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Reduce Traffic - Turn left on a RED
On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 08:22:23 +0100, "Bob Wood"
wrote: After the changes were made, speed through the junction lessened considerably but so did the length of the queues. Overall the time spent getting through the whole queue/junction was much shorter. I suppose it can be likened to the variable speed limits on the M25 - reduce the traffic speed and more traffic gets through the area in a given time. I wonder how the usual option - traffic lights on the roundabout - would perform in comparison? I can think of a couple of roundabouts in Milton Keynes (other than the one that already has lights) which could do with some slowing of the traffic, as it sometimes approaches and negotiates the roundabout at dangerous speeds (50mph is not impossible - the roundabout is so wide that if there's very little traffic it's possible to take an almost straight path across it so there is little need to slow down). If anyone's interested, the main one concerned is the V11-H8 roundabout by the Kingston Centre. I've almost come to grief a few times there - it's quite possible for traffic to approach up the H8 near the speed limit (70mph) and not be visible to someone waiting on the V11 north side (due to the layout) until it is almost on the roundabout. At that sort of speed, this is far too late and often results in emergency braking being necessary (my car hasn't got enough go to safely accelerate out of the way). Neil -- Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK To e-mail use neil at the above domain |
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