For the third time in a week a key set of lights on my school run have
gone down so will have to avoid the junction (in Homerton). Why do road
signals often keep failing once they've been 'fixed'?

E.

In my experience, traffic often flows more smoothly when traffic lights fail,
particularly in the suburbs.

I have a strong suspicion about why they fail so often, but the laws of libel
prevent me from explaining.

On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 14:48:49 +0000
eastender wrote:
For the third time in a week a key set of lights on my school run have
gone down so will have to avoid the junction (in Homerton). Why do road
signals often keep failing once they've been 'fixed'?

Why do you have to do the school run and cause traffic jams for people
who have to drive to work? Let the kid walk or get the bus.

B2003

On 2013-02-08 15:35:15 +0000, d said:

Why do you have to do the school run and cause traffic jams for people
who have to drive to work? Let the kid walk or get the bus.

It's about five miles to the school, which itself is not very near to a
bus or train station. We do take them on the train sometimes.

But thanks for addressing the traffic light problem.

E.

eastender writes:

On 2013-02-08 15:35:15 +0000, d said:

Why do you have to do the school run and cause traffic jams for people
who have to drive to work? Let the kid walk or get the bus.

It's about five miles to the school, which itself is not very near to
a bus or train station. We do take them on the train sometimes.

But thanks for addressing the traffic light problem.

Am amazed anywhere in London is that far from the nearest school.

In London children frequently are not granted places at their nearest school.

"Robin9" wrote in message
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'Phil[_6_ Wrote:
;136044']eastender writes:
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On 2013-02-08 15:35:15 +0000, d said:
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Why do you have to do the school run and cause traffic jams for people
who have to drive to work? Let the kid walk or get the bus.-

It's about five miles to the school, which itself is not very near to
a bus or train station. We do take them on the train sometimes.

But thanks for addressing the traffic light problem.
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Am amazed anywhere in London is that far from the nearest school.

In London children frequently are not granted places at their nearest
school.

ITYM

In London parents frequently don't want their children to go to the local
school!

tim

In article , (Phil) wrote:

eastender writes:

On 2013-02-08 15:35:15 +0000, d said:

Why do you have to do the school run and cause traffic jams for people
who have to drive to work? Let the kid walk or get the bus.

It's about five miles to the school, which itself is not very near to
a bus or train station. We do take them on the train sometimes.

But thanks for addressing the traffic light problem.

Am amazed anywhere in London is that far from the nearest school.

What proportion of London children attend their nearest school? I didn't.

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Colin Rosenstiel

In message , at 09:31:20
on Sun, 10 Feb 2013, remarked:

What proportion of London children attend their nearest school? I didn't.

I recall reading a story about Tower Hamlets where only children living
within a couple of hundred yards managed to get into the local school.
In such circumstances the majority will be attending a not-nearest
school.
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Roland Perry

On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:06:42 +0000, Phil wrote:

eastender writes:

On 2013-02-08 15:35:15 +0000, d said:

Why do you have to do the school run and cause traffic jams for people
who have to drive to work? Let the kid walk or get the bus.

It's about five miles to the school, which itself is not very near to
a bus or train station. We do take them on the train sometimes.

But thanks for addressing the traffic light problem.

Am amazed anywhere in London is that far from the nearest school.

I'm more amazed that the school is so far from a bus stop.

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jhk