How about we ban fast vehicles, and allow only slow vehicles during rush hour. That way we only have slow vehicles on the road, they wouldn't be able to rush, and rush hour would be erradicated.
For goodness sake keep quite! Someone in the DoT will hear you and before you know it a new policy will be born.
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>>Someone in the DoT will hear you and before you know it a new policy will be born.
Tut tut. Political references? Whatever next?!!!
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There are, however, some continental practices that we could learn from. It is quite common there for overtaking by trucks to be banned on uphill motorway stretches. Their "crawler" lanes on motorways continue as the inside lane and the outside lane has to merge whereas here many slow vehicles don't go into the crawler lane because they fear they will not be able to merge back in. They also impose restrictions on heavy vehicles during certain hours/weekends/holiday times. These seem to work there - why not here? There are exemptions for vehicles carrying perishables and some other essentials (fuel?)
egs:-
www.pda-uk.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3595
www.pda-uk.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6418
www.pda-uk.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6212
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Oh for goodness sakes....
It is becoming irritating that, in here at least, every form of legislation and control which affects the person writing is reviled and the sign of a police state / nanny state / whatever.
But in the next breath every conceivable piece of legislation which does not affect the writer is desperately called for - banning trucks, taxing caravans etc. etc.
Do you not realise that it is exactly that "logic" which brought us speed cameras and silly speed limits ?
Whatever happened to live and let live ? I live in the countryside, I get held up by milk tankers, tractors, sheep, cows, there is mud on the road, loads of landrovers with bad lights etc. etc. It just isn't that important.
The worst slow vehicle I ever got held up behind didn't extend my journey by more than 5 minutes.
I'd say you need to get out more, but that would probably make things worse.
Life is too short.....
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I work in the rail industry simple answer , we have a rail system that is slowly getting back on its feet , which is almost redundant between 00.00 hrs & 05.00 hrs lets get some of it back on the rails , we even have our parts dilivered by road how sad is that.
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Can any one explain to me why rush hour is so called? no one gets anywhere in a rush at that time of the morning.(or evening)
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Hello
One thing i saw on the local motorway the other day was a diesel Ford of some description being driven at 40 mph with black smoke billowing out of the back by a rather frail old lady i don't know whether she was aware that the motorway was 70mph and that her car was smoking like a cuban cigar.
i found it rather funny after i turned air recalculation on and overtook at the first opportunity.
(iam not a mechanic)
Martin Winters
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What strange cigars you smoke. I'd change your brand as none of my Cuban cigars have black smoke billowing out of them. Not even when lit!
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Hello
cigars and ciggarettes are filthy (sorry if i cant spell them)
(iam not a mechanic)
Martin Winters
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This is NOT a joke!!
About 18 to 24 months ago some of the London buses were on strike and in our area it was a case of one out, all out.
The traffic on the road was moving a LOT more freely and everyone at work agreed that if there were no buses on the roads - travelling times would be drastcally reduced.
Ok, some may of stayed away from work or taken a sicky or A/L - but that is THEIR problem and not the hard pressed/taxed car ownner.
M
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This is NOT a joke!! About 18 to 24 months ago some of the London buses were on strike and in our area it was a case of one out, all out. The traffic on the road was moving a LOT more freely and everyone at work agreed that if there were no buses on the roads - travelling times would be drastcally reduced. Ok, some may of stayed away from work or taken a sicky or A/L - but that is THEIR problem and not the hard pressed/taxed car ownner. M
Oh no, surely not. You're now suggesting that buses make the roads worse and should be banned?
As a one of perhaps it made traffic better, but do you not think that those people who would have taken the bus would, if it were stopped altogether, have to get cars?
Is there anything that you DON'T want to ban from the road, apart from your own vehicle?
Up to now we've got large vehicles and caravans to be banned, expensive vehicles to be taxed to the hilt.
Wouldn't it be easier to just round up all the people who are poorer than you and all the people who are richer than you and ship them all off the Australia?
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>> This is NOT a joke!! >> >> About 18 to 24 months ago some of the London buses >> were on strike and in our area it was a case >> of one out, all out. >> >> The traffic on the road was moving a LOT more freely >> and everyone at work agreed that if there were no >> buses on the roads - travelling times would be drastcally reduced. >> >> Ok, some may of stayed away from work or taken a >> sicky or A/L - but that is THEIR problem and not >> the hard pressed/taxed car ownner. >> >> M >> Oh no, surely not. You're now suggesting that buses make the roads worse and should be banned? As a one of perhaps it made traffic better, but do you not think that those people who would have taken the bus would, if it were stopped altogether, have to get cars? Is there anything that you DON'T want to ban from the road, apart from your own vehicle? Up to now we've got large vehicles and caravans to be banned, expensive vehicles to be taxed to the hilt. Wouldn't it be easier to just round up all the people who are poorer than you and all the people who are richer than you and ship them all off the Australia?
Totally disagree with your opinion!!
Everyone has an opinion, and mine is in favour of the car.
You refer to me stating it was ok to tax expensive vehicles to the hilt!! UNTRUE, I clearly stated that I would not mind paying the extra road tax for larger cars (I run a humble ford mondeo ghia) as I would either pay the tax or buy a smaller and more environmentaly friendly car.
Next time get your facts straight.
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Motorwayman,
I'm not really sure what your game is. Sometimes your contributions seem worthwhile yet at others they seem ridiculous and designed just to wind people up.
Right now I am undecided what to do about it, if anything. However, I am sure that I have had enough of intentionally annoying/controversial notes seemingly simply designed to wind everybody else up.
Therefore, you may well see such contributions simply disappear.
I also have the distinct impression that you have been here before under another name, although I can't put my finger on which.
Nonetheless, consider this a caution.
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Everyone has an opinion, and mine is in favour of the car.
That's fine, but I also have a right to put forward my opinion - which is that your's is incorrect. That doesn't mean you should change yours, but neither does it mean I should change mine.
You refer to me stating it was ok to tax expensive vehicles to the hilt!!
Yes, that is exactly what I accused you of.
UNTRUE, I clearly stated that I would not mind paying the extra road tax for larger cars (I run a humble ford mondeo ghia) as I would either pay the tax or buy a smaller and more environmentaly friendly car.
I fail to see how that disproves what I said. The fact that you would be willing to pay it does not mean that you didn't say the extra tax should exist. If anything, it proves that you did suggest such a tax.
Next time get your facts straight.
Well done.
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But Bazza get your facts straight as there's more evidence that the rest of us shouldn't be on the roads, let alone in buses.
We've also got a ban on anybody parking outside their own house in order to keep the traffic moving, and that the law should be strictly enforced.
Simultaneously we have a requirement to tell him about paint that will stop him getting nicked by speed cameras. And it's really unfair that a 'friend' got nicked for getting in a bus lane by mistake as he didn't mean to break the law.
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Do you know, often when stuck in a traffic jam I will jokingly say 'Will you lot all get out of my way, don't you know this is MY road'.
Didn't realise there were people out their who actually believe that though. ;)
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Tractors are banned from entering Reykjavic during rush hour.
Just thought I'd throw that gem in!
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