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Old February 3rd 17, 06:16 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news...mned-12216449?

£500,000 to make a road look like a roundabout to "confuse drivers" so they slow down for a non-existant roundabout.

I've got news for you psycholists. Confusing drivers is a BAD and DANGEROUS idea.

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Old February 3rd 17, 06:24 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On 03/02/2017 17:16, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news...mned-12216449?


£500,000 to make a road look like a roundabout to "confuse drivers" so
they slow down for a non-existant roundabout.

Where does the £500,000 come from. It seems a lot to spend on a few
bricks. Presumably someone on the council's "mate" got the contract?

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Old February 3rd 17, 06:32 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Fri, 03 Feb 2017 17:24:40 -0000, Nick wrote:

On 03/02/2017 17:16, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news...mned-12216449?

£500,000 to make a road look like a roundabout to "confuse drivers" so
they slow down for a non-existant roundabout.

Where does the £500,000 come from. It seems a lot to spend on a few
bricks.


Jeremy Clarkson said so in today's Grand Tour episode. Jeremy never lies.

Presumably someone on the council's "mate" got the contract?


Probably. There can be no other reason for councils constantly re-doing things that were fine.

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Old February 3rd 17, 07:27 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On 03/02/2017 17:24, Nick wrote:

On 03/02/2017 17:16, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:


http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news...mned-12216449?



£500,000 to make a road look like a roundabout to "confuse drivers" so
they slow down for a non-existant roundabout.

Where does the £500,000 come from. It seems a lot to spend on a few
bricks. Presumably someone on the council's "mate" got the contract?


That's the sort of money that such "improvements" cost.

No private developer would pay that sort of money, even for exactly the
same work done, but with councils, the price doesn't matter. AAMOF,
$500,000 for that probaly isn't as bad as some schemes.

There used to be a (real) roundabout at the junction of The Strand and
Chapel Street in Liverpool. It worked fine. About 40 years ago, it was
replaced by a complex set of traffic lights because the roundabout was
letting the traffic through too freely. Even in the 1970s, uprooting the
roundabout, leveling the plot, installing new and differently-positioned
storm drains (think about it), re-routing the pedestrian footways and
erecting the lights and control boxes cost about £3,000,000.


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Old February 3rd 17, 08:08 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Fri, 03 Feb 2017 18:27:38 -0000, JNugent wrote:

On 03/02/2017 17:24, Nick wrote:

On 03/02/2017 17:16, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:


http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news...mned-12216449?



£500,000 to make a road look like a roundabout to "confuse drivers" so
they slow down for a non-existant roundabout.

Where does the £500,000 come from. It seems a lot to spend on a few
bricks. Presumably someone on the council's "mate" got the contract?


That's the sort of money that such "improvements" cost.

No private developer would pay that sort of money, even for exactly the
same work done, but with councils, the price doesn't matter. AAMOF,
$500,000 for that probaly isn't as bad as some schemes.

There used to be a (real) roundabout at the junction of The Strand and
Chapel Street in Liverpool. It worked fine. About 40 years ago, it was
replaced by a complex set of traffic lights because the roundabout was
letting the traffic through too freely. Even in the 1970s, uprooting the
roundabout, leveling the plot, installing new and differently-positioned
storm drains (think about it), re-routing the pedestrian footways and
erecting the lights and control boxes cost about £3,000,000.


That was done in Kincardine, Scotland, twice. Traffic lights --- roundabout --- traffic lights.

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Old February 4th 17, 11:47 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On 04.02.2017 06:16, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:


****wits.



Thanks greatly for that esteemed accolade from YOU

After all I ride a bicycle, a very convenient delightful economical
viable means of transport, and we all know that YOU think bicyclists are
the ****witted pits of humanity.
I really feel complimented by that, because YOU said it.

It really is a very great compliment to be called a ****wit by YOU.
Especially by YOU.
And I have no ****ing interest in looking good in YOUR eyes.

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Old February 6th 17, 05:02 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news...mned-12216449?

£500,000 to make a road look like a roundabout to "confuse drivers" so they slow down for a non-existant roundabout.


Quite a few drunk drivers might spend 30 min. in that "loop" before they had to stop and take a **** and then pass out in the front seat.

We need to get more public safety advantages like this here in the U.S.!

Is there a patent? There are all kinds of road interchange patents.

I've got news for you psycholists. Confusing drivers is a BAD and DANGEROUS idea.


Humans, being naturally lazy, will do whatever is easiest. Here the easiest thing to do is to confuse drivers.

Of the 4 billion cyclists on the planet, not one would ever get confused by some brick work.


Bret Cahill

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Old February 6th 17, 11:14 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On 06/02/17 04:02, Bret Cahill wrote:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news...mned-12216449?


We need to get more public safety advantages like this here in the
U.S.!


I was surprised in my recent visit to the land of the automobile how
well your junctions work for pedestrians (on top of having more
courteous drivers (*)). The physical details of junction connections and
driver control are more similar to mainland Europe, than to the UK.
Walking through UK residential areas, towns and cities is, in many ways,
less well provisioned.

(*) Does the US have a system of presumed liability?

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Old February 6th 17, 03:58 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Mon, 06 Feb 2017 04:02:05 -0000, Bret Cahill wrote:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news...mned-12216449?


£500,000 to make a road look like a roundabout to "confuse drivers" so they slow down for a non-existant roundabout.


Quite a few drunk drivers might spend 30 min. in that "loop" before they had to stop and take a **** and then pass out in the front seat.

We need to get more public safety advantages like this here in the U.S..!

Is there a patent? There are all kinds of road interchange patents.

I've got news for you psycholists. Confusing drivers is a BAD and DANGEROUS idea.


Humans, being naturally lazy, will do whatever is easiest. Here the easiest thing to do is to confuse drivers.


Which will cause accidents. I often see two cars trying to get through a narrow chicane at once, as there's often no priorities.

Of the 4 billion cyclists on the planet, not one would ever get confused by some brick work.


They'd trip over it and fall off.

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Old February 6th 17, 06:01 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On 06/02/17 14:58, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 06 Feb 2017 04:02:05 -0000, Bret Cahill wrote:


Humans, being naturally lazy, will do whatever is easiest. Here the
easiest thing to do is to confuse drivers.


Which will cause accidents. I often see two cars trying to get through
a narrow chicane at once, as there's often no priorities.


It's of no consequence when two incompetent drivers take each other out
without involving anybody else.

 




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