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From: Mike Barnes on 27 Nov 2009 18:15
Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk>:
>Looks like there's a lot of timid motorists out there.
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8382506.stm

That doesn't really surprise me. A lot of drivers have every right to be
scared, because they're simply not capable of processing information
quickly enough.

I'm slightly surprised not to see the Coventry Ring Road on the list - I
assume not enough people go there for it to show up in a poll, but it is
truly scary. Nine numbered junctions in under two miles.

"Four grade separated junctions per mile simply don't fit, and there
are two results. The first is that the majority of the Ring Road's
mileage is spent passing through junctions with almost no distance
actually between them. The second is that this is the road equivalent
of a fairground ride - frightening but an awful lot of fun!"

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/indepth/coventryringroad/map.shtml

--
Mike Barnes
From: Squashme on 27 Nov 2009 18:29
On 27 Nov, 18:30, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
> > Never been round Marble Arch
>
> <shrug>
> It's not that impressive.
>
> <looks down list>
> Spaghetti Junction
> M8 junctions through central Glasgow
> Marble Arch
> Magic Roundabout, Swindon
> Hanger Lane
> M5/M6 intersection
> Piccadilly Circus
> Five Ways junction, Birmingham
> Magic Roundabout, Hemel Hempstead
> Kingston Bridge, Glasgow
>
> So of those, I've done six - some regularly. None of those are
> particularly, well, anything much really.
>
> I can only really think of one junction that I expect fuckwittery on -
> A1081/A414 roundabout, top end of the London Colney dual carriageway up
> from Jn22 of the M25.
>
> I dunno what it is, but something about that roundabout just causes
> people to completely ignore the (clear) lane markings. Even then...
> Scary? No. Not if you're awake, anyway.
>
> Place d'Etoile, round the Arc de Triomph? That's most definitely on the
> "lively" side of "entertaining".
>

I once read of a Parisian showing an old Eastern Bloc communist the
Place de l'Etoile and its traffic anarchy, and he apparently turned
and said sadly "You will never have a socialist revolution in France."

Certainly nearly petrified me as a visiting schoolboy, but I overcame,
no transmuted, my terror, and ran for the trottoir.
From: Silk on 28 Nov 2009 04:24
On 27/11/2009 23:15, Mike Barnes wrote:
> Bod<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk>:
>> Looks like there's a lot of timid motorists out there.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8382506.stm
>
> That doesn't really surprise me. A lot of drivers have every right to be
> scared, because they're simply not capable of processing information
> quickly enough.
>
> I'm slightly surprised not to see the Coventry Ring Road on the list - I
> assume not enough people go there for it to show up in a poll, but it is
> truly scary. Nine numbered junctions in under two miles.

The Coventry ring road is an abomination, a bit like the rest of Coventry.
From: Mr Pounder on 28 Nov 2009 12:24

"Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.257a2979acab68029899c2(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> In article <7nae5dF3ku3orU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Bod says...
>>
>> Looks like there's a lot of timid motorists out there.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8382506.stm
>>
>> Bod
>
> Never been round Marble Arch but the other two, there's nothing to get
> worked up about other than they can be busy and you need to pay
> attention to the signs if you don't know where you need to be going.
>
> --
> Conor
> www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
>
> I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.

Snap and agreed.
The Glasgow one is a bit dodgy though.

Mr Pounder


From: Mr Pounder on 28 Nov 2009 12:31

"Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote in message
news:hepa6l$pip$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> Adrian wrote:
>> Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>> saying:
>>
>>> Never been round Marble Arch
>>
>> <shrug>
>> It's not that impressive.
>>
>> <looks down list>
>> Spaghetti Junction
>
> In practice it's very easy to negotiate as you only ever have a couple of
> turns to make.
>
>> M8 junctions through central Glasgow
>> Marble Arch
>> Magic Roundabout, Swindon
>
> Not done any of them.
>
>> Hanger Lane
>
> No worse than any other similar junction in london.
> I wouldn't want to do it in a dog slow vehicle though.
>
>> M5/M6 intersection
>
> Eh?
> It's almost stationary most of the time.
> The only tricky part is M6 heading north turning off onto the M5 where the
> traffic coming on from the last junction and going onto the M6 gets in
> your way and the slip road effectively becomes L1 of the M5

That is easy, I was there yesterday

Mr Pounder

>
>> Piccadilly Circus
>
> I think I did it once and thought it was ok.
>
>> Five Ways junction, Birmingham
>
> You need to get the hang of pulling away sharply , but it's easy
> otherwise.
>
>> Magic Roundabout, Hemel Hempstead
>> Kingston Bridge, Glasgow
>
> Nope , not done those wither
>
> --
> Alex
>
> "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away"


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