Roundabouts - where do I send this letter?

[UnknownStuntm...]

OK, after ANOTHER morning trying to get through a queue of mothers in 4x4s while on the phone doing their lipstick and ignoring all traffic rules know to man and beast, I've drafted a letter. But I don't know who to send it to?

[Dave McCool]

[UnknownStuntm...]

Dave, if that was how the roundabout was MEANT to be used there wouldn't be a right hand lane on the entry...... Come on......!

[m99dws]

[NSR Mick]

[iooi]

Local rag......

Maybe some of the bike mags with letter pages.....

Other than that, the bin......

It's a sad fact of life today that very few people actually care about how their actions affect others. Especally when sat in a tin can.

Its all ME, ME, ME & RUSH, RUSH, RUSH.
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[Ste]

[MoshizZ]

Im loving your name.

A.Motorist...

Adam Motorist?
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[Itchy]

Ask a cop to have a drive along that route, I don't mean proper uniformed police,

There is this cop on an unmarked police pan (its blue the other is burgundy red) , who patrols outside the HG up to prestwich, he is an annoying person but tickets loads of drivers on that road, I've over taken him on the NTV once and filtered pretty quickly and he is ok with it.
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[UnknownStuntm...]

I hear what you're saying, the last option it is then. All my morals and driving etiquette are just about to go out the window...... Fuck the lot of you, it's ME ME ME....



Right?

[garyd]

Drive like that all the time ,and i love a road rage punch-up,watch out im the guy that will be out "milling" before youve got the seat belt off

[D O G]

[sagiliam]

if you cant beat em, which you wont be able to because you'll just end as the new bull bar on mummys range rover , then join em.

[Burnside]

Is it a specific roundabout or route, or is it roundabouts in general?

If its the first, then send your letter to your local councillor (he/she may use it themselves and will have first hand experience of it themselves which will help++). Also send a (different) letter to your local cop shop stating that you regularly witness several traffic violations on the same route.

If its the second, you could send it to the DfT - https://www.dft.gov.uk/contact

EDIT: You'll need to include your name & contact details for it to be taken seriously

[MarJay]

Come to Brussels, Belgium, and tell me drivers in the UK are bad.


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[karlbbb]

[UnknownStuntm...]

Well it was a specific roundabout, about 6 months ago it started happening. But as people have watched others doing it on that one, the behaviour seems to have spread all along the route I take.

I think I'll take Hollyj's advice, it's the most sensible I've had so far...

[EddyJones]

Nothing wrong with the 2nd option at all

how the hell does it cause people to do a dangerous manouver? loll

[garyd]

Damofo........your bang on the money

[Teaman]

come to liverpool amd see rush hour on the strand going past the liver buildings and to be honest everywhere, yellow boxes filled up with cars, where you shouldnt stop. tunnels are an artform. from 2 lanes then a slip road making 4 lanes that are instantly up to 8 lanes that then merge again into either 2 or 3 lanes within 100 meters. scary as crap in a car, try a bike

the strand is a massive building site so everyone is darting down the either 2 or 3 lanes then all of a sudden they have decided to alter which 2 lanes you can use so you can expect the odd car to dart into the 2 yard gap you left infront and lorries trying to get into the 4 yard gap whilst bikes are wizzing down the middle trying not to die.


I used to think rush hour in sheffield was leathal till I moved here. 10 miles of hell to work and 10 miles back. I get medals from my insurance company for every month I havnt claimed.
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There is no point in ranting about someone stupid because there is nothing u can do about it. There is no cure for stupid.
Someone stupid does not realise they r stupid.stupidity is indistinguishable from malice U just have to accept that some people are thick as p1gsh1t and work around them.

[Teaman]

oh as for option 2

I do that on a friday evening at the end of the M67 towards glossop as the que is about 1 mile long and not moving in the left hand lane, I shoot up the right, do a lap of the roundabout and then join the que. theres nothing illegal or dangerous in that.
There is of course the people who do the smae thing up untill 1/3 of the way round they dart in and squeese into a gap thats not there and whilst doing so they block the route round. Thats illegal and dangerous.

I dont think roundabouts are a problem at all, its how people use them like you said and knowing what lane to be in to come off at certain junctions, going all the way around instead of cutting some one up when you realise your in the wrong lane or even taking the direct route cutting into the wrong lane whilst going straight on usually. White vans are a good one for that
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There is no point in ranting about someone stupid because there is nothing u can do about it. There is no cure for stupid.
Someone stupid does not realise they r stupid.stupidity is indistinguishable from malice U just have to accept that some people are thick as p1gsh1t and work around them.

[TheShaggyDA]

[UnknownStuntm...]

Yeah thanks for the opinions on the content lads, all avoiding the question of course.....

[EddyJones]

What was the question?