observer Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Well, the lemmings are still doing it! Lining up, one behind the other ON the Island at St Mary's; from Batterby Lane Island back to Mersey St: thus anyone coming from Buttermarket St is blocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Never really had a problem with gridlock caused by lemmings there myself Obs (presuming we are talking about the same bit). I agree that gridlock caused by bad road design may be a problem at times though Maybe today was just a bad day for you Obs and if you were grumpy and scowling at other drivers maybe they just didn't want to let you out... they always let me out but that's cos I am always smiling, calm and polite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 errm, nope, there was a queue to get out, cos d**k heads insist on crowding nose to tail on the island, so no one gets through. Occasionally, a "thinking person" will leave a gap, knowing s/he's going nowhere, thus allowing one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Unfortunately that is the mindset of drivers these days Obs. As I've stated before on this forum I don't know why everyone is in such a hurry to get to the next red light. With a bit of patience we will all reach our destination at the appointed time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 Same thing happens when your trying to get onto a main road from a side-road; for some strange reason, folk who are going nowhere just won't let you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 I always let people out although I must admit some drivers are a bit odd when it comes to doing the same. I don't let it bother me Like Asp says they rarely get to their destination any quicker despitet their rudeness. I guess if it makes them feel better knowing they have managed to keep others out of their own personal important place in the line of traffic and they feel happy and content being a total **** then so be it I've been blocked in many times when trying to cross certain roundabouts in town too Obs. It's quite funny if I am in our bigger car as I find that driving a few inches forward so my bull bars are a foot away from their side door (whilst smiling sweetly of course) does make them twitch and look a bit embarrassed for blocking the way though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 One has to drive "positively", chancing a smash, but when the other guy stops, you give him the thumbs up - must admit, a large 4X4 makes it easier, unless the other guy is an HGV! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina1979 Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I solved this problem by getting a motorbike You just ride straight through the middle !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I solved this problem by getting a motorbike You just ride straight through the middle !! and probably at 90 mph like every other motorbike rider too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 not me baz, my bike has a top speed of about seventy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 not me baz, my bike has a top speed of about seventy which is what most bike riders do in a 30!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 anytime i am driving down chester road at 30 i can guarantee to be overtaken by at least six cars. same can be said on the dual carriageway, do 45 and i can be overtaken and the limit is 40. last sunday was travelling from father in laws at 69 on motorway and was overtaken by three cars towing caravans.they must have been doing at least seventy five. all i can say is that most motorist are just annoyed at bikers because they can get through the traffic quicker than they can. as i am never in a rush to be anywhere i stick to the speed limits, gets me where i want to go. i suppose i am too laid back as i never get annoyed when stuck in traffic, unlike Mrs Sid who thinks it is a big conspiracy to make her late, even though it doesn't matter what time she gets where she is going, and gets really stressed out and annoyed at the slightest thing. i am just glad that she has never learnt to drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Just for interest, how long does a battery last in these new electric cars, when your in a gridlock?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina1979 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I only ever ride to the speed limit of the road !! if it's raining i ride slower still !! Only once have i gone over 70 and that was on a ride from warrington to Margate and even then never reached 90, My bike is a naked, so doing anything over 60 hurts the neck LOL !! I will never ride fast as the risk is too high !! If i come off, i'd like to know i have a slim chance of surviving !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Hmmmm I believe that some surgeons affectionately refer to motor bike riders as "donors" Says it all really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina1979 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I drove a car for 12 years before taking up biking ( couldnt afford to run a car anymore !! ).. I feel safer on a bike than i do in any "cage" !! And it's proven, bikers make better car drivers as we learn to pay more attention to the road, and the idiots on it, who are too busy lighting up a cig or txt-ing a mate or having a domestic over which wrong turn they made!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 I feel safer on a bike than i do in any "cage" !! Please tell me you are joking with this statement Tina???!!! I know I have generalised somewhat in my last few statements; but I really do see very very few bikers who can't leave a set of traffic lights without winding the bike up as fast as they can....... the other thing I have always wondered about with bikers: when they stop at traffic lights, why do they always look down at their engines as if something is wrong!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 Wow! Noticed today, that lots of drivers were leaving gaps to let cross-traffic through - could it be the influence of these pages or are all the Richard Heads on Holiday?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted August 1, 2009 Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 Funny you should say that Obs.... where is Kije anyway!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 Must be on holiday - perhaps a Buddist Temple in Tibet?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RENT-A-GOAT Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 ..Or a mosque in Bradford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 wherever it is; I'm sure he will be do-gooding!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 The Richard Heads were back on the Island today: bloke in sun-glasses (it was raining) in a Jag; desperate not to let anyone out from Buttermarket St; he even tried to stop a bus - it's really a good thing we don't carry guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 The Richard Heads were back on the Island today: bloke in sun-glasses (it was raining) in a Jag; desperate not to let anyone out from Buttermarket St; he even tried to stop a bus - it's really a good thing we don't carry guns. don't you like buses then Obs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 wherever it is; I'm sure he will be do-gooding!! I thought that he was sampling the delights of Holland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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