Stafford Traffic.

kyoto49

kyoto49

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cj1 said:
The road isn't closed its fully open linking Eccleshall with stone Road.the Eccleshall Road between alliance Street and the roundabout is gridlocked at present because of the roadworks. Although. It can be annoying people use that road to avoid congestion and save time. They are doing nothing wrong. As soon as the works are complete traffic will return to normal.
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I wasn't t talking about that. Keep up will ya. I was talking about when they close the roandabout.

As for my road...it takes approx 3 mins extra to use Holmcroft Road, a road far more suitable for an increased volume of traffic, and not a 20mph zone. I saw one of those selfish arseholes who thought saving 3 mins of their lives and speeding down the 20mph zone was worth it. They almost took out a child yesterday. An innocent kid who was playing footie in the street. Drivers making everyone's lives miserable for their own gain. And not giving two f*cks about the kids who live and play here.
 
littleme

littleme

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kyoto49 said:
Did I read the signs correctly, are they shutting the roundabout totally overnight for 10 nights in March? Judging by how well the signs on my road have been it will be absolutely carnage as the whole of the traffic in the north end ignores all the signs until they get to the roundabout to find it is indeed closed. Stafford drivers don't think advisory signs apply to them at all is my recent experience :(

Fun times ahead!
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I think you did, I noticed that today too (while stuck in traffic!)
 
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airbusA346

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kyoto49 said:
I wasn't t talking about that. Keep up will ya. I was talking about when they close the roandabout.

As for my road...it takes approx 3 mins extra to use Holmcroft Road, a road far more suitable for an increased volume of traffic, and not a 20mph zone. I saw one of those selfish arseholes who thought saving 3 mins of their lives and speeding down the 20mph zone was worth it. They almost took out a child yesterday. An innocent kid who was playing footie in the street. Drivers making everyone's lives miserable for their own gain. And not giving two f*cks about the kids who live and play here.
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Not exactly the smartest place be playing football. Isn't that what parks/green spaces etc are for. Do footballs hit the parked cars very often?

;) ;)
 
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EasMid

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Those advisory signs are a bit like speed limits & red traffic lights. They only apply to all the others, not me. It's really inconsiderate of car owners to buy houses without off street parking.
 
kyoto49

kyoto49

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Jonah said:
So I'm selfish and inconsiderate to drive down your road when I'm going to a burial at Eccleshall Road cemetery...
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Yes. It's a no through road due to the volume of traffic speeding through as a cut through rat run. It's like an extra 400ms to go as far as Holmcroft Road and then turn left, thereby letting children play in safety and residents live in an environment whereby our houses aren't continually shaking because of the speeding traffic. You, like everyone else who is cutting through, seem to think that your needs are more important than those who have to suffer this 24 hour torture. To go just a few hundred yards further and use a road significantly better equipped to handle a large volume of traffic, where children don't play out, was too much for you and all the others who are blighting the lives of the residents.
 
Jonah

Jonah

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kyoto49 said:
Yes. It's a no through road due to the volume of traffic speeding through as a cut through rat run. It's like an extra 400ms to go as far as Holmcroft Road and then turn left, thereby letting children play in safety and residents live in an environment whereby our houses aren't continually shaking because of the speeding traffic. You, like everyone else who is cutting through, seem to think that your needs are more important than those who have to suffer this 24 hour torture. To go just a few hundred yards further and use a road significantly better equipped to handle a large volume of traffic, where children don't play out, was too much for you and all the others who are blighting the lives of the residents.
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Wow you have absolutely no sympathy for anyone except yourself.
 
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EasMid

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kyoto49 said:
Yes. It's a no through road due to the volume of traffic speeding through as a cut through rat run. It's like an extra 400ms to go as far as Holmcroft Road and then turn left, thereby letting children play in safety and residents live in an environment whereby our houses aren't continually shaking because of the speeding traffic. You, like everyone else who is cutting through, seem to think that your needs are more important than those who have to suffer this 24 hour torture. To go just a few hundred yards further and use a road significantly better equipped to handle a large volume of traffic, where children don't play out, was too much for you and all the others who are blighting the lives of the residents.
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At the end of "your" road there's a large open green area called "The Common". Maybe some caring parents could take their children there & supervise them so they can play safely rather than in the potentially dangerous busy street. Even "your" road is a "public" access for any law abiding motorist. There doesn't seem be a prohibition notice/ bye-law in place making it a "no through road" regardless of what some residents seem to think.
Rather than suffer your "24 hour torture" maybe you should have made a wiser choice of accommodation.
 
Glam

Glam

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I live on the Doxey Road. So, I'd like everyone who is using it as a detour to get elsewhere to stop sodding using it. It's my road not a bloody rat run for you and every bugger else!
From what I remember of my time living up Crab Lane, Alliance Street was a thru road, for everyone to use, it took you from the common to the cemetary. And no-one in their street actually own the road outside the front of their home. I think you'll find that belong to someone else.
 
Carole

Carole

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kyoto49 said:
As for my road... I saw one of those selfish arseholes speeding down the 20mph zone They almost took out a child yesterday. An innocent kid who was playing footie in the street.
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airbusA346 said:
Not exactly the smartest place be playing football. Do footballs hit the parked cars very often? ;)
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kyoto49 said:
Yes all the time thankfully!
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What kind of totally irresponsible parent would let their child play football in a street where cars are driving through on a regular basis?
The last time that I looked, roads were for cars and not for children playing footie.

Also @kyoto49 your comment about your hope that children hit the cars with their balls says so much about you.
Unless it was your wing mirror that got damaged and then it would be a different story.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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It is theoretically possible for a street to be designated as a Play Street and I did once see one in the 1960s, but Street View confirms that it is not so designated now.

Beatrice Street in Bootle does still have part of its length designated as a Play Street currently, I understand.
 
Carole

Carole

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Oooh hang on.
I’ve just noticed a bandwagon going past and I’d rather like to get on it.......... ( races to catch up).

Right here we go, slightly out of breath.

I’ve just written to my local councillor to ask him, to tell people not to short cut through MY village, but to go the long way round.
Yes, go out of your way,
It doesn’t matter that it’s a public highway, it doesn’t matter that it’s your right.
Don’t go through MY village.

Oh, unless your coming to the Books and Bacon Baps Coffee Morning on Saturday in which case, all welcome, clog up the roads as much as you like.
 
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