KelvinA said:
Get rid of half the traffic lights , that'll sort it out!Traffic flow is impossible with that amount of lights. Also Pelican crossings , I did a survey of my own the other day when I was stopped at a pelican where two people crossed the road . But to allow this there were 12 cars queueing behing me and 7 the other way .Surely, having all these cars queuing is not good for the environment !!
I am in total agreement with you - Whoever is responsible for planning the traffic light system in stafford has a defo fetish for them - if you look where the high build up of traffic is - you will find 4 or 5 traffic lights/crossings within yards of each other!!
Someone said to me the other day they are thinking of giving up driving - I would rather drive round birmingham city center than stafford town center. Theres a lot of driver round here who are (sorry) total idiots!
Like the mini that sped up on me when i was turning right on lichfield road the other day! or the idiot in a volvo who decided he would rather go down past the gaol instead of queensway and cut me up!
Seems to me drivers need educating that cars have "indicators" .
Bad planning on the roads (as is the case here) causes frustrations which lead to idiots on the road, sort the root of the problem out and the rest follows automatically.
Public transport isnt much of an option - until they sort out the running times (no good starting services at 10am and running every hour when people have to get to work!) plus two bus accidents in the last two days in stafford, doesnt give much confidence!
Bikes - there is enough people driving around on bikes who havent got a clue! The pavement bikers (i thought it was illegal to ride on pavement) - the middle of the road bikers (stupid especially as your coming over a hill) - and the one that i notice the most lately - the bikers with no lights!!!!
4 in one day last week, at 5pm!!
If i drove with no lights i would be done for it!!
So more bikers would be a nightmare!
Guess the solution lies with the road planners!