Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Just on that basis I'm going to assume the truck is a Mercedes.
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Just on that basis I'm going to assume the truck is a Mercedes.
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
I'd have to disagree with the councilor about bollards. There are plenty of clues that you don't drive there.
Hopefully the driver's employer took action against him for such gross stupidity and ignorance of some basic road craft.
matticus
Guru
Two things can both be true:
- bollards would improve safety, AND
- some drivers have been idiots.
presta
Guru
The Army & Navy flyover in Chelmsford was a single lane width, with motorised signs to switch the direction of flow according to the morning & evening rush hour traffic. There were frequent head-on crashes up on top when people ignored the No Entry signs, even in the days before satnav.
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/watch-car-reverses-down-army-1175698
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/watch-car-reverses-down-army-1175698
matticus
Guru
That hi-viz cop looks very entertained by the situation!
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Sounds quite reasonable. I can't think of anything that could go wrong
Apart from that
matticus
Guru
My thoughts exactly!
lazybloke
Considering a new username
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Sounds like the Border Agency buildings, i worked there and for numerous other Croydon customers in yrs gone by.
Ghastly town.
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
Sounds quite reasonable. I can't think of anything that could go wrong
Apart from that
There is a "tidal flow" system in place on one of the main routes into Cardiff, where the central lane is for incoming traffic at certain times, and outgoinig traffic at other times, all controlled by traffic lights. It doesn't seem t cause many problems.
presta
Guru
There was an incident where a rear wheel snagged on the metalwork as someone went through the parapet and left the car dangling over the edge, but I can't find the photo.
It's gone now, they found corrosion in the legs a few years ago and decided repairing it wasn't worth the cost. It was well worth the cost of building it though, the Army & Navy's one of the worst bottlenecks in the region, and the traffic jams were legendary in the days before the bypass* was built. Even after they put the flyover in, I used to queue for nearly two miles** every morning just to cross that roundabout. Before the flyover opened in 1978, they had Traffic Wardens on point duty in the rush hour, just to limit the chaos.Sounds quite reasonable. I can't think of anything that could go wrong
Apart from that
(* In 1931 it was the bypass, but they had to build another one in 1986)
(** I never actually discovered how long that queue was, I joined it part way along)
presta
Guru
The Aston Expressway in Birmingham is another, with the number of lanes each way being controlled by lights:
