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Too much traffic, a me me me mentality and a lack of police.
I am rapidly running out of patience with this "sceptred isle". Septic isle more like. And yes, I KNOW there's problems everywhere, but we think of ourselves as somehow superior in the UK, and I genuinely believe we're a long way down the pan.
Rant rant rant rant!
Anyone want to offer me a job somewhere nice, or at least different? : )
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I think the problem is getting worse everywhere, not just in London.
We don't need more cameras, but we do need more (perhaps I should say "some") Traffic Police.
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Amber light jumping when it is clear to go eg when turning right before the other traffic starts seems to be a case of optimisation on the part of the motorist. If everyone did actually obey the traffic signals exactly would congestion end up being worse as there would be fewer cars going through at each junction? I used to find amber jumping annoying but now I think well if they time it and make sure they clear the junction then I have no problem with it as they're making best use of the available road. Local authorities can help by not having long waits between light changes when you don't need one.Some delay between changing one side to red and the other being green which is way in excess of what is needed. Making the amber phase in the middle a bit longer instead would make more sense.
Red light jumping is another thing altogether. How much light jumping is linked to the hysteria over car jacking? In big cities I'd rather keep moving if I can and I think may partly explain the increase in some groups. If there were some dodgy people hanging around late at night then I'd probably jump a red if it was safe to do so and I thought I might be in danger.
teabelly
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Even if the drivers are wide awake and on the ball you still only get a handful of cars through a typical London light. The trouble is it?s usually Mr Manual Gearbox up on pole position who doesn?t start searching for gears until it?s been green for five seconds, then he?s fiddling with his handbrake and looking for biting points, dithering and faffing and generally oblivious to the drivers behind who all have tea on the table and would really like to get home too.
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Mr Manual Gearbox he?s fiddling with his handbrake and looking for biting points, dithering and faffing
Suggest you come out for a spin with me sometime. ;o)
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"Local authorities can help by not having long waits between light changes when you don't need one."
Very funny.
There are a set of traffic light that I pass through each day. A fully laden artic is not even through (from a standing start) before the orange phase cuts in. In the meantime, the adjoining road has only one car waiting?!?!??!
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There are a set of traffic light that I pass through each day. A fully laden artic is not even through (from a standing start) before the orange phase cuts in. In the meantime, the adjoining road has only one car waiting?!?!??!
Tell the council, who may not even know. Then if they don't do anything, tell the local paper, especially if they like bashing the council.
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"Local authorities can help by not having long waits between light changes when you don't need one." Very funny. There are a set of traffic light that I pass through each day. A fully laden artic is not even through (from a standing start) before the orange phase cuts in. In the meantime, the adjoining road has only one car waiting?!?!??!
The junction of A244 and B377 Chertsey Road and Ashford Road, Lower Feltham is exactly the same.
Is that the junction you are referring to?
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Just beacuse it's legal, it doesn't mean it's right.
In my city, there are far too many traffic lights phased to cause maximum delay, and often deliberately set to change in favour of the road where there are no cars. There are some traffic lights which change red and stop the traffic for no reason whatsoever as the roads to the sides are either closed or have been altered years ago to roads on the right with no right turn in front of you.
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Spot on, it also doesn't help that instead of being phased to allow traffic to flow, lights are often phased to deliberately impede progress. (Thanks, Ken)
Do I go through red lights, yes I do but I also know what a traffic light camera looks like and I'm fully aware of the consequences should I have an accident or get caught by plod.
AFAIC, it's like speeding, yes it's wrong always in the eyes of the law, however it's inappropriate speed that's the problem not speeding per se.
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Red light jumping is another thing altogether. How much light jumping is linked to the hysteria over car jacking? In big cities I'd rather keep moving if I can and I think may partly explain the increase in some groups. If there were some dodgy people hanging around late at night then I'd probably jump a red if it was safe to do so and I thought I might be in danger.
Hi teabelly! Going through the redlight is fairly standard practice in Johannesburg unless you want to be a victim of a lead-assisted transfer of vehicle ownership.
eProf
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