New Traffic Lights, Cutting Corners and Parking Lights

Not just cyclists ignoring the traffic regulations tho is it! Cars parked in dangerous positions & on corners, or people stopped at junctions to talk on their mobiles holding up all the traffic whilst they have a gossip, buses taking up the whole width of the smaller lanes and not being allowed to reverse, people in 4x4 monster trucks taking up more than their fair share of the road, parents parking illegally and dangerously at school drop off and collection times..... and so it goes on! Could be here all day raising my blood pressure!!

Wow.... just spotted a kosher marketing potential here Rodders, mon amie winehouse, size of the roads, parking problems, lets go to old Honest Ol's second hand car garage and buy a job lot of reliant robins just like ours, soon shift them and we'll be minted! Cushty!!

I agree Del - it's not just cyclists - but to date I have been knocked over twice by these Knights of the Highway - stepping onto the pavement from the safety of my garden!!
But to strengthen your point - I was at the PEH the other day and a car driver backed out right in my path using her mobile phone - I had to toot to halt her progress and she turned round and mouthed an obscenity at me :(

And I am sure that you were far too polite to respond Karma? If you did, good on you! Why have mobile phones taken over our lives? Why do we feel obliged to answer the darn things even when speaking to a loved one / good friend etc? World's gone raving mad!!

Ok here's another one which I'm sure will be controversial - so called "hedge veg" stalls situated in dangerous places for traffic to stop. I like to buy local produce as much as the next man, but some of these are getting ridiculous and turning into mini shops. The idea is supposed to be for growers and gardeners to get rid of their surplus produce, but I wonder who is supplying some of these big stalls - and it doesn't stop at flowers and veg - some of these are more like car boot stalls, selling books, toys, bikes and other junk.

I agree on that one........I sometimes see a stall and want to stop - but realise it would be dangerous and as you say some of the stuff for sale has nothing to do with veg or fruit....one place I stopped for eggs and the eggs were date stamped!!!! with an English lion on them.....no I didn't buy them needless to say :-((((
A friend of mine has had a plot of years and she sells her own fruit/veg and also home made pickles and lemon curd/jams - she is well off the beaten track - but her reputation ensures that people buy from her........without causing a traffic jam.....and her chooks lay the BEST eggs!!!!!!

still waiting for my fresh eggs karma.will do some bartering in the summer when all our veggies are up and ready to harvest.will let you all know when it is ready for doing swaps lol

i agree some of these hedge veg stalls are situated in very dangerous positions. i also agree with the fact that they are getting their stalls supplied from some bulk buying and in all probability making a killing cos we all like to buy hedge veg

i was travelling behind an ambulance last monday morning and watched it struggle to get over the new road hump outside st andrews school.if this vehicle had been travelling on blue lights at speed the patient inside would be well shaken about.the hump is far to high

Thistle wrote:still waiting for my fresh eggs karma.will do some bartering in the summer when all our veggies are up and ready to harvest.will let you all know when it is ready for doing swaps lol

I will order you some for next Saturday - then I can bring them on Monday and have coffee/chat YAY - how many 6/12??? you say I'll order :-)))))

ooooh a dozen would be lovely thank you xxx

It is done :-))))))

thank you my friend .

:)

I agree about some stalls how the hell did they get a hawkers licence (i think that is what it is called) IMO who ever issues these licences should go and look where these stalls are situated and if they are in a dangerous position they should not get a licence . As for people buying in bulk and selling on pretending it is fresh local produce it should be stopped . i always look at what i am buying.

Having said that there are some that sell great stuff.

I've never been quite sure what the law or regulations are, but no doubt most people just stick a box on their hedge or by the gate. It would make sense if Environment and Traffic and the Douzaine had to approve any applications, but if they ever cracked down on it the hedge veg would probably die out.

Environment cannot even keep our traffic flowing - purleeeeeeeeeeeeeeze don't overload them....................

Traffic problems and drivers are sometimes a issue in bangkok (the secret,learn to chill :) )

http://www.ngsprints.co.uk/images/M/680715.jpg

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the occasional elephant is sometimes a issue


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http://home.fuse.net/ard/jandress/bangkok%20traffic%20picture2.jpg

Happy driving from bangkok

Bucuresti isnt much better :x

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That's what we need - elephants!

I find chickens and ducks cause similar problems sometimes though! :)

Elephants even call in the bar for snack



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think i saw in switzerland the traffic lite prob solved,a second set lower down on the pole at hight that driver can see,only a small set,thought that was good ten years ago cud use that here

Exactly! They do that in France as well.