Wtf Is Going On With The Traffic?

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Wtf Is Going On With The Traffic?
Tweet Topic Started: Oct 4 2007, 09:18 AM (234 Views)
Dark Blue Mark	Oct 4 2007, 09:18 AM Post #1
Help me stop buying cars... Posts: 888 Group: Members Member #86 Joined: December 30, 2006	THis week seems to be absolute hell, even with no roadworks. I can normally get from Bmth to Wareham in 30-35 mins on a morning, but it took a bloody hour?! Same ont he way home, get anywhere near the Mountbatten arms and its just standstill :mad: Doesseem to have got much worse lately, even now the tourists have buggered off
	Evo 8 MR 340 - modified Honda S2000 - soon to be track ready Exige S - modified - sold :boohoo:


myblackwrx	Oct 4 2007, 09:46 AM Post #2
Doesn't have a home to go to! Posts: 3,873 Group: Members Member #25 Joined: December 22, 2006	I come from the Mountbatten Arms about 4pm and go towards Canford Heath before going down the dual carriageway to Poole (on the opposite carriage way it's jam packed up towhen it hits the main roundabout to turn off to Canford Heath)and the problem seems to be loads more people turning right to go down Wallisdown Road.
	[GK-customfield]Paul[customfield-GK]


Loopyleesa	Oct 4 2007, 10:10 AM Post #3
Loopleesa@hotmail.com Posts: 4,460 Group: Members Member #257 Joined: April 16, 2007	Wallisdown road is a nightmare FULL STOP!!!
	[GK-customfield]Leesa Sutton[customfield-GK]


Rossyboy99	Oct 4 2007, 10:14 AM Post #4
Unregistered	just been to poole and back over the last few days and its full of sunday drivers and slow ass idiots in the fast lanes, then when i think its all over i had 2 old people pull out in front of me and didn't even see me right up there chuff, it must be great to be so oblivious to your surroundings! roll on sky roads thats my great idea straight lines roads with a lower speed limit of 70 max well whatever you like. oh and an age limit of 45
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Julian	Oct 4 2007, 10:16 AM Post #5
Doesn't have a home to go to! Posts: 1,511 Group: Members Member #3 Joined: December 22, 2006	Just wait till they begin the roadworks in Sandford.... not looking forward to it!



Argie	Oct 4 2007, 10:32 AM Post #6
Doesn't have a home to go to! Posts: 2,631 Group: Members Member #160 Joined: February 2, 2007	i'm glad i'm off the road for a break.....most drivers in this area seem to be half asleep or on the strongest prescribed Drugs.....and those feckin' Cones were out yesterday...AGAIN in the same place as last time...no workers as usual... <_< You want to know the real reason?....it's the Traffic lights at every Junction, they're set to cause maximum disruption and delay.... at one set of lights i was kept waiting for over a minute...now that's a longtime to wait. They need to be set so that they change every 25 secs, that way everyone doesn't have the chance to pick their nose or fiddle with the stereo etc.....keep em on the ball so to speak... :;)
	[GK-customfield]Paul[customfield-GK] needs a Turbo!


myblackwrx	Oct 4 2007, 11:35 AM Post #7
Doesn't have a home to go to! Posts: 3,873 Group: Members Member #25 Joined: December 22, 2006	Wallisdown road isn't helped by a set of pedestrian traffic lights (to and from Poole direction),a set of pedestrian lights just off the roundabout going towards Bournemouth on Wallisdown road and,as mentioned in Rossyboys' post, idiot drivers
	[GK-customfield]Paul[customfield-GK]


Dark Blue Mark	Oct 4 2007, 11:42 AM Post #8
Help me stop buying cars... Posts: 888 Group: Members Member #86 Joined: December 30, 2006	I agree on the lights. I noticed that I got stopped at every set onthe way home last night. It just causes drivers to be even more frustrated...! I even got up and left at 6:30 the other morning as I wanted to give the car some serious stick, but it wasn't clear by any means
	Evo 8 MR 340 - modified Honda S2000 - soon to be track ready Exige S - modified - sold :boohoo:


myblackwrx	Oct 4 2007, 12:10 PM Post #9
Doesn't have a home to go to! Posts: 3,873 Group: Members Member #25 Joined: December 22, 2006	Dark Blue Mark Oct 4 2007, 10:42 AM I agree on the lights. I noticed that I got stopped at every set onthe way home last night. It just causes drivers to be even more frustrated...! I even got up and left at 6:30 the other morning as I wanted to give the car some serious stick, but it wasn't clear by any means Funny you should say that (about getting up early) as i get to the Mountbatten roundabout at about 6.50am but i do notice a lot more cars on the way up (Hamworthy,dual carriageway all the way,arrive at work)
	[GK-customfield]Paul[customfield-GK]


Argie	Oct 4 2007, 12:19 PM Post #10
Doesn't have a home to go to! Posts: 2,631 Group: Members Member #160 Joined: February 2, 2007	It's about time they started to put walk-bridges across theses roads not Pelican crossings....
	[GK-customfield]Paul[customfield-GK] needs a Turbo!


myblackwrx	Oct 4 2007, 12:30 PM Post #11
Doesn't have a home to go to! Posts: 3,873 Group: Members Member #25 Joined: December 22, 2006	Argie Oct 4 2007, 11:19 AM It's about time they started to put walk-bridges across theses roads not Pelican crossings.... On the dual carriageway to Bear Cross they've put a new crossing because of this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/5316366.stm Toddler's death 'tragic accident' Lily KoKo Tanner died in a "sad and tragic accident" A two-year-old was killed instantly when she was hit by a car as she was being pushed across a dual carriageway in her buggy, an inquest heard. Lily KoKo Tanner was thrown out of her pushchair in the crash on Ringwood Road, near Bear Cross in Bournemouth, Dorset, on 8 February. Police said the car that hit the toddler was not speeding and the driver gave a negative alcohol breath test. Coroner Sheriff Payne recorded a verdict of accidental death. Giving his verdict at Bournemouth, Poole and East Dorset Coroner's Court, Mr Payne said: "This is a sad and tragic accident, and it is an accident in its purest form. "Nobody was at fault. Sadly it was a combination of situations which together created this and led sadly to nobody being aware of a danger until the last possible moment." Jeanette Dunnett, who was driving along Ringwood Road in Bear Cross, told the inquest: "The pedestrian wasn't looking in our direction for oncoming traffic." Lily Tanner died instantly of multiple fractures to her face and skull after being hit by a Ford Fiesta driven by Lee Cross. He told the inquest: "I saw a woman immediately in front of my car. Then I went for the brakes and tried to steer to the left to try and avoid them." The inquest heard there was a pedestrian bridge and an unmarked crossing near the crash site. Sarah Tanner, Lily's mother, who was herself seriously injured and cannot remember the accident, said: "Sometimes I would go that way (over the bridge). Obviously I wish to God I did go that way." The last paragraph is quite poignant imo
	[GK-customfield]Paul[customfield-GK]


cisco	Oct 4 2007, 12:59 PM Post #12
Flat4x4xFar Posts: 2,226 Group: Members Member #141 Joined: January 21, 2007	I am not looking forward to the Sandford road mayhem, I have to drive from Swanage to poole every day and 4 days a week drop my son off at his mums at Woodlands estate by Sandford middle school right bang in the middle of roadworks :angry: Not sure what my plan is will have to see what happens next week when it starts
	[GK-customfield]Manny[customfield-GK]


Dark Blue Mark	Oct 4 2007, 06:20 PM Post #13
Help me stop buying cars... Posts: 888 Group: Members Member #86 Joined: December 30, 2006	Apparently its likely they will shut the forest road off too! You you will have to go left at the bypass, or straight on at the Bakers Arms coming from the other way. Going to be hell. Its 1 lane for 2 weeks, then totally shut for a good few days too I think.
	Evo 8 MR 340 - modified Honda S2000 - soon to be track ready Exige S - modified - sold :boohoo:


cisco	Oct 4 2007, 07:04 PM Post #14
Flat4x4xFar Posts: 2,226 Group: Members Member #141 Joined: January 21, 2007	I am off for two weeks from the 15th so will be during half term, my son will stay with me that week it will save a bit of hassle But go back to work the 29th thats the totall closure day I think. Look forward to the chaos
	[GK-customfield]Manny[customfield-GK]


Ian	Oct 4 2007, 07:15 PM Post #15
Part of team impreza Posts: 1,919 Group: Members Member #98 Joined: January 1, 2007	that will be a fun drive from weymouth to poole then
	im not lazy im just chilled


Dark Blue Mark	Oct 4 2007, 07:17 PM Post #16
Help me stop buying cars... Posts: 888 Group: Members Member #86 Joined: December 30, 2006	I think I know that car in your signature Ian
	Evo 8 MR 340 - modified Honda S2000 - soon to be track ready Exige S - modified - sold :boohoo:


RA Jay	Oct 4 2007, 07:26 PM Post #17
4 Have Gone But Never Forgotten. Posts: 7,083 Group: Members Member #26 Joined: December 22, 2006	Ive been working in Ealing (south west London) for the last week the traffic there is a bloody nightmare a 4 hour journey from my house to the place of work and thats only just over 100 miles. I think we should count ourselves lucky our traffic congestion is nowhere near that scale but i do agree it s getting bad on the southcoast..
	1995 WRX - 318bhp/300ftlb - SOLD - 2005 2001 WRX Bugeye - 235bhp/230ftlb - SOLD - 2007 1996 WRX Type RA - 282bhp/285ftlb - SOLD - 2008 1997 STI Type RA - 350bhp/320ftlb - SOLD - 2009 1991 Nissan Pulsar GTiR - 286bhp/280ftlb - SOLD - 2009


Ian	Oct 4 2007, 07:27 PM Post #18
Part of team impreza Posts: 1,919 Group: Members Member #98 Joined: January 1, 2007	Dark Blue Mark Oct 4 2007, 07:17 PM I think I know that car in your signature Ian yeah its mine
	im not lazy im just chilled


Dark Blue Mark	Oct 4 2007, 09:15 PM Post #19
Help me stop buying cars... Posts: 888 Group: Members Member #86 Joined: December 30, 2006	Oh thought yours was silver?? Got any pics??
	Evo 8 MR 340 - modified Honda S2000 - soon to be track ready Exige S - modified - sold :boohoo:


Ian	Oct 4 2007, 11:12 PM Post #20
Part of team impreza Posts: 1,919 Group: Members Member #98 Joined: January 1, 2007
	im not lazy im just chilled


Dark Blue Mark	Oct 5 2007, 08:53 AM Post #21
Help me stop buying cars... Posts: 888 Group: Members Member #86 Joined: December 30, 2006	LOL - I was planning to go and look at this one, it was for sale from a trader not too far away IIRC? Does the roof go over that cage?? Im guessing not.
	Evo 8 MR 340 - modified Honda S2000 - soon to be track ready Exige S - modified - sold :boohoo:


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