henryscat said:
coobeastie said:
1. the proposed pedestrianation measures will totally screw up the flow around the town even more than it is screwed now.
Proposed changes seem sensible to me. I look forward to them. Impact on traffic flows will be minimal.
The road closures last Saturday should have given you a taster of the chaos.
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.
No it doesn't. The vast majority of towns where bypasses are built end up back at square one within a few years - bypass diverts some traffic, freed up road capacity in the town then fills up with generated traffic. Overall result = more traffic. Find a town where that hasn't happened...
I know, lets have an accident on the motorway, and put all the M6 traffic through the town.
Then, while i'm sitting in gridlock, with some old dear in the back whos frozen food is melting, that a bypass wouldn't be a good idea.
8. Buses. Rubbish service, too expensive, and full of smelly pikeys. And old people.
"Rubbish" - in what way?
When I lived in Preston, the estate I lived on was served by 3 routes, with a bus going past ever five mins or so. If stafford I've never managed to live within half a mile of a bus stop.
Which brings me to bus stops. Foregate. Down by the SGI and the other by the W+H. Why the hell did the council more them out of the existing laybys?
9 Pollution. Fact: The exhaust fumes on a new Mondeo are actually cleaner than the air going in the front end.
Urban myth. So, our towns would be less polluted if everyone drove Mondeos....? Combusting fuel = air pollution. It is not benign. Ford (or anyone else) cannot magic it away.
Sorry, I was wrong. Its the new Saabs. I'll did the proof out.
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.
I don't cycle on the pavement, but I can understand why people do when there are drivers with your attitude. So what if there's a cycle path? It has no bearing on a person's right to cycle on the road. In most instances cycle paths are of poor quality, can only be used at slow speed, and can be potentially more dangerous than cycling on the road.
Sorry just got carried away there. I hope the person who rode into the back of me today hasn't read this, or i'll be getting sued.
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?
And the problem with keeping within the speed limit is....?
No problem at all. Its just that advert gets on my wick.
12. Taxis. All driven by maniacs. You'd be surprise by the miles/hours/accident rate though. Its very low.
I find it odd that taxi drivers aren't subject to drivers hours' like PCV drivers are. Both are responsible for conveying passengers. Neither are taxis subject to the same maintenance requirements that buses are, yet both cover high mileages.
Taxis have to have a council MOT like test every six months. Just like buses. All subject to the County Fleet Services Cartel.
And can only be run for a max of 6 years. I believe that fire engines and ambulances can run for 10 (gon2seed? am i right on that?).
For all other points: I really need to install a pissed-filter on my machine. I promise not to rant when drunk ever again. Until next week.