worst/best towns to drive in
14 October 2003, 06:26 AM
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ive been around a few places and have noticed some really bad and good places to go and drive through.
bad milton keynes- didnt even make the centre there was a roundabout every 300 metres it was horrible
colchester- every one with 4 wheels will race you doesnt matter what theyve got they will egg you on
basingstoke- been ther 4 or 5 times and always end up coming in the town a different way that ring road is a nightmare
good colchester- has one long road through the town centre best ever for a letch, past all the clubs and pubs
sailsbury cause its so enclosed the flat four brings the city down
bad milton keynes- didnt even make the centre there was a roundabout every 300 metres it was horrible
colchester- every one with 4 wheels will race you doesnt matter what theyve got they will egg you on
basingstoke- been ther 4 or 5 times and always end up coming in the town a different way that ring road is a nightmare
good colchester- has one long road through the town centre best ever for a letch, past all the clubs and pubs
sailsbury cause its so enclosed the flat four brings the city down
14 October 2003, 09:35 AM
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I actually enjoy driving through Milton Keynes, if you know your way you can stick to the national limit dual carriageways and make great time. OK there are a few roundabouts, but they beat traffic lights anyday....
Worst place, probably Birmingham for its combination of **** roads, and drivers with no ability. Even Cairo is more fun to drive in, at least you know they are all terrible drivers there. In Birmingham you get fooled every now and again into thinking people there can drive, then you meet a recent graduate from the Cairo school of motoring......
Worst place, probably Birmingham for its combination of **** roads, and drivers with no ability. Even Cairo is more fun to drive in, at least you know they are all terrible drivers there. In Birmingham you get fooled every now and again into thinking people there can drive, then you meet a recent graduate from the Cairo school of motoring......
14 October 2003, 10:01 AM
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Good/Bad = Anywhere in Tenerife.
Some lovely scenic roads. Locals all think they are Carlo Sainz.
Replace the word "drive" with "rally" and you've got a good idea about the drivers out there
Some lovely scenic roads. Locals all think they are Carlo Sainz.
Replace the word "drive" with "rally" and you've got a good idea about the drivers out there
14 October 2003, 10:43 AM
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Stoke-On-Trent is bloody awful. Apart from London, I've never driven around such aggresive, selfish people. Even got rear ended by a guy who was turning right out of a junction we were turning right in to "sorry mate, thought you would have gone by the time I got there" 
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14 October 2003, 11:05 AM
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Bad - Bradford "Lets cut up the white bloke..."
Bad - Whitehaven - full of potholes and home to the narrowest bit of dual-carriageway ever.
Bad - area in the North East around a place called "Pity Me", someone must have had a load of roundabouts going spare.
Good - A591 Kendal to Keswick - v twisty, v. picturesque and ambleside is closed in so wind your window down...
Good - A66 Dual Carriageway (heading west) alongside Bassenthwaite lake. Has too be one of the best bits of road anywhere!
[Edited by messiah - 10/14/2003 11:06:39 AM]
Bad - Whitehaven - full of potholes and home to the narrowest bit of dual-carriageway ever.
Bad - area in the North East around a place called "Pity Me", someone must have had a load of roundabouts going spare.
Good - A591 Kendal to Keswick - v twisty, v. picturesque and ambleside is closed in so wind your window down...
Good - A66 Dual Carriageway (heading west) alongside Bassenthwaite lake. Has too be one of the best bits of road anywhere!
[Edited by messiah - 10/14/2003 11:06:39 AM]
14 October 2003, 11:58 AM
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I have to say that Milton Keynes is one of the best places I've driven in (except for Wales that is).
In 5 years of living there I can honestly count the amount of times I've been stuck in traffic on my left hand. If you know the place and chose your routes correctly then you can steam round like it's a race track (all within 70mph though). The road surfacing is excellent and is mostly dual carriageway so overtaking is a dream.
And don't forget that MK spans a much larger area than just the city centre so if you want twisties then they're on your doorstep too.
Despite what most peeps think MK is an excellent place to live too, if a tad sterile, but that's another thread
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[Edited by civictyper - 10/14/2003 12:00:47 PM]
In 5 years of living there I can honestly count the amount of times I've been stuck in traffic on my left hand. If you know the place and chose your routes correctly then you can steam round like it's a race track (all within 70mph though). The road surfacing is excellent and is mostly dual carriageway so overtaking is a dream.
And don't forget that MK spans a much larger area than just the city centre so if you want twisties then they're on your doorstep too.
Despite what most peeps think MK is an excellent place to live too, if a tad sterile, but that's another thread
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[Edited by civictyper - 10/14/2003 12:00:47 PM]
14 October 2003, 12:07 PM
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Bad - Lincoln. Crappy roads and gridlock.
Very bad - Bari. Mental.
Very very bad - Naples. Just plain fooking scary
Good but getting worse - Leeds. Speed bumps everywhere
Very good - Around Elgin and NE Scotland. Long winding and atraight roads in good condition, no speed cameras and no police.
Very bad - Bari. Mental.
Very very bad - Naples. Just plain fooking scary
Good but getting worse - Leeds. Speed bumps everywhere
Very good - Around Elgin and NE Scotland. Long winding and atraight roads in good condition, no speed cameras and no police.
14 October 2003, 12:21 PM
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You're right it was (amongst other things), hence the amount of roundabouts and dual carriageways.
Commuting is a real breeze. My partner has to travel about 10 miles to work which takes about 10-15 minutes. That's an average of about 50mph which is pretty good compared to most normal towns.
It has it's downfalls though. Going round roundabouts at 40mph doesn't bode well with tyres esp when they're £100+ a corner
[Edited by civictyper - 10/14/2003 12:22:12 PM]
You're right it was (amongst other things), hence the amount of roundabouts and dual carriageways.
Commuting is a real breeze. My partner has to travel about 10 miles to work which takes about 10-15 minutes. That's an average of about 50mph which is pretty good compared to most normal towns.
It has it's downfalls though. Going round roundabouts at 40mph doesn't bode well with tyres esp when they're £100+ a corner
[Edited by civictyper - 10/14/2003 12:22:12 PM]
14 October 2003, 01:21 PM
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I have to say that Milton Keynes is one of the best places I've driven in (except for Wales that is).
In 5 years of living there I can honestly count the amount of times I've been stuck in traffic on my left hand. If you know the place and chose your routes correctly then you can steam round like it's a race track (all within 70mph though). The road surfacing is excellent and is mostly dual carriageway so overtaking is a dream.
In 5 years of living there I can honestly count the amount of times I've been stuck in traffic on my left hand. If you know the place and chose your routes correctly then you can steam round like it's a race track (all within 70mph though). The road surfacing is excellent and is mostly dual carriageway so overtaking is a dream.
Bristol is pretty bad, the traffic is appauling and if you don't know where you are going you are screwed because you have to get in lane miles before the sign tells you which lane you will need, then nobody will let you in!
[Edited by ajm - 10/14/2003 1:22:03 PM]
14 October 2003, 01:23 PM
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I'll agree with FP, Naples is horendous, I aint lying when I saw I dont think I saw 1 car without a scratch or dent 
now thats is sooo bad, remember sitting in a cab there and in the right lane of 4 lanes, lights go green and the taxi driver cuts up EVERY lane and turns left... scary!!!!!!
now thats is sooo bad, remember sitting in a cab there and in the right lane of 4 lanes, lights go green and the taxi driver cuts up EVERY lane and turns left... scary!!!!!!
14 October 2003, 03:04 PM
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oh right didnt expect foreign places.
kabul is untouched for driving people try to hit you so they can claim from the army,i was racing them in our land rovers and steyers it was like grand theft auto everyman for himself, it really is some where you cant describe you have to be there, but i doubt many of you will be booking your hols there
kabul is untouched for driving people try to hit you so they can claim from the army,i was racing them in our land rovers and steyers it was like grand theft auto everyman for himself, it really is some where you cant describe you have to be there, but i doubt many of you will be booking your hols there
14 October 2003, 03:37 PM
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Why so slow? I feel I've wasted a roundabout in MK if I don't manage to get round at at least 60!
LOLMakes mental note to attempt next roundabout doing 60 without flying into hedge
[Edited by civictyper - 10/14/2003 3:39:32 PM]
14 October 2003, 04:12 PM
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Nottingham is a bad, bad, bad place to drive!!! Too many fixed and mobile speed cameras and speed humps
14 October 2003, 07:17 PM
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Hey Goochie, I know that road *very* well - use it for car and bike, um, testing
Beirut was interesting to drive in as well. Similar to Kabul but the other drivers wanted to shoot you rather than just claim off the army.
LA sucks for driving, and the traffic cops are too petty to describe. And they have no sense of humour.
New York City makes London seem like the countryside in terms of traffic jams.
In the UK I'd say Oxford has to be the worst. A town run by a council that hates motor vehicles.
Milton Keynes is good - I like it for the same reasons everyone else has said. Basingstoke is OK on a bike, or used to be anyhow.
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Beirut was interesting to drive in as well. Similar to Kabul but the other drivers wanted to shoot you rather than just claim off the army.
LA sucks for driving, and the traffic cops are too petty to describe. And they have no sense of humour.
New York City makes London seem like the countryside in terms of traffic jams.
In the UK I'd say Oxford has to be the worst. A town run by a council that hates motor vehicles.
Milton Keynes is good - I like it for the same reasons everyone else has said. Basingstoke is OK on a bike, or used to be anyhow.
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14 October 2003, 08:52 PM
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Rome (if in own car) BAD
Rome (if in hire car with all possible waivers and CDW and extra-super CDW and waivers against everything else already paid for) GOOD FUN. Only FUN if you drive like the Romans though, show any hint of bottling-out and you are history
Rome (if in hire car with all possible waivers and CDW and extra-super CDW and waivers against everything else already paid for) GOOD FUN. Only FUN if you drive like the Romans though, show any hint of bottling-out and you are history
14 October 2003, 08:58 PM
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Paris is the worst place Ive seen for nutters driving about - it is literally every driver for themselves. Roundabouts with about 8 lanes but no markings.
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14 October 2003, 09:52 PM
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Worst: Greater Manchester = Speed Camera. It's a shame because there are some great roads over the moors (tops) but there are just to may speed camera's, including the type that clock your average speed (name?). The run from Littleborough to Halifax used to be wicked (again over the moors and going back a few years!).
Best: Another vote of MK, round abouts are great fun, but it's a shame about your tyres!
Best: Another vote of MK, round abouts are great fun, but it's a shame about your tyres!
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