Regular danger points on roads you travel?
We hear so much about the noble mantra of safety on the roads, but I am really starting to worry about driving standards and the frequency of accidents - and all at a time where the big killer we are told 'speed' probably hasnt been any lower on the roads.
If the political will, attention to detail and truth be told I just think so much more could be done by those who's responsibility it is. I regularly see hazzards on roads I travel, and they never seem to get addressed. Here are just a few from around Bristol/Cardiff, and I've seen near misses due to most of them :
Any others out there? A list compiled by region could be then be forwarded I guess...? D |
Massivly bumpy pott holed road, thats been patched and patched and patched.
Then they put speed hums on it, do they fix the road noooooooo. |
Originally Posted by haroldhettaturbo
(Post 7455643)
Massivly bumpy pott holed road, thats been patched and patched and patched.
Then they put speed hums on it, do they fix the road noooooooo. |
Originally Posted by myblackwrx
(Post 7455649)
that would be any UK road then:lol1:
:lol1: could be any road in country. This road is so fubared you cant go more than 20 on it anyways. But instead of fixing it they waste money on stupid speed humps. |
If safety was really the justification on road spending then they'd use porous Tarmac as they do in Germany. Water dissipates through it improving wet weather grip substantially, but it is twice as expensive as normal stuff.
500 a year die due to drink driving, but we have less traffic officers than ever, and cameras can't smell your breath. A further 800 pedestrians a year are killed with over 80% of them stepping voluntarily into moving traffic, and yet The Highway Code and Green Cross Code are no longer taught in schools. 16000 cyclists are injured on the roads each year with 200 or so being killed, but The Cycling Proficiency Test is not mandatory, or taught in schools except voluntarily as an extracurricular choice. The Police seem blissfully unaware that cyclists cause any danger on the roads whatsoever, yet their disregard for traffic law, lack of physical protection and often their total lack of training or experience (children) makes them a real danger to themselves and all around them on the road. Factor in mechanical failure, extreme weather, poor road design and the single biggest cause, human judgement and the roads are a frightening place to be. Instead of focussing on education and awareness to begin a progressive and overall improvement of standards and safety, the policy-makers decided that a single-pronged punitive assault on the most easily detectable driving offense would be the most profi.... err productive. Hence, after 12 years of overzealous speed enforcement, road deaths remain at 3200 or so every single year. Well done, how do I vote for someone else ? Oh, that's right, there isn't anyone else, just another group of lying prats with different coloured ties :rolleyes: |
Go Corrado! So true what you say - not teaching Green Cross Bl00dy code - it was drummed into me, as was the cycle tests in the school playground...!!
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On the A47 in Norfolk there is a particularly dangerous off-set cross road that is at the bottom of two hills and obstructed by a bend, where a couple of people have been killed in the last few years. While the danger could simply be engineered out, they fail to do anything about it at all. :(
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Originally Posted by haroldhettaturbo
(Post 7455643)
Massivly bumpy pott holed road, thats been patched and patched and patched.
Then they put speed hums on it, do they fix the road noooooooo. |
One thing I am seeing more often now is cyclists using mobiles or listening to MP3 players whilst on the road. This needs stamping out good and proper. I also have witnessed many pedestrians stepping out to cross roads without looking and blissfully devoid of any concept of potential danger with wires protruding from their ears. Add to that the middle-aged shift worker cycling to work in complete darkness with no lights, no helmet and often no reflector or hi-vis clothing, just asking to be squashed. I no longer move out wide for any cyclist who hasn't got lights, if I were to hit them I'd sue them (or their estate) as they are in contravention of the RTA and thus are responsible.
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What gets my goat most is that there is no consistency with lane directions at traffic lights.
Is the left lane left only or straight on and left.. what about the right hand lane is that straight on and right or right turn only. All fine and dandy if you know the area.. But FFS if you don't |
The flyover leaving Cardiff when you want to go to the Valleys and you have cars wanting to go to Llanishen/Caerphilly Mountain.
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Corradoboy, you have made some excellent points, but you generalise about cyclists, dont agree with that. I'm in a cycling club and we take the rules of the road very seriously. You could tag all car drivers in a similar way.
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I generalize about cyclists because in general they are very bad road users. I am on the road 12 hours a day as a driving instructor and thus observing both my client and the road and users they encounter, and am obviously a professional and qualified driver. I find it a rare and surprising exception to the rule when I see a cyclist behaving in a proper, legal and considerate manner. I am sure you and your club members ride well, but in my experience you are a very rare breed.
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I'm currently living and working about 25km from the centre of Bangkok, the stuff I see on the roads everyday would make your hair stand on end:eek:
I agree with Corrado 100% though about the UK's roads:thumb: Just out of interest R32, are you a member of one of these cycling clubs that causes chaos on the roads by organising races on them:wonder: |
Originally Posted by Diesel
(Post 7455697)
Go Corrado! So true what you say - not teaching Green Cross Bl00dy code - it was drummed into me, as was the cycle tests in the school playground...!!
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