff
That was a just what I needed to know.
I expect all Red Ken's social workers will be excempt from the Congestion Charge!
I remember when Mr Livingstone was almost a deportable
commodity, that was the early Thatcher days.
I have two cars that don't tolerate speed bumps very well, I was just about to go to my local Supermarket in a strip mall to tell them this would be my last visit because they had put speed bumps in the car park, when I got there they had been removed.
I asked "too many complaints eh?" They said, no just one, the Fire Chief!
I'm not sure of the fire cheif's personal transport but the official line was that they are not good for emergency vehicles.
Could be the way to go.
I noticed in the forum there is an ambulance man, maybe he should check political leaning of current client before slowing for these hinderances.
Jeff
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