Not likely to improve anything given the (Rightly) entitled way that pedestrians cross the road. They also made an effort to play by the rules but it was simply not safe due to the aggressive driving when people were on crossings/ coming out of junctions.Surely just adjust the crossing time on the lights in favour of pedestrians would help this. Let the drivers just sit at the lights 30 seconds longer.
I don't think that's outside the realms of possibilityI think it's just large groups of people in general, and you don't know what this particular person is like normally, a lot of people do generally lack common sense.
Yep, hence why I said "potentially uncharacteristically". I try to be careful about how I phrase things, as I am just stating my observations.I think it's just large groups of people in general, and you don't know what this particular person is like normally, a lot of people do generally lack common sense.
Surely the answer is build a another foot bridge over the A444, no need for road closure,or is that too simple.
Blimey they would have to close the road for about a year to build it, I always thought it should have a walkway under the road which only opened on match days but too late for that (might have ended up in the mine though). Another solution is to get the trains working properly and very frequently after the match.
You would think but by the time everybody has poked their nose in it will be six months of road closures and about £10 million. Not the best example look at the bridge in Nuneaton you could have built it in gold for the time and money it took with health and safety this and that.The work on lifting the bridge in place can be done overnight.
You would think but by the time everybody has poked their nose in it will be six months of road closures and about £10 million. Not the best example look at the bridge in Nuneaton you could have built it in gold for the time and money it took with health and safety this and that.
How about a zip wire?Surely the answer is build a another foot bridge over the A444, no need for road closure,or is that too simple.
Hopefully not by me using their roads to try & beat the queues
Could charge for it as wellHow about a zip wire?
Or the HS2 junction at Stoneleigh but I stillYou would think but by the time everybody has poked their nose in it will be six months of road closures and about £10 million. Not the best example look at the bridge in Nuneaton you could have built it in gold for the time and money it took with health and safety this and that.
It was built for a different era!Or the HS2 junction at Stoneleigh but I still
Think a wider bridge is the answer
Pedestrians would still either chance it or be stuck there, needs stewarding or a good old copper on traffic duty.Surely just adjust the crossing time on the lights in favour of pedestrians would help this. Let the drivers just sit at the lights 30 seconds longer.
It was a bloody stupid idea to my mind, and one which was partially observed when introduced but probably forgotten by most now. However common sense should be applied by pedestrians as well as drivers - claiming priority isn’t all that much use if you are dead,TBF, highway code was updated to state that vehicle users should give way to pedestrians waiting to cross when turning at a junction. Also states that they must give way to pedestrians who have started to cross, and that's supported by law. So in the scenario you are describing the vehicle user should be stopping anyway. Not that anyone pays any attention to the highway code.
Why is the entitled way that pedestrians cross the road right? They are rightly entitled when the lights are in their favour, and not when the lights are indicating not to cross. I’m not sure that the pedestrians crossing the road at other places or ignoring lights are playing by the rules at all.Not likely to improve anything given the (Rightly) entitled way that pedestrians cross the road. They also made an effort to play by the rules but it was simply not safe due to the aggressive driving when people were on crossings/ coming out of junctions.
It’s the most sensible Idea so will never happen.Surely the answer is build a another foot bridge over the A444, no need for road closure,or is that too simple.
It was a bloody stupid idea to my mind, and one which was partially observed when introduced but probably forgotten by most now. However common sense should be applied by pedestrians as well as drivers - claiming priority isn’t all that much use if you are dead,
Pedestrians just stepping out to cross at side street junctions is dangerous. I think getting pedestrians to pause there until there is a clear crossing is sensible and is how it had been for my 53 years of driving. It is an entirely safe approach.Nah giving the people in the two ton death box priority everywhere was the bloody stupid idea. Crossing the A45 is one thing, but some suburban side street should be pedestrian first.
It's a bit of a zero sum event really,I agree it's alien to think differently after such a prolonged spell, but this is the current world we live,and it doesn't require one side or the other to implement it and, it's just the direction of travel, it's changing whoever gets elected IMO?Pedestrians just stepping out to cross at side street junctions is dangerous. I think getting pedestrians to pause there until there is a clear crossing is sensible and is how it had been for my 53 years of driving. It is an entirely safe approach.
Do you always stop if there are pedestrians standing by the kerb at a junction of a side street you are going to turn in to? If so, have you had another car drive in to the back of you?
As I said, claiming priority is no use to you if you are dead.
it would be pretty disastrous if it was the pedestrians that implemented it and the motorists that didn’t. It’s a rule that isn’t being policed, like fucking e-scooters and cyclists on pavements. When did it become acceptable to ride bikes on footpaths?I’s a bit of a zero sum event really,I agree it's alien to think differently after such a prolonged spell, but this is the current world we live,and it doesn't require one side or the other to implement it and, it's just the direction of travel, it's changing whoever gets elected IMO?
Pedestrians just stepping out to cross at side street junctions is dangerous. I think getting pedestrians to pause there until there is a clear crossing is sensible and is how it had been for my 53 years of driving. It is an entirely safe approach.
Do you always stop if there are pedestrians standing by the kerb at a junction of a side street you are going to turn in to? If so, have you had another car drive in to the back of you?
As I said, claiming priority is no use to you if you are dead.
Driving for 54 years and never had an accident. I’m not sure what you are basing your views on, I wonder how many posts I have made which could possibly lead you to that conclusion. I am very attentive when I’m driving, and you are right that drivers cutting across into side streets without looking is dangerous - whatever the supposed priorities are. I would also suggest that pedestrians stepping out in to the road without looking is equally dangerous for them.You mean drivers cutting across into side streets without looking is dangerous.
I do always stop. I’ve never had a car go into the back of me. Because I’m driving around a city not in the Monaco GP.
You really do come off as a terrible driver on here. I’m not sure you should be driving if you’re actually as bad as you say.
It hasntDon’t know if this has worked but we’ve made page 12 in yesterday’s Cov Telegraph
Wheelright Lane is out of the road closure area and looking at that fine for street parkinghttps://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/file/3807/arena-zone-parking-zones So is that area Wheelright lane etc and cov welsh ok for street parking?
This has been going on since start of the road closures. It’s about time it was stopped, there’s plenty of highway staff hanging around who could easily stop it.Wheelright Lane is out of the road closure area and looking at that fine for street parking
Cov Welsh / Burbages Lanes is where people park and completely ignore that Winding House Lane is closed. The exit from Burbages gets coned off so people come down the wrong side of Burbages and quite happily speed up the wrong side of Winding House
No doubt when there's an accident pedestrians will get the blame for walking in the road when its supposed to be closed
Just thought I’d flag this up in case people park there. Wheelwright Lane is in the restricted zone. Several cars were ticketed on Saturday. As were several on St. Giles Road (only the first 100 metres at the top).Wheelright Lane is out of the road closure area and looking at that fine for street parking
Cov Welsh / Burbages Lanes is where people park and completely ignore that Winding House Lane is closed. The exit from Burbages gets coned off so people come down the wrong side of Burbages and quite happily speed up the wrong side of Winding House
No doubt when there's an accident pedestrians will get the blame for walking in the road when its supposed to be closed
First trial they coned off both sides of the road and there was nearly a punch up between the highway staff and some discovery driving idiot who decided he was more important and moved them.This has been going on since start of the road closures. It’s about time it was stopped, there’s plenty of highway staff hanging around who could easily stop it.
Wheelwright lane is inside the no parking zone?Wheelright Lane is out of the road closure area and looking at that fine for street parking
Cov Welsh / Burbages Lanes is where people park and completely ignore that Winding House Lane is closed. The exit from Burbages gets coned off so people come down the wrong side of Burbages and quite happily speed up the wrong side of Winding House
No doubt when there's an accident pedestrians will get the blame for walking in the road when its supposed to be closed
Try walking instead for a lot of peopleWho approves it all?
Roadworks at the blue ribbon roundabout.
Roadworks on cov road..
Roadworks in holbrooks.
Where do they expect traffic to go?
Yep. tickets on several cars last Saturday. And St Giles Road.Wheelwright lane is inside the no parking zone?
You can park in the bottom part of St Giles road by the church as it's outside the boundary not at the top .Yep. tickets on several cars last Saturday. And St Giles Road.
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