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Didn't know you hung out at McDonalds on the Eccy RoadI have been working on a new driving technique to help keep up concentration levels at low speeds. Another benefit is speed cameras can't read the number plates.
Not sure about tyre wear though
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I wouldn't ever go near J10 during the day unless heading for the M5. Toll Road every time for me.
Santa* has already bought me a new camera so any form of two wheeled vehicle is out of the question.
I used to work at Coleshill, and in all likelihood will be back there in a few months, I used to go via Rugeley/Lichfield/then up to the Belfry, if ever the M6 is truly screwed thats not a huge leap to Coventry.
That sounds a tad pompous!
That's the route I normally go midweek if I'm heading to the NEC, the airport or the M40 or M1. Weekends, I might stay on the M6 as, provided you're willing to accept 50mph as you approach the M5 junction, it seems pretty good. The only time I've used the toll road recently was when I had to get to Birmingham Airport and was short of time.
The fact that it is not well used is a positive attraction.
As will your tyres soon be if you keep doing that!Dammit, my cover is blown.
At least it might stop some the bastards In their hgvs jumping the red lights at speed. Nearly had another bastard today that went straight over the junction coming from the Black Country Route just as I started to pull away from the lights on top of the junction. If I'd been a bit quicker pulling away I wouldn't be typing this, I actually had to brake to let the tosser pass. Knights of the road my arse.
As you are waiting on the lights to get onto the northbound slip road? I can hardly think of a day I get through those without having to swerve around someone coming off the BCR blocking it.
Yes, that's the one. Every time I use that junction someone jumps the lights regardless of whether their route is clear. They either block the junction or if it's clear they shoot across with no attempt to even slow down. The same goes for coming from Walsall onto the roundabout with people jumping the lights (usually in the wrong lane) to get onto the southbound slip road. It's probably evenly split between cars & "professional" drivers. That whole junction is somewhere that when the lights change I still treat is as an ordinary roundabout, just because I've got the green light doesn't mean it's safe to pull away.
