The song I was humming for those wondering.....
I’m sorry if you didn’t like the fact I was driving past but maybe try not cause an accident and brush up on basic driving skills you absolute idiot!
"the GFA is dead" now says "the GFA is dead on".
I bet you're on here! Nice work.
My CBT will be in another city because I don't want to wait and the motorcycle school has a motorbike shop next to it. Though I'm curious, will it be a terrible idea if I join the dual carriageway immediately after getting my CBT?
I'm used to driving on it in the car thanks to my lessons but my car test is far ahead. I'm curious, is it okay to drive at 60 or even 50 mph but make sure I position myself more to the left? Also, there's a cattle grid on the exit which I'm not sure if I should worry about or not.
Actually, based on what I wrote, I probably should take the train home and go to the bike shop next to home lol
But do let me know your thoughts
I’ve been temporarily relocated in work for about 6 weeks and I’m not sure I can cope.
Also bastard cattle grids, how do you guys deal with them? There’s one on a lovely wide bend and it nearly gave me a heart attack driving over it this morning.
It's a love hate thing. I hate being cut up by these pricks and waiting for them to creep past their mates like racing glaciers , but I love my deliveries being quick and fresh produce.
You're just making the traffic stack up more you imbecile.
Hello from Canadia. Can you please tell me the difference between the two? I always thought they were the same thing. Cheers
Seriously, whats the point! I needed to go right at the upcoming roundabout so moved into the space.
Finished off by the nobber joining the motorway behind me, which had the variable speed limit at 50, and going straight into the middle lane and sitting there at 40. Forcing all other traffic to join the outside lane to get past.
Pointless!
Other than ice scrapers, what else do i need? 🥶
Every time on a motorway or dual carriageway, you’ll get a lorry try to overtake another lorry, and they both end up reaching their speed limiter and can’t go any faster, and block both lanes of the road. Why do they do this?
I was on a dual carriageway today, after leaving a roundabout I found myself behind 2 funeral cars, front car had a coffin in it and the family in the car behind.
I sat behind along with a few other cars thinking it was the respectful thing to do. One of the cars decided to move into the outside and fly past us…not sure if what I did is considered normal!
I just got back from a driving lesson; among other things I was practising joining a major road and then maintaining an appropriate speed.
A couple of times today the instructor told me to stop at the junction completely, before entering the A-road.
He also said I should indicate right (even though I was turning left) since other drivers on the A-road wouldn’t be able to see my left indicator flashing.
I was happy to wait until a suitable gap appeared; must’ve waited a few minutes until a bus pulled into the middle lane to let me out - which was nice.
I actually found this way of joining a dual carriageway from a dead halt easier than when I’d joined a motorway from the slip road (having to assess other drivers’ speed and intentions, and trying to match their speed when I join).
In fact, the most difficulty I had today was getting up to speed quickly (from 0 to 45 ASAP).
.What do y’all think about this - do you find joining a major road from a stop to be easier than joining at some speed from a slip road?
I get that it's 'daytime', but if you don't want me to accidentally drive into your perfectly camouflaged grey car, against the grey road, and general grey conditions, some lights would really help!
I have noticed a lot on the N25 dual carriageway - and elsewhere in Cork - that there are a (probably a very small) number of cyclists who don't seem to appreciate that it is a 120kph road in places and cycle close to traffic as though the cars "owe" them a bit of the road.
(this isn't an anti-cycling rant - I am an avid cyclist and supporter of any campaigns/measures to increase safety of cyclists on roads and improve cycling infrastructure)
I would have thought that for those who insist on cycling this route (there are alternative parallel options much safer for cyclists which don't take much longer) that they would stay in the hard shoulder. However I have seen cyclists pretty much cycle on the line between the hard shoulder and the slow lane as though they're 'asserting' themselves or something and in doing this they are putting themselves in real danger.
A few weeks ago while I was driving, a cyclist in the hard shoulder was approaching a car which was stopped in the hard shoulder and he (the cyclist) decided to just indicate out into the 100kph traffic (both lanes were busy and fast-moving) while he was doing probably 25-30kph. This terrified me as he was about to pull out right in front of me while doing around 70kph less than I was. Anyway, last minute the car in the shoulder moved off and the cyclist slowed and decided to stay, but I'm not sure I had the stopping/slowing distance if he had pulled out into traffic. A car wouldn't just pull out into traffic with such a speed difference so I'm not sure why the cyclist thought this was a safe manouvre.
Last weekend there were two cyclists heading eastbound on the N25 dual carriageway who were crossing merging traffic from the Cobh/Carrigtwohill junction. Eastbound traffic merges fast at this junction and the merging car was doing close to the 120kph limit. As I passed in the main carriageway, the two cyclists decided to cross the merging lane at essentially a right angle straight across the path of the merging car and it was a very near miss. When I looked in my mirror I saw the cyclists pull off the road, presumably shaken after the risk they had just taken.
I get that people insist on cycling the dual carriageway as it is the fastest way to/from Cork. It would be great if for example there was a parallel bike path. I think though TII should ban cycling on dual carriageways where they allow traffic to do 120kph, as they do on motorways.
But ultimately I don't get why cyclists are putting thems
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###M594 - A303 (Dual Carriageway Expansion) Motion This Parliament notes that:
(1) The A303 is a key transport link for road traffic between London and the South East, and the South West of England;
(2) The A303 alters numerous time between single carriageway and dual carriageway along its route, with 35 miles of the total 93 miles being single carriageway;
(3) Bottlenecks form where the dual carriageway becomes single carriageway, creating severe congestion and delays up of up to many hours;
(4) Congestion and delays on the A303 hampers quality of life for local communities and businesses and reduces the number of people willing to travel to the South West for holidays;
(5) Relative to the rest of the United Kingdom the economy of the South West is underperforming.
This Parliament calls on the Government to:
(1) Instruct Highways England to explore measures for the planning and implementation of a dueling process of the A303 for the sections that are single carriageway;
(2) Instruct Highways England to work with World Heritage to devise methods, or alternatives with the same benefit, of dualling within World Heritage sites;
(3) To dedicate money towards the costs incurred by Highways England for carrying this out in the budget.
This motion was written by The Right Honourable Sir Model-Ceasar KP PC MP MSP on behalf of Coalition!
Opening Statement:
Mr. Deputy Speaker,
Many times I have travelled between Cornwall and London. The shortest and most direct route for such a journey is to take the A303 from Exeter and follow it in its entirety to where it joins the M3 in Hampshire. On a good day I can often travel between Cornwall to London in just over 4 hours - on bad days it has taken me up to 9 hours. More often than not, good days don’t exist on the A303 and it is very rare that I spend less than 2 hours in traffic.
Traffic builds up dramatically at bottlenecks where the dualled sections of the road shrink and become single carriageways. There are several of these bottlenecks along the route creating many traffic jams that feel like you are constantly never moving.
These traffic jams have an extremely large effect on the economies and quality of life of not just the local communities along the A303, but also on the South West and Cornwall as a whole. The South West economy is heavily dependent on the tourism industry, and when the main road route to the South West from London and the South East is full of con
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It’s like there’s one rule for them and another for the rest of us.
