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gel
post Feb 20 2017, 04:50 PM
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Beeb looking for input / questions on our section of the beloved A34-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-38910820
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post Feb 20 2017, 06:09 PM
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And people will say? Speed cameras!


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post Feb 20 2017, 07:40 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Feb 20 2017, 06:09 PM) *
And people will say? Speed cameras!



So what if they do - if that is what the people want, then that is what they should get.
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post Feb 20 2017, 08:11 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Feb 20 2017, 07:40 PM) *
So what if they do - if that is what the people want, then that is what they should get.

A la Brexit.
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post Feb 20 2017, 09:35 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Feb 20 2017, 07:40 PM) *
So what if they do - if that is what the people want, then that is what they should get.

What they should get is what works,you wouldn't ask your mates down the pub to operate on you, or would you?


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post Feb 21 2017, 06:54 AM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Feb 20 2017, 09:35 PM) *
What they should get is what works,you wouldn't ask your mates down the pub to operate on you, or would you?


The one who is a recently retired surgeon, yes, why not?


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post Feb 21 2017, 09:08 AM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Feb 20 2017, 09:35 PM) *
What they should get is what works,you wouldn't ask your mates down the pub to operate on you, or would you?

Agreed, but using that philosophy, we might not have had the In/Out referendum.
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post Feb 21 2017, 01:00 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Feb 21 2017, 09:08 AM) *
Agreed, but using that philosophy, we might not have had the In/Out referendum.

Except that was the right thing to do all along! Do keep up boy, just remember, WWJD. Now, where were we?.
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post Feb 21 2017, 01:05 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Feb 21 2017, 06:54 AM) *
The one who is a recently retired surgeon, yes, why not?

No! The one who's got another mate who like, you know when your car was making that flubbertyflubberty noise? Him, the one who reckoned it was your tappets. Except it wasn't. That one.
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post Feb 21 2017, 01:28 PM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Feb 21 2017, 01:05 PM) *
No! The one who's got another mate who like, you know when your car was making that flubbertyflubberty noise? Him, the one who reckoned it was your tappets. Except it wasn't. That one.

Oh! That one! I used him to Tarmac my drive! Didn't go well. ohmy.gif


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post Feb 21 2017, 01:30 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Feb 20 2017, 08:11 PM) *
A la Brexit.

Parlez-vous Français ? smile.gif


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post Feb 21 2017, 02:05 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Feb 20 2017, 09:35 PM) *
What they should get is what works,you wouldn't ask your mates down the pub to operate on you, or would you?



you wouldn't ask your mates down the pub to operate on you, or would you?


Exactly what happened last year...
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post Feb 21 2017, 03:36 PM
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Another nasty HGV crash yesterday near Weston on The Green:
'Lucky' outcome this time.
Bulgarian HGV driver charged with careless driving.
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15104173....ter_A34_crash/#
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post Feb 21 2017, 03:36 PM
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Another nasty HGV crash yesterday near Weston on The Green:
Lucky outcome this time.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15104173....ter_A34_crash/#
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post Feb 21 2017, 03:41 PM
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QUOTE (gel @ Feb 21 2017, 04:36 PM) *
Another nasty HGV crash yesterday near Weston on The Green:
Lucky outcome this time.
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15104173....ter_A34_crash/#

The 10 year old boy and his mother will be thrilled at how "lucky" they were to be hospitalised with potentially serious injuries.

And for clarity, the BBC appear to be offering people the opportunity to ask stakeholders a question in 140 characters or less, rather than asking for people's input.
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post Feb 21 2017, 03:58 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Feb 21 2017, 02:05 PM) *


you wouldn't ask your mates down the pub to operate on you, or would you?


Exactly what happened last year...



I'm not sure that this latest fad actually works. Just because the majority are thick, it doesn't make you intelligent.


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post Feb 22 2017, 12:08 AM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Feb 21 2017, 03:58 PM) *
I'm not sure that this latest fad actually works. Just because the majority are thick, it doesn't make you intelligent.



In the kingdom of the blind...
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post Feb 22 2017, 07:39 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Feb 22 2017, 12:08 AM) *
In the kingdom of the blind...


Exactly, sight is no measure of intelligence any more than Leadership itself.


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post Oct 26 2017, 07:49 AM
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Once again useless attempts to make the "dangerous" A34 safer. link
How many more times?
It is not the road that is dangerous, it is many of the drivers that use it.
These steps will unfortunately do nothing to decrease the number of crashes on the road.
Not while you have people using mobiles, tailgaters, lack of concentration, often due to tiredness, etc.
The article admits that the two crashes regularly highlighted were both caused by drivers on their mobile phones.
It is an very busy road with an exceptionally large number of HGV's and will therefore, unless completely upgraded to a 3 /4? lane motorway (or the freight is back on a long closed railway line duplicating the route) crashes will unfortunately continue and the current rate.
This would, of course, have to be linked in with a scheme to stop people driving like prats. Unlikely eh?? rolleyes.gif
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post Oct 26 2017, 08:49 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Oct 26 2017, 08:49 AM) *
Once again useless attempts to make the "dangerous" A34 safer. link
How many more times?
It is not the road that is dangerous, it is many of the drivers that use it.
These steps will unfortunately do nothing to decrease the number of crashes on the road.
Not while you have people using mobiles, tailgaters, lack of concentration, often due to tiredness, etc.
The article admits that the two crashes regularly highlighted were both caused by drivers on their mobile phones.
It is an very busy road with an exceptionally large number of HGV's and will therefore, unless completely upgraded to a 3 /4? lane motorway (or the freight is back on a long closed railway line duplicating the route) crashes will unfortunately continue and the current rate.
This would, of course, have to be linked in with a scheme to stop people driving like prats. Unlikely eh?? rolleyes.gif


Everything you say is correct , but it doesn't allow highly paid consultants to forward plans on how to "invest" millions of tax payers money on " improvements " .
No road is dangerous , after all it is a stretch of tarmac going from A to B , it is the prats who are allowed to propel a couple of tons of metal at speed with no thought of the consequences. angry.gif


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