Showground Roundabout

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Showground Roundabout

sidewinder 09/06/2008, 11:06 AM

With the increasing numbers of users from the new housing development, Sainsbury's and the rest of the the shopping development, industrial estate, and ambulance station with even more development in the pipeline this roundabout is already becoming badly congested especially at peak times.

Have the planners in all their wisdom thought of the consequences of a serious road accident that could close this roundabout junction for several hours while police enquiries are made and the accident cleared. It is only a matter of time. The folly of creating a development like this with only one entrance and exit is beyond belief but then again they are planners and allownces have to be made. There is no other way off on on this site.

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ironsmad 10/06/2008, 4:10 AM
most new developments do not have the car in mind ,they expect you to use public transport or get on a push bike.The way fuel and road tax is going up we might not have much choice left,but then we again as usual we will just pay the increases and put up with it.We should be more like the French and do something,what that could be I haven't got a clue.Long Live the car

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GreenBlue 10/06/2008, 9:52 PM

Long live the car! I'm not for regression to a sweat lodge green cave, just ,yet. Or sweating 4 miles per day in suit via bike. Unlike the greens I don't have a problem with cars, physically per say. As long as they are run on hydrogen electricity, sustainable biofuel or pressurised air. Lets go for building sub home garages and infrastructure like the Germans and Austrians do.

If one can convert waste to hydrogen in syngas, via local Gasplasma// plasma gasification and 14 multination car companies have hydrogen cars ready developed for mass production; Voila!!

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ironsmad 11/06/2008, 4:38 AM
One way of getting the roads back to norm is to get rid of all the untaxed vehicles off the road,all these polski number plates no tax,no m.o.t,no insurance law they are only allowed 6 months without tax why don't they get nicked.Non EU drivers have to take the British driving test and apply for a British driving license after one year of driving on their own country's licence.Do they ever get checked I doubt it,unless they have an accident or get stopped by chance.
Take all the uninsured British drivers off the roads ,thats about 3 million and raise the age to drive a car to 20.Bus lanes 7.30 to 9.30 not all day.Public transport is crap in Norfolk and too expensive.Most of German infrastructure was built with moving armies and tanks in mind,loverly roads thou. I am sure we are heading for new fuels to put in our cars but while this government of ours, see's cars as a cash cow nothing will happen.As Fraser said in Dad's Army were all dooommedd.

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GreenBlue 11/06/2008, 8:28 AM

Whether British or Polish; all untaxed thus uninsured vehicles should be seized, auctioned, crushed or recycled! I'd have a separate EU add in test prior to British people driving in EU, or vice versa.

Yes I'd raise the driving age to 20/21.

I agree on peak hour bus lanes only; but an extension of bus lanes peak hours in the centre; buses take 5-10 minutes to get through the St Stephen/ Castle Mall area because of all the through car traffic.

NuLabour Brown is clueless on leadership, vision and communication. It can't tie its shoelaces, and can't see further. It hasn't a clue on future cars/fuels and putting the alternative infrastructure in.

Actually Dad's Army could do a better job. Current Brown troop are a joke!

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ironsmad 11/06/2008, 10:25 AM
I struggle to name any of browns faceless cabinet; Is it because they are all gutless ,spineless or just too busy filling out expenses forms !