Random Irritations

[KenL]

Sacrilege, what's the world coming to

Agreed, fry them up for breakfast the next day or two.

 

[RichA]

Apparently there are calls for signage and layout to be checked as more and more people are ending up going the wrong way down a motorway....numbers have increased dramatically
Seriously, you have to try really hard to go the wrong way at a motorway roundabout...unless you're doing it deliberately you shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car as you have the iq of a flea....

Some of the slip roads end at a T-junction though, not a roundabout. I've seen a few where the road markings are worn and the signage is poor. A lot of drivers get confused for a variety of reasons and I can see how the odd blunder can occur.

 

[chellie]

I'm with Imurg on the driving, we've been in Cornwall for a week and the standard of motorway driving is shocking, I still think it should be an additional test to get on the motorway.

Cooking Christmas dinner this year has been an irritation - being asked to cook a couple of bits that barely got touched, MiL & SiL insisted I cook a ridiculous amount of roast potato's, half of them thrown away, and to top it off I had various people loitering with advice, eventually said if they needed something to do then the table needed setting.

They freeze well.

 

[Imurg]

Some of the slip roads end at a T-junction though, not a roundabout. I've seen a few where the road markings are worn and the signage is poor. A lot of drivers get confused for a variety of reasons and I can see how the odd blunder can occur.

Point conceded but...

There will be No Entry signs and No Entry written in 3 foot high letters on the ground.....
P.us the motorway will be on your left as you advadown the slip road....should be enough clues there...

 

[jim8flog]

I'm with Imurg on the driving, we've been in Cornwall for a week and the standard of motorway driving is shocking, I still think it should be an additional test to get on the motorway.

Cooking Christmas dinner this year has been an irritation - being asked to cook a couple of bits that barely got touched, MiL & SiL insisted I cook a ridiculous amount of roast potato's, half of them thrown away, and to top it off I had various people loitering with advice, eventually said if they needed something to do then the table needed setting.

Trouble with this is that there are swathes of the country with no motorways

E.G The M5 between Bristol and Exeter has no motorways due West of it and almost no Motorways due east until just outside of Basingstoke

So no motorways in most of Devon, all of Cornwall, most of Wiltshire, all of Dorset and a lot of Somerset.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Stephen Mulhern

 

[chico]

Point conceded but...

There will be No Entry signs and No Entry written in 3 foot high letters on the ground.....
P.us the motorway will be on your left as you advadown the slip road....should be enough clues there...

Don't you mean on your right?

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Cooking Christmas dinner this year has been an irritation - being asked to cook a couple of bits that barely got touched, MiL & SiL insisted I cook a ridiculous amount of roast potato's, half of them thrown away, and to top it off I had various people loitering with advice, eventually said if they needed something to do then the table needed setting.

We bought a crown and gammon and I have at least half of both now sliced and in the freezer. So, turkey and ham pie in a day or so, then maybe again in a month.
Not to mention the fridge stuffed with cheese, pickles etc.
Drives me nuts but my lovely wife, like her mother before her, is what is described as " a feeder".
Highlight of the day was when the family were slumped in living room about 8pm she bursts in saying "So did nobody notice??" as she held a tray of roast parsnips that we forgot to take out of the oven.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Trouble with this is that there are swathes of the country with no motorways

E.G The M5 between Bristol and Exeter has no motorways due West of it and almost no Motorways due east until just outside of Basingstoke

So no motorways in most of Devon, all of Cornwall, most of Wiltshire, all of Dorset and a lot of Somerset.

Nor does Northumberland

If AI is to be trusted none of the following English counties have a motorway in them

Cornwall, Dorset, East Sussex, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Rutland, and Suffolk.

There are also a good number in Wales and Scotland, Google is your friend.

All of this confirms your point

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Stephen Mulhern

Worse when stood alongside Wolly Hilloughby and her "endearing" rictus grin.

 

[Imurg]

Don't you mean on your right?

Not if you're going the wrong way.....

 

[RichA]

Point conceded but...

There will be No Entry signs and No Entry written in 3 foot high letters on the ground.....
P.us the motorway will be on your left as you advadown the slip road....should be enough clues there...

I was'nt trying to score a point - I completely agree with you. Just aware that there are some junctions out in the sticks where the signs are knackered and the white lines are worn away.
I'm imagining an elderly with a bit of dementia who nobody has challenged yet about their driving or one of the few million folks who didn't pass a left-driving UK test and recognising the carnage that could ensue.
The signage in this country over the last 10 years bothers me. We only put up new signs or paint lines on roads if they're revenue generators.

 

[chico]

Not if you're going the wrong way.....

Misread that.

 

[Eesat 90210]

I'm with Imurg on the driving, we've been in Cornwall for a week and the standard of motorway driving is shocking, I still think it should be an additional test to get on the motorway.

Since when has there been a motorway in Cornwall?

Clue, never

 

[Captainron]

Apparently there are calls for signage and layout to be checked as more and more people are ending up going the wrong way down a motorway....numbers have increased dramatically
Seriously, you have to try really hard to go the wrong way at a motorway roundabout...unless you're doing it deliberately you shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car as you have the iq of a flea....

Saw an accident in Spalding last week. Head on where a car was using the oncoming lane to turn right at a traffic light.

Absolute muppet. Luckily it was a slow impact crash and no one was seriously injured.

 

[NearHull]

Nor does Northumberland

If AI is to be trusted none of the following English counties have a motorway in them

Cornwall, Dorset, East Sussex, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Rutland, and Suffolk.

There are also a good number in Wales and Scotland, Google is your friend.

All of this confirms your point

The M180 in Lincolnshire being forgotten for the second time on this forum in a week or so. It’s as if it weren’t a proper grown up motorway.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

The M180 in Lincolnshire being forgotten for the second time on this forum in a week or so. It’s as if it weren’t a proper grown up motorway.

I did caveat that with "if AI is to be trusted ". Clearly, as Sarah Connor so wisely advised, it can not be trusted . Correction duly noted

 

[BrianM]

The Rain.

 

[KenL]

The Rain.

and the wind.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

and the wind.

Don't eat the brussels then