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In article , Colin McKenzie
writes Martin Underwood wrote: I didn't know this. I suppose it fits in with the modern ruling that speed cameras should be made highly visible so they act as a deterrent, on the lines that it's better to slow cars down than simply to penalise the drivers after the event for speeding. An argument which is of course complete drivel. Colin McKenzie Oh dear. Colin, are you one of these 'speed kills' and 'speeders are as bad as child molesters' idiots? -- Andrew Electronic communications can be altered and therefore the integrity of this communication can not be guaranteed. Views expressed in this communication are those of the author and not associations or companies I am involved with. |
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 10:12:56 +0100, Andrew P Smith
wrote: In article , Colin McKenzie writes Martin Underwood wrote: I didn't know this. I suppose it fits in with the modern ruling that speed cameras should be made highly visible so they act as a deterrent, on the lines that it's better to slow cars down than simply to penalise the drivers after the event for speeding. An argument which is of course complete drivel. Colin McKenzie Oh dear. Colin, are you one of these 'speed kills' and 'speeders are as bad as child molesters' idiots? That ruling was made by that idiot minister John Spellar, buckling under the "I want to drive my car as fast as possible, wherever possible" lobby. Speed does kill. You don;t have to be a genius to understand that the faster the speed of a vehicle, the longer it takes to stop. And the faster it hits something else the greater the damage. Rob. -- rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk |
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In article , Robert Woolley
writes Speed does kill. You don;t have to be a genius to understand that the faster the speed of a vehicle, the longer it takes to stop. And the faster it hits something else the greater the damage. No. Bad driving kills. The driver selects what speed they drive at. If that speed is inappropriate then it's bad driving. Nothing else. I'm a former member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists. Are you? -- Andrew Electronic communications can be altered and therefore the integrity of this communication can not be guaranteed. Views expressed in this communication are those of the author and not associations or companies I am involved with. |
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:18:43 +0100, Andrew P Smith
wrote: In article , Robert Woolley writes Speed does kill. You don;t have to be a genius to understand that the faster the speed of a vehicle, the longer it takes to stop. And the faster it hits something else the greater the damage. No. Bad driving kills. The driver selects what speed they drive at. If that speed is inappropriate then it's bad driving. Nothing else. I'm a former member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists. Are you? Nope. But I hold a PSV licence, gained after comprehensive training. I also hold a RoSPA road safety engineering certficate, a BSc in Transport Management and Planning, Chartered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, plus Corporate Membership of the Institution of Highways and Transportation. Rob. -- rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk |
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"Robert Woolley" wrote in message ... On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:18:43 +0100, Andrew P Smith wrote: In article , Robert Woolley writes Speed does kill. You don;t have to be a genius to understand that the faster the speed of a vehicle, the longer it takes to stop. And the faster it hits something else the greater the damage. No. Bad driving kills. The driver selects what speed they drive at. If that speed is inappropriate then it's bad driving. Nothing else. I'm a former member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists. Are you? Nope. But I hold a PSV licence, gained after comprehensive training. I also hold a RoSPA road safety engineering certficate, a BSc in Transport Management and Planning, Chartered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, plus Corporate Membership of the Institution of Highways and Transportation. OK. Maybe you can answer this question: what are the circumstances under which a single 4-way roundabout should be replaced by two linked 3-way mini roundabouts? There's a sod of a junction near me which always gets snarled up with traffic (junction of Drayton Road, Spring Lane and the two halves of Ock Street in Abingdon) and it seems to me that it would have a much greater throughput of traffic if it was converted back to a single larger roundabout because it would save drivers having to check twice for vehicles from their right - once on the first roundabout and then again on the second. |
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:34:48 GMT, "Martin Underwood"
wrote: "Robert Woolley" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:18:43 +0100, Andrew P Smith wrote: In article , Robert Woolley writes Speed does kill. You don;t have to be a genius to understand that the faster the speed of a vehicle, the longer it takes to stop. And the faster it hits something else the greater the damage. No. Bad driving kills. The driver selects what speed they drive at. If that speed is inappropriate then it's bad driving. Nothing else. I'm a former member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists. Are you? Nope. But I hold a PSV licence, gained after comprehensive training. I also hold a RoSPA road safety engineering certficate, a BSc in Transport Management and Planning, Chartered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, plus Corporate Membership of the Institution of Highways and Transportation. OK. Maybe you can answer this question: what are the circumstances under which a single 4-way roundabout should be replaced by two linked 3-way mini roundabouts? There's a sod of a junction near me which always gets snarled up with traffic (junction of Drayton Road, Spring Lane and the two halves of Ock Street in Abingdon) and it seems to me that it would have a much greater throughput of traffic if it was converted back to a single larger roundabout because it would save drivers having to check twice for vehicles from their right - once on the first roundabout and then again on the second. Sounds potentially if signals (traffic lights) might be better. Roundabouts work best when the flows are reasonably balanced (i.e. main road has the majority e.g. N-S with few right turners N - W). I have a junction locally to me in Wembley which has the same problem. LB Brent have tried all sorts of different approaches and stuck with the double mini-roundabouts. Usually you replace a 4 way roundabout with double minis if the movements are relatively self contained within each mini. Eg. OLD: N W E S NEW: N W ^ | E S In this situation, it make sense if W/N and S/E flows are heavy, because you have independent mini roundabouts. If N/S flows are heavy, then as you say you get the problem of right turners. Of course, any situation whe a) land is constrained b) flows are heavy (and the junction is over capacity) won't be resolved by fiddling around. Either you restrain the traffic (provide chokes to restrict traffic approaching the junction) or you undertake demolition and land take. Rob. -- rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk |
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In article m, Martin
Underwood writes "Robert Woolley" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:18:43 +0100, Andrew P Smith wrote: In article , Robert Woolley writes Speed does kill. You don;t have to be a genius to understand that the faster the speed of a vehicle, the longer it takes to stop. And the faster it hits something else the greater the damage. No. Bad driving kills. The driver selects what speed they drive at. If that speed is inappropriate then it's bad driving. Nothing else. I'm a former member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists. Are you? Nope. But I hold a PSV licence, gained after comprehensive training. I also hold a RoSPA road safety engineering certficate, a BSc in Transport Management and Planning, Chartered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, plus Corporate Membership of the Institution of Highways and Transportation. OK. Maybe you can answer this question: what are the circumstances under which a single 4-way roundabout should be replaced by two linked 3-way mini roundabouts? There's a sod of a junction near me which always gets snarled up with traffic (junction of Drayton Road, Spring Lane and the two halves of Ock Street in Abingdon) and it seems to me that it would have a much greater throughput of traffic if it was converted back to a single larger roundabout because it would save drivers having to check twice for vehicles from their right - once on the first roundabout and then again on the second. Martin I know the junction you mean. We have an even worse one here in High Wycombe and as for the Magic Roundabout in Swindon....... -- Andrew Electronic communications can be altered and therefore the integrity of this communication can not be guaranteed. Views expressed in this communication are those of the author and not associations or companies I am involved with. |
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"Andrew P Smith" wrote in message
... In article m, Martin Underwood writes "Robert Woolley" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:18:43 +0100, Andrew P Smith wrote: In article , Robert Woolley writes Speed does kill. You don;t have to be a genius to understand that the faster the speed of a vehicle, the longer it takes to stop. And the faster it hits something else the greater the damage. No. Bad driving kills. The driver selects what speed they drive at. If that speed is inappropriate then it's bad driving. Nothing else. I'm a former member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists. Are you? Nope. But I hold a PSV licence, gained after comprehensive training. I also hold a RoSPA road safety engineering certficate, a BSc in Transport Management and Planning, Chartered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, plus Corporate Membership of the Institution of Highways and Transportation. OK. Maybe you can answer this question: what are the circumstances under which a single 4-way roundabout should be replaced by two linked 3-way mini roundabouts? There's a sod of a junction near me which always gets snarled up with traffic (junction of Drayton Road, Spring Lane and the two halves of Ock Street in Abingdon) and it seems to me that it would have a much greater throughput of traffic if it was converted back to a single larger roundabout because it would save drivers having to check twice for vehicles from their right - once on the first roundabout and then again on the second. Martin I know the junction you mean. We have an even worse one here in High Wycombe and as for the Magic Roundabout in Swindon....... Yes, the Magic Roundabout in Swindon is a pain in the bum: it's as if the road designers decided to make it as tortuous as possible - being cynical, I wonder if they decided to make it hazardous so as to keep the traffic speed down: which is silly because the deliberate hazards distract the drivers' attention from the hazards that they should be looking for - other road users! And then there's the roundabout in Hemel Hempstead. This started out as one big 6-way roundabout. It worked fairly well. Then the traffic planners took it into their silly meddlesome heads to place a mini roundabout where each road joins the big roundabout (which they reduced in diameter). To negotiate the roundabout, you now have to go round several mini roundabouts. Moreover, if you are turning right, you go clockwise round each mini roundabout but *anti-clockwise* round the central roundabout, which feels very wrong: http://www.martinunderwood.f9.co.uk/hemel.gif There are now three places (marked with an X) where a driver must check for traffic on his right, whereas on a normal roundabout there is only one - normally once you are on a roundabout you do not have to give way to anyone. Strangely the roundabouts in High Wycombe (I presume you mean the ones near the Fire Station and at the bottom of Marlow Hill) don't seem too bad - maybe because they are spaced far enough apart that they don't seem like one big junction - you have you sufficient time and distance to "recover" from one before encountering the next. Another question for our road layout expert: who decides which mini roundabouts are raised up and which are simply white discs painted on the road? You'd think it would be determined by the amount of circulating space: if there's plenty, have a raised-up one and make traffic go round it; if there's no enough maneouvring space, have a painted disc and let traffic go over the top of it - it's there purely to establish fair play. But no, the "experts" in Didcot have one on the Broadway (the high street) which it is impossible to drive round even in a small car - there's just not enough space between the roundabaout and the kerb. And this one is raised - it's like going over a one-sided speed hump. If anyone were to misjudge its severity and negotiate it too fast, they'd lose control and go straight into the shoppers on the pavement. If only that was a painted roundabout, it would be so much easier. |
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In article , Robert Woolley
writes Nope. But I hold a PSV licence, gained after comprehensive training. I also hold a RoSPA road safety engineering certficate, a BSc in Transport Management and Planning, Chartered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, plus Corporate Membership of the Institution of Highways and Transportation. Only one of those has any relevance in your ability to drive. The rest are not applicable in terms of your skill behind the wheel. Go sit the advanced test, pass it, then come back. Until then, you know what to do. -- Andrew Electronic communications can be altered and therefore the integrity of this communication can not be guaranteed. Views expressed in this communication are those of the author and not associations or companies I am involved with. |
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In message , Robert Woolley
writes Speed does kill. You don;t have to be a genius to understand that the faster the speed of a vehicle, the longer it takes to stop. And the faster it hits something else the greater the damage. So as I have two cars, a little one for pottering around in,10+ years old with brakes to match. Also a new car with all round disc brakes and ABS. This car tends to far out brake the old car. Maybe, Both my cars should have different speed limits then. Maybe all cars should have different speed limits, maybe all drivers should have different speed limits depending on their reaction times, maybe etc. etc. Maybe one day, posters will realise that fixed speed limits are too high for some vehicles and too low for others. Maybe the fixed speed posters, when in an ambulance rushing them to hospital for emergency treatment will ask the driver to slow down to the legal limit. Maybe pigs might fly. -- Clive |
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