Worst Pot Holes in Stafford.

[entdh]

The worst one in Stafford just got fixed!!! Railway Street is back to being a high speed rat run again!

 

[kyoto49]

The worst one in Stafford just got fixed!!! Railway Street is back to being a high speed rat run again!

I feel your pain. I wonder how long it will takes the eejits at the council to apply and enforce Low Traffic Neighbourhoods?

 

[entdh]

I feel your pain. I wonder how long it will takes the eejits at the council to apply and enforce Low Traffic Neighbourhoods?

to be fair....most drivers are ok....but there are a few who are not ok

 

[Glam]

The worst one in Stafford just got fixed!!! Railway Street is back to being a high speed rat run again!

Which bit you on about? There's 2 parts to Railway St. Worst bits are the approach to the station.

 

[cj1]

I have started driving through Weston to avoid them. It's a nice little detour that doesn't add anything to the journey time

 

[proactive]

I feel your pain. I wonder how long it will takes the eejits at the council to apply and enforce Low Traffic Neighbourhoods?

People I know who live in such a neighborhood say the disadvantages outweigh any advantages as time goes on.

 

[kyoto49]

I have started driving through Weston to avoid them. It's a nice little detour that doesn't add anything to the journey time

Would you feel so happy if your road turned in to a rat run for motorists avoiding pot holes, or just looking to save a few secs on their journey?

 

[cj1]

Technically it adds approximately 6 seconds on to the journey so not really a saving unless you count reduced repair costs.
It Wouldn't bother me in the slightest it's a public road so anybody can drive or park on it and they do.

 

[Jonah]

Would you feel so happy if your road turned in to a rat run for motorists avoiding pot holes, or just looking to save a few secs on their journey?

There is no such thing as a ‘rat run’ - just roads which people are allowed to drive on.

 

[kyoto49]

There is no such thing as a ‘rat run’ - just roads which people are allowed to drive on.

But isn't it thoughtful for traffic to stay on main roads so that residential areas can be safe for children to play out and people to enjoy more peaceful times? Residential roads shouldnt be diversion routes for traffic that should be on a main road just because they are there. That's why the council diverts traffic along roads of the same classification when setting up diversions.

I suspect those who think all roads are equal live in cul de sacs and don't have their lives blighted by speeding and noisy traffic night and day.

 

[proactive]

But isn't it thoughtful for traffic to stay on main roads so that residential areas can be safe for children to play out and people to enjoy more peaceful times? Residential roads shouldnt be diversion routes for traffic that should be on a main road just because they are there. That's why the council diverts traffic along roads of the same classification when setting up diversions.

I suspect those who think all roads are equal live in cul de sacs and don't have their lives blighted by speeding and noisy traffic night and day.

It would be thoughtful for residents not to park on pavements. Not only do they cause obstruction to road users, who are perfectly entitled to use public roads but way more importantly to pavement users (you know, adults, kids, the disabled etc etc) who need to use footpaths.

I think Alliance Street is a prime example of that. Some of its residents really need to get over themselves.

 

[Jonah]

But isn't it thoughtful for traffic to stay on main roads so that residential areas can be safe for children to play out and people to enjoy more peaceful times? Residential roads shouldnt be diversion routes for traffic that should be on a main road just because they are there. That's why the council diverts traffic along roads of the same classification when setting up diversions.

I suspect those who think all roads are equal live in cul de sacs and don't have their lives blighted by speeding and noisy traffic night and day.

I don't live in a cul-de-sac and, at times, there are drivers racing up and down the road. It's not something I can do anything about unfortunately. If I complained to the Police, I am sure I would just get laughed at.

I do think in the case of Weston, it's not particularly a huge issue as the Council have already installed speed humps and most people would drive the other way to miss them.

But yes, consideration to others would go a long way and in reality, most people actually are considerate of others. It's always the minority which cause problems for the majority.

 

[entdh]

Which bit you on about? There's 2 parts to Railway St. Worst bits are the approach to the station.

yep, that's where we live and most of them got fixed last week.

 

[airbusA346]

But isn't it thoughtful for traffic to stay on main roads so that residential areas can be safe for children to play out and people to enjoy more peaceful times? Residential roads shouldnt be diversion routes for traffic that should be on a main road just because they are there. That's why the council diverts traffic along roads of the same classification when setting up diversions.

I suspect those who think all roads are equal live in cul de sacs and don't have their lives blighted by speeding and noisy traffic night and day.

Children playing out in the road... Surely they should be playing in gardens, parks etc.

 

[Theresa Green]

There is no such thing as a ‘rat run’ - just roads which people are allowed to drive on.

Nothing exists

Except it does

Then

 

[gilesjuk]

If every road with houses on it didn't want people going through it then there wouldn't be many roads we could use. It's either this mentality or pure greed which means we now get new housing estates with one way in and out, so they add loads of traffic to the roads without providing a through route.

 

[kyoto49]

If every road with houses on it didn't want people going through it then there wouldn't be many roads we could use. It's either this mentality or pure greed which means we now get new housing estates with one way in and out, so they add loads of traffic to the roads without providing a through route.

Why should housing estates be blighted by traffic. People's lives matter more than the entitled rights of car owners to drive whoever they want with no regard for the consequence to others. Car drivers do not have some god given right to do what they like and screw the negative consequences to others, apart from in Stafford obviously.

 

[tek-monkey]

Why should housing estates be blighted by traffic. People's lives matter more than the entitled rights of car owners to drive whoever they want with no regard for the consequence to others. Car drivers do not have some god given right to do what they like and screw the negative consequences to others, apart from in Stafford obviously.

Those housing estates fill stafford with more cars and once built on restrict future roads, I think all new housing estates should have a through road tbh. Not every street obvs, but have one major route through and their roads come off that. You buy your plot, not the estate.

The new beaconside estate for example, should have put something in from the A34 to as far along as possible on beaconside, so that if beaconside backs up there is an alternative.

 

[kyoto49]

Those housing estates fill stafford with more cars and once built on restrict future roads, I think all new housing estates should have a through road tbh. Not every street obvs, but have one major route through and their roads come off that. You buy your plot, not the estate.

The new beaconside estate for example, should have put something in from the A34 to as far along as possible on beaconside, so that if beaconside backs up there is an alternative.

Yes that's a good point. Design the estate with a through road and cul de sacs off them, like Parkside then? If I remember correctly no one actually lives on the ring road but in all the little streets off it.

 

[tek-monkey]

Yes that's a good point. Design the estate with a through road and cul de sacs off them, like Parkside then? If I remember correctly no one actually lives on the ring road but in all the little streets off it.

Yeah, good example. If anything it also means an accident can't see you stranded as there's only one route in and out!