David P Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I live in Kettering where the busiest junction in the county has been closed for several months whilst the traffic lights have been replaced with a 2 roundabout system. However, now completed the local f*ckwits charge across them without indicating taking up both lanes and now it is far worse than before! There should be a f*ckwit ticket that the police can dole out, £100 on the spot fine with 5 points, paid now or walk home. The Government would make a fortune, road safety would improve, insurance policies would be reduced and there would be room on the roads for those who deserve to use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanc Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 yeah i really hate that double roundabout. Really stupid system... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I see your Kettering Double Roundabout and raise you this, fully traffic lighted, roundabout with a road through the middle design. http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=54.532225724874486~-1.538029611109628&lvl=19&dir=0&sty=a&FORM=LMLTCC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orrggg Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 what the fk is that lol. you need sat nav to get through that its crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 I see your Kettering Double Roundabout and raise you this, fully traffic lighted, roundabout with a road through the middle design. http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=54.532225724874486~-1.538029611109628&lvl=19&dir=0&sty=a&FORM=LMLTCC The f*ckwits here would love that, all ahead traffic would simply rip around the edge using both lanes to straighten the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I see your Kettering Double Roundabout and raise you this, fully traffic lighted, roundabout with a road through the middle design. http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=54.532225724874486~-1.538029611109628&lvl=19&dir=0&sty=a&FORM=LMLTCC Don't suppose this is a good time to pull my ace - it's old, hackneyed and massively clichéd, but it's the only one I got. The Hemel Hempstead Magic roundabout ih223jffmek&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 The f*ckwits here would love that, all ahead traffic would simply rip around the edge using both lanes to straighten the road. Oh no, you can't do that. The traffic lights are phased so that its impossible to move through it in one clear run. I think I counted 12 sets of traffic light pairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie1985 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 You from Darlington Rob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Gentlemen, I give you the Magic Roundabout in Swindon. Check out the sign at the beginning of the vid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 Don't suppose this is a good time to pull my ace - it's old, hackneyed and massively clichéd, but it's the only one I got. The Hemel Hempstead Magic roundabout ih223jffmek&feature=related I have been around that a few times and it seems to work well, yet maybe that could be due to a better standard of drivers. They are remarkably poor here and many seem to believe that roundabouts and filters are overtaking zones with many others who cut the straightest route across all lanes and the large oval roundabouts over the A14 are treated like the Top Gear circuit which reduces the capacity to around 2 at a time, sometimes you need launch control to get on them. My neighbours of 12 months have an infant and have had several too-close-for-comfort encounters with these F*ckwits who use our street as a rat-run and drive their cars as if they have just stolen them, so consequently have sold their house at a loss of £25k and are moving to the next town in desperation to get away from these idiots. You've got me going now, so I might as well get this rant off my chest, here is a little scribe that I prosed and gave to both the local Telewag and the Old Bill, I have even requested they come and play with their hair driers in my street, but nothing! (Play on street names, William Street, Pollard Street and Park Road) SANTA POllarD Street - Run What Ya Brung Mallory Park Road and Williams Street are practice circuits for the main event in SANTA POllarD Street. The immature Bucks snorting and wootishing their Scooby Doo Impress hers’, hold the maximum speed record of over 80mph. Business class on their way to meetings in their Audi’s and BMW’s, come a close second with speeds into the 70’s. Grannies on their way to coffee mornings in grandaddies Kompressor Merc’s, manage over 60mph. Mothers on the school run in turbo diesels, whisk their kids past in the 50’s. HGV’s, regularly manage over 40mph. Nearby residents warming up their engines, pass through in the 30’s. Those of us who live here, and have to daily dodge these Dukes of Hazard, trundle along at around 20. This Dipthickery also doubles-up as Death-Race 2010. These idiots pause for nothing, not OAP’s or even young mothers with babe in arms who also have the obstacle of traversing the steeply cambered road and collapsing granite kerbs. A notable winter season mention, must go to the Chinese take-away delivery driver who achieved a registered speed of over 100mph, but was actually only moving at around 1 mph, spinning his tyres for an impressive 400m smoking burnout whilst driving on ice. Before the inevitable carnage, this stupidity must stop! Can we have one-way traffic, sleeping policemen and an enforced 20 mph speed limit, or better still, a line of bollards across the top of the street please? A concerned Pollard Street resident. These are just some of the reasons I am convinced that a F*ckwit ticket would be a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanc Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Don't suppose this is a good time to pull my ace - it's old, hackneyed and massively clichéd, but it's the only one I got. The Hemel Hempstead Magic roundabout ih223jffmek&feature=related Lol I gotta show my missus that one! She's learning to drive at the moment and absolutely hate the Kettering one wonder what she say about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamaSupra Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Don't suppose this is a good time to pull my ace - it's old, hackneyed and massively clichéd, but it's the only one I got. The Hemel Hempstead Magic roundabout ih223jffmek&feature=related My girlfriend would get stuck on that roundabout for eternity I live in Basingstoke and this place is famous for its roundabouts, thankfully ours work pretty well and aren't complicated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 You from Darlington Rob? Close, I am from Dartford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 CJ beat me to it... Swindon, that's the one!!!! 4 roundabouts side by side.... pure madness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 CJ beat me to it... Swindon, that's the one!!!! 4 roundabouts side by side.... pure madness Should you use the 5th roundabout at Swindon, listen out for 'Dixie', because Rednecks can only count up to 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Should you use the 5th roundabout at Swindon, listen out for 'Dixie', because Rednecks can only count up to 4. I'm not even that much of a redneck to go to swindon that often And nuttin' wrong with Dixie chicks y'all Wasn't there one near the factory outlet place, which had 2 on one side of a bridge and another 2... OR I could just be confused ~(Nah, going for the confused option I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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