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Aug 17 2009, 09:29 AM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Aug 17 2009, 10:19 AM) Not really a rant, but anyone know why there was virtual grid-lock in town yesterday lunch time? I saw a big yellow lorry working on the Burger King (old Gowrings) roundabout. They have installed two lovely new speed limit signs and painted some new markings. Not sure if that caused it though. I needed to go to Thatcham Garden Centre on both Saturday and then again on Sunday (my mistake......doh!) at about the same time on both days (12ish). Both times it took me about 30 minutes and I live in West Fields. A lot of the bottleneck is taking place at the Sainsburys roundabout, when will they realise that things would improve if they just turned off these lights? Althougth as I understand it a lot of the senior WBC people responsible for Newbury's roads don't actually live here, so for them there is no problem!
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Aug 17 2009, 09:41 AM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Aug 17 2009, 10:32 AM) The traffic was worse than normal and I didn't know there were races on yesterday! There were races on Friday and Saturday, not sure about yesterday I thought it was a car boot.
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Aug 17 2009, 10:11 AM
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QUOTE (Bloggo @ Aug 17 2009, 10:42 AM) You all think we have trouble with congestion on the A339 now. Just wait until the idiotic plan to build 1500 houses and a Hotel on the Racecourse land gets the go ahead, which it will in some form or another. The town will regularly come to a standstill then and all of the potentially good work done to make the town attractive to shoppers by developing Parkway will be down the toilet. I can't believe that this Racecourse plan is being considered in light of Newbury's traffic problem. It will force people to get on their bike or shop outside of Newbury. Most people can’t stand shopping in Newbury anymore because of a lack of parking space and the attitude of wardens anyway.
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Aug 18 2009, 11:32 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Aug 17 2009, 07:31 PM) There should have been a North-South flyover or underpass (less obtrusive) years ago. That roundabout has always been a problem.
Another thing that annoys me is that the pedestrian lights outside Sainsbury's are not synchronised with the main junction lights. The number of times I have been stuck at the crossing with no pedestrian in sight while the main lights change to green and back to red again.... Grrr! the lights crossing Kings Road turn to red only if a pedestrian presses the button. They are not connected to the main roundabout lights at all. the pedestrian must have pressed the button & then crossed in a gap in the traffic, leaving no-one there by the time they turn red.
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Aug 18 2009, 12:32 PM
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Well worked out, Dannyboy! I would never have known. My point, which seems to have passed you by is that they should be connected to the main roundabout lights.
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Aug 18 2009, 12:54 PM
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QUOTE (Familytreeingforever @ Aug 17 2009, 02:24 PM) But the Council will never ever do it! Shame! the Council will never ever do it! What's saying someone can't "accidently" cut the wire?
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Aug 18 2009, 04:38 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Aug 18 2009, 01:32 PM) Well worked out, Dannyboy! I would never have known. My point, which seems to have passed you by is that they should be connected to the main roundabout lights. No, I thought the logic had passed you by.
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Aug 18 2009, 09:55 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Aug 18 2009, 05:38 PM) No, I thought the logic had passed you by. In fact I did know how pedestrian lights work before your explanation . Hence my somewhat facetious reply. As for empty crossings, it's the thoughtless idiots who press the button first, then seeing the road is clear, cross over, leaving cars pointlessly sitting at the lights when they finally change.
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Aug 18 2009, 10:22 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Aug 18 2009, 10:55 PM) .....it's the thoughtless idiots who press the button first, then seeing the road is clear, cross over, leaving cars pointlessly sitting at the lights when they finally change. Jay-walking... Us Brits are masters of the offence. Go to Germany and you will see rigid adherence to the red pedestrian light even when there's no cars coming..... 'The Brit Abroad', when caught up in this group of people waiting by the side of the road, will start to fidget, looking up and down the road, thinking "What are we WAITING for people...CROSS THE ROAD!!" before barging through and walking across on red. Much to the annoyance of the germans....
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Aug 18 2009, 10:43 PM
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QUOTE (spartacus @ Aug 18 2009, 11:22 PM) Jay-walking... Us Brits are masters of the offence. Go to Germany and you will see rigid adherence to the red pedestrian light even when there's no cars coming..... 'The Brit Abroad', when caught up in this group of people waiting by the side of the road, will start to fidget, looking up and down the road, thinking "What are we WAITING for people...CROSS THE ROAD!!" before barging through and walking across on red. Much to the annoyance of the germans.... Same in the US. If you don't and a car, van, semi mows you down, that's a Darwin Award for you.
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Aug 19 2009, 09:30 AM
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QUOTE (spartacus @ Aug 18 2009, 11:22 PM) Jay-walking... Us Brits are masters of the offence. Go to Germany and you will see rigid adherence to the red pedestrian light even when there's no cars coming..... 'The Brit Abroad', when caught up in this group of people waiting by the side of the road, will start to fidget, looking up and down the road, thinking "What are we WAITING for people...CROSS THE ROAD!!" before barging through and walking across on red. Much to the annoyance of the germans.... It is weird they wait patiently for these lights but if you show them a queue they will ignore it totally and go straight to the front.......go figure!
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