henryscat said:
Mr Clarkson might be a good at presenting telly programmes, but a transport planner he ain't.
The argument is a pretty rubbish one.
Ok.
As someone who sadly has to drive around Stafford for a living I'll point a few things out...
1. the proposed pedestrianation measures will totally screw up the flow around the town even more than it is screwed now.
2. tesco should never have been allowed to have that new junction on Newport Road. I think that a serious accident every 3 weeks (on average) proves that. mainly thats because the filter on the lights is screwed, but nobody takes any notice of the complaints.
3. Churchill Way / A449 / Rickerscote Road junction. Who the hell allowed that abortion to be built?
4. When out beloved council muppets tell us that Stafford has neither a parking nor traffic flow problem, which Stafford are they on about? I remember once the planner was on Stafford FM saying that there was no problem. I was sitting in the van on Gaol Square at the time. I'd moved 5 yards in 45 minutes.
5. Stafford needs the bypass to be completed. Opps, sorry, can't do that because there are now 2 new estates on the proposed route.
6. Derrington. Oh how those folks moan about proposed motorway widening. Ok. Everyone I know from Derrington works in Birmingham, and uses the M6 to get to work. F_cking NIMBY hypocrites. (that reminds me... I do love it when mobil phone mast protesters are being interviewed on the telly and their mobiles ring.
7. School Runs. I'm sorry, but there is no excuse for you blocking a major road with a Nissan X-Trail just because Tarquin is too fragile to walk to school. He's not going to be attacked by a paedophile. He's too ugly. Make the little shit walk.
8. Buses. Rubbish service, too expensive, and full of smelly pikeys. And old people.
9 Pollution. Fact: The exhaust fumes on a new Mondeo are actually cleaner than the air going in the front end.
10. Cyclists. Right, Next time I see a cyclist on the pavement I WILL chin them. And next time I see a cyclist on the road when there's a perfectly good cycle path to use I WILL cut them up (with car, not knife - but that it tempting). If I can follow the cycling rules in the Highway Code, when I'm on my bike, they bloody well can too.
11. Children. If you hit a child at 40mph, there is apparently an 80% chance that they'll die. If you hit one at 30mph, theres an 80% chance that they'll live. If the weren't pissing about in the road in the first place, it wouldn't be a problem, would it?
12. Taxis. All driven by maniacs. You'd be surprise by the miles/hours/accident rate though. Its very low.
13. Haven't I stopped yet? No. I'm on a roll. No, actually that's it.