Motoring rants (which originally was about the UK Budget!)

Rossi wrote: nowt wrong with them in built up areas..

agreed. 20/30/40 areas no problems - but on dual carriage ways (i.e the A14/A11 ) ??????????

Rossi wrote: anyway...back on topic (whatever that was )

there were so many...........

how about

 for starters?

Rossi wrote: thepits wrote: thepits Posted: 18-April-2007 at 21:08 Rossi Posted (a reply): 01-May-2007 at 22:02 you really don't want this thread to die do you? 'everlasting thread mkII"? nope, die it shan't unless it's locked..

not by me it won't be

the more

we get here, the better

"the never ending thre.....eaaad, la la laaaaa.....la la laaaaa la la laaaa"

Mike

Peter Fenwick wrote: There will also have been a van with a speed camera in it. A few cones and a couple of idle workmen = temporary speed limit with camera enforcement these days. Road works pay!

that'll also be associated to the Health and Safety at work act.

Someone will be writing down what work is being done, risk assessments for road workers, public safety, (hence the speed limit camera) and safety working zones for workmen..another will be taking ages to put cones out, another will be thinking about actually starting some work because the Health and safety assessor hasn't got through to him and finally there will be the infamous one who always watches what is going on and smoking a fag whilst leaning over the pneumatic drill.

what a nanny state we live in..

Whatever happened to actually doing the work as quick as possible to avoid traffic disruption/ flow and road workers using common sense at work.

Rossi wrote: Rhys wrote: Rossi wrote: why is it that all councils decide to do roadworks in march.. Can't go anywhere without encountering some sort of roadworks these days.. They've had all year to do them, now it's a last minute rush to get them done before the end of the financial year...grrr!! ..so they can get the same amount of money to spend at the last minute. If they didn't they wouldn't get as much the following year - so they spend it all to make sure. They don't need it anyway - and it would save us money on council tax if they didn't waste it I just don't think they like the idea of not having monsy to spend on rubbish and back-pocket spending sprees.. Yes I know this rhys but, WHY should it be the roads who suffer every year?

Was in Edinburgh on Tue trying to deliver on the Royal Mile nothing but road works and having to detours that and more detours ending up in taking miles from where you want to go

Sporty1 wrote: stephenperry wrote: still manage to sting you though so they can't be that bad....maybe just clumsy (<bump> AARGH...  oops, sorry) Is it bee's that only have one sting and die, or am I talking utter cr*p?

You are right bees will only sting you if they really have too as they will die but wasps will sting repeatedly.......nasty little insects!!

540 V8 wrote: WTF? How did the budget turn into bumble bees?

erm 'cause we're all being stung by the budget in some way or another..